Bronze statues of two Confederate generals were removed on Saturday from public property in Charlottesville, Virginia, almost four years after they were a flashpoint for a violent "Unite the Right" rally that left one person dead.Machinery first lifted the statue…
The death toll from the Surfside, Florida, condo tower collapse rose to 86 on Saturday as recovery efforts were briefly halted after a lighting strike, officials said.Search teams have been recovering victims more quickly now that a portion of the…
On Thursday, Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But 85 years ago, there was another little Black girl from Ohio who came close.In 1936, MacNolia Cox was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at the…
A historic neighborhood threatened by plans for a sports arena, a bodega that became a hub for Dominicans in Rhode Island and a park where Mexican American students gathered to call for equitable access to education.Those locations are among the…
Binx, a cat who lived on the ninth floor of the Champlain Towers South, was reunited with his family on Friday after volunteers found him near the site of the collapse, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a…
With his baseball cap and thick white beard, Allyn Kilsheimer could be mistaken for a retiree if it weren't for the team of construction workers trailing him and the long metal pole he carried as he surveyed the ground floor…
Hawaiian authorities are asking for the public's help to find those responsible for vandalizing a cultural site with paintballs.About 100 Hawaiian petroglyphs are spread across the rock face of Pu'u Kilea in the Olowalu Valley, according to Hawaii's Division of…
Brett Durrant was traveling along Highway 395 near Coleville, California, when clouds of dust erupted across the mountainsides next to him. Parts of the rock were collapsing."It's an earthquake!" Durrant's friend, who was driving, shouts in a video posted on…
A 3-year-old boy who was shot over the Independence Day weekend in Buffalo, New York, has died, according to Kait Munro, a spokeswoman with the Erie County District Attorney's office.Shaquelle Walker Jr. was shot on Monday evening in Buffalo, New…
In the midst of a right-wing attack on creating a more inclusive education in the US, Illinois just became the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools.Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Teaching Equitable…
Two bronze statues of Confederate generals will be removed from public property in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, almost four years after the statues were the flashpoint for the violent "Unite the Right" rally that left one person dead and many…
Charges have been dropped for one of two brothers arrested in South Carolina last month, authorities said, while an officer involved has been fired and charged with assault in a case that prompted outrage after video of the arrests surfaced…
Attorneys who represent the family of Breonna Taylor have sued the Louisville Metro Police Department, saying they may have given "misinformation" to the public about the use of body cameras on the night the Black woman was killed in her…
A man accused of stabbing a rabbi in Boston's Brighton neighborhood was arraigned Thursday on new hate crime charges and has been ordered held without bail pending a "dangerousness hearing" later this month, says a news release from Suffolk County…
The man arrested and charged in a triple homicide that happened earlier this month allegedly "bound the hands, legs, and mouth" of two men whose bodies were found in the back of a pickup truck, according to a criminal warrant.Bryan…
A man and a woman were finishing dinner at a restaurant at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas, Thursday night when a man seated at the other end of the bar got up, approached the pair and opened fire, officials…
Minnesota police believe that what started as a traffic altercation on a highway this week ended in the homicide of a youth baseball coach, officials said.Jay Harrison Boughton, 56, of Crystal, Minnesota, died Tuesday in the emergency room at the…
The death toll in the Champlain Towers South collapse now stands at 79, after another victim was recovered Friday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in an evening news conference.Of those, 53 victims have been identified, she said.Currently, 61…
A 17-year-old who died Thursday was shot following a road rage incident after a major league baseball game in Houston, a police spokesman said Friday.David Castro and his brother were passengers in his father Paul Castro's car on Tuesday when…
Zaila Avant-garde wasn't focused on her place in history on Thursday when she became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 93 editions of the competition.Instead, she was thinking about Bill Murray.The 14-year-old from New…
