Seven British citizens said they were vacationing in Canada when they had to swerve to avoid an animal, not an uncommon occurrence in rural British Columbia. But doing that proved dangerous in its own way.
To the strains of the hymn “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers,” the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States ordained The Rev. Deanna Hollas as its first minister of gun violence prevention this month.
To the strains of the hymn “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers,” the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States ordained The Rev. Deanna Hollas as its first minister of gun violence prevention this month.
Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico announced his resignation on Wednesday, after an uprising and looming impeachment proceedings had derailed his administration.World7 Aug 2024
A murderer with a long history of violence against women — but who had been freed from prison and deemed unlikely to hurt anyone again because of his advancing age — was convicted by a jury in Maine this week in the stabbing death of a mother of twin boys.World7 Aug 2024
A murderer with a long history of violence against women — but who had been freed from prison and deemed unlikely to hurt anyone again because of his advancing age — was convicted by a jury in Maine this week in the stabbing death of a mother of twin boys.World6 Aug 2024
Questions have surrounded the death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black activist, since she was found hanged in a Texas police cell in July 2015 after she was arrested during a traffic stop.World6 Aug 2024
A white supremacist who deliberately plowed his Jeep into a black teenager was sentenced last week to at least 28 years in prison for what is believed to be Oregon’s first hate crime murder conviction in more than three decades. He could have faced as much as 20 additional years in prison if not for an unusual quirk in Oregon law, which imposes softer penalties on anyone who commits a hate crime alone rather than with an accomplice.World6 Aug 2024
The number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since the collection of federal mortality data started in 1999, according to an analysis by two public health nonprofits, the Trust for America’s Health and the Well Being Trust. To reach their conclusion, the two groups parsed the latest available data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Spring may be within sight, but as the calendar flipped to March, forecasters on Friday predicted a walloping weekend winter storm, with snow and icy rain expected to coat a 2,500-mile path from Northern California to southern Maine. Rain was also forecast to drench Southern California and much of the South, from Texas to Virginia.World6 Aug 2024
The tour guide handed raw, prickly cotton to some young black students who were part of a group visiting the oldest operating governor’s mansion in the country, one that was built with slave labor. She asked them to imagine what it would be like to be a slave picking the crop.World6 Aug 2024
Caleb Hanna was a child when Barack Obama won the White House and, like many African-Americans, he recalled his excitement at seeing “someone who looks like me become president.”World6 Aug 2024
Caleb Hanna was a child when Barack Obama won the White House and, like many African-Americans, he recalled his excitement at seeing “someone who looks like me become president.”World6 Aug 2024
The newly installed official who oversees elections in the critical swing state of Florida resigned Thursday after a newspaper obtained photos of him dressed in blackface at a 2005 Halloween party.World5 Aug 2024
While Democrats have heralded the arrival of the first two Muslim women in Congress, Republicans in the third most-populous county in Texas have girded themselves for a contentious vote over whether a Muslim, who is a Republican, should remain in a leadership position he was appointed to only six months ago. The vote is over whether his religion disqualifies him from the post.World5 Aug 2024
While Democrats have heralded the arrival of the first two Muslim women in Congress, Republicans in the third most-populous county in Texas have girded themselves for a contentious vote over whether a Muslim, who is a Republican, should remain in a leadership position he was appointed to only six months ago. The vote is over whether his religion disqualifies him from the post.World2 Aug 2024
Another year of grim headlines about detained and deported immigrants, hate crimes, and police being called on black people for doing everyday things like gardening or going swimming. But 2018 also held glimmers of hope — if you search hard enough — with stories about racial equality and justice. Here are a few that we published and that are worth celebrating.
Another year of grim headlines about detained and deported immigrants, hate crimes, and police being called on black people for doing everyday things like gardening or going swimming. But 2018 also held glimmers of hope — if you search hard enough — with stories about racial equality and justice. Here are a few that we published and that are worth celebrating.
Another year of grim headlines about detained and deported immigrants, hate crimes, and police being called on black people for doing everyday things like gardening or going swimming. But 2018 also held glimmers of hope — if you search hard enough — with stories about racial equality and justice. Here are a few that we published and that are worth celebrating.
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