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Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans voted to form a union, becoming the first of the coffee giant’s locations in Louisiana to unionize.  Ballots were cast Friday and Saturday 11-1 in favor of joining Workers United, which represents […]

Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday night, authorities said. Police officers were patrolling the area on South Street in downtown Philadelphia when they heard multiple gunshots and […]

To be denied something to which you were entitled is a great form of injustice. For many Black Americans having to live in a time where you were denied your Constitutional right to vote seems unfathomable. That’s because for many […]

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100 people gathered recently at the Republican Party headquarters near Columbus, Georgia, to hear from U.S. Senate candidate and football […]

By DR. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer A rare disease called monkeypox, a much less severe cousin of smallpox, is spreading around the world into places it usually never touches. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 250 cases […]

By JAKE BLEIBERG, JIM VERTUNO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Law enforcement authorities faced mounting questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman […]

By JEFF AMY  Georgia voters didn’t get much of a break from election talk on the day after the Tuesday primary in which Republican Gov. Brian Kemp demolished GOP challenger David Perdue and Democrat Stacey Abrams finally clinched a nomination […]

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing 14 children, one teacher and injuring others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead.  It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the […]

Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a utility pole on Riley Street. They dug a hole there and planted a red rose bush seedling. Next to it, they leaned […]

By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a civilian, sealing the first conviction for war crimes since Moscow’s invasion three months ago. Sgt. Vadim […]