Cornel West, the eccentric professor, public intellectual and progressive activist, resigned from Harvard after a tenure dispute and accused the university of "spiritual rot" in a letter posted to his Twitter on Monday."How sad it is to see our beloved…
A suspect who shot two Baltimore Police Department officers was wanted in connection with a June 19 homicide in the city, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at a news conference Tuesday.Baltimore Police Department detectives assigned to the US Marshals' Warrant…
Families could start getting enhanced child tax credit payments from the IRS as soon as this week. Think you qualify? Use our calculator to see how much you may be entitled to.Here's what you need to know to Get Up…
Four people are dead and one is missing after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Canada Monday, officials said. The collapse comes just days after another crane collapsed in Toronto.All four of the deceased were associated with the…
A stretch of Los Angeles beaches was closed due to health concerns after roughly 17 million gallons of sewage was discharged into the Santa Monica Bay.The spill came from the Hyperion Water Reclamation plant, which is located next to Dockweiler…
As the death toll in the Surfside condo collapse nears 100, officials said security at the location will be tightened, with only authorized personnel allowed at the site in the near future.Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he is speaking with…
Hilal Ibrahim began dreaming of making hijabs more accessible to women of all cultures in high school, and now her luxury designs are available as some of the first hijabs to be sold at a major fashion retailer in the…
The Collin County Sheriff's office in Texas has released 41 minutes of jail security video showing the in-custody death of Marvin Scott III that occurred on March 14.The sheriff's office said it was releasing the video because Sheriff Jim Skinner…
When it came time for Dana White to name her first salon, her thoughts immediately went to her grandmother.Paralee Boyd was the first generation in her family to not be the help -- she used her entrepreneurial spirit to sell…
A Lewis and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea (also spelled Sacajawea), a famous Native American woman, was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, making it the third statue to be taken down in the city.The statue is of two White men --…
Ethel Brooks, raised in a Romani community in New Hampshire, grew up with other kids telling her to stay away from "gypsy moths."Brooks didn't understand the connection between her Romani community -- for which the word "gypsy" has been used…
A grim prediction for Florida's manatees has come to pass: More manatees have died in the first half of 2021 than ever before in the state's recorded history.At least 841 manatees have died between January 1 and July 2, surpassing…
Funeral services were held Monday morning for Gene Siller, the Atlanta-area golf pro who was fatally shot July 3, according his employer, Pinetree Country Club.The funeral was closed to the media and details were unavailable. A celebration of life was…
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump are taking up their first case involving a White person who was killed after being shot during an encounter with a police officer.The civil rights leader and the high-profile attorney, who Sharpton has…
He did it. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson rocketed to outer space, becoming the first person to ride into space on a rocket he helped fund.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your…
The death toll has reached 94 as recovery operations at the Surfside condo collapse site continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a Monday morning news conference.Of the 94 victims, 83 have been identified and 80 families of the…
Baby pictures. Toys. Photo albums. Passports. These are just a few of the items found by the search teams at the site of the collapsed Surfside, Florida, condo building that drove home the immensity of what they were doing, one…
California has confirmed the first death from the West Nile virus in the state for 2021.The death occurred in San Luis Obispo County, according to a news release from the California Department of Public Health. It gave no further identifying…
In Arkansas, the fight against both the deadly Covid-19 Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy starts one person at a time, meeting them where they are. Sometimes, that's at church.At St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Little Rock's Southwest side, Oscar Martinez…
When Eliot Middleton was a little boy, he followed his father around everywhere, watching the talented mechanic carefully fix car after car.Less than a year after his death, Middleton, 38, now a restaurant owner, is honoring his father's legacy by…
