Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks up and waves to members of staff of The Foreign and Commonwealth Office as she ends an official visit which is part of her Jubilee celebrations in London. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died

Build Back Better?

“Build Back Better” is a phrase that we've heard President Joe Biden repeat ad nauseam over the past two years, but as we all can see and feel, things are not better. As millions of children head back to school the question for Democrats is: are things better for parents and kids starting a new school year? The answer is no. Parents are struggling to make ends meet, with the

Build Back Better?

“Build Back Better” is a phrase that we've heard President Joe Biden repeat ad nauseam over the past two years, but as we all can see and feel, things are not better. As millions of children head back to school the question for Democrats is: are things better for parents and kids starting a new school year? The answer is no. Parents are struggling to make ends meet, with the

A first: Black Marine promoted to 4-star general

FILE - Lt. Gen. Michael Langley speaks during a Senate Armed Services hearing to examine the nominations at the Capitol Hill, on July 21, 2022, in Washington. Langley was promoted to The Marine Corps' first African American four-star general during a ceremony Saturday, Aug. 6, at Marine Corps Barracks Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his

Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

By RUSS BYNUM FILE - This photo combo shows, from left to right, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, for

Fighting Monkeypox Stigma, Misinformation

By DR. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer Disease has a way of shining a light on the darker parts and responses of any society. SARS-COV-2 has certainly exposed our vulnerabilities and biases with COVID-19, and the monkeypox virus is doing it again. Monkeypox isn’t new. The first known human case was recorded more than half a century ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since then, it has been primarily

Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid

By DYLAN LOVAN Attorney General Merrick Garland with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The U.S. Justice Department announced civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting contributed to the racial

Russian prosecutors seek 9 1/2-year sentence for Griner

By JIM HEINTZ WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, right, enters a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Closing arguments in Brittney Griner's cannabis possession case are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that reached the highest levels of US-Russia diplomacy.

Indiana Rep. Walorski, 2 staffers killed in head-on crash

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES FILE - In this July 19, 2018, photo, Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walorski's office says that she was killed Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in a car accident. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car crash in her northern Indiana district along with two members of her congressional staff and

Thousands of N. Carolina offenders can now register and vote

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling.  Expanding the scope of those able to register and vote began on Wednesday, the State Board of Elections said. It came the day after local elections were held in more than a dozen localities. The change proceeds from litigation