By Jeremy Herb, Daniella Diaz, Melanie Zanona and Sarah Fortinsky, More than a dozen Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee joined with Republicans to easily approve a measure boosting the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion as part of a debate for a sweeping defense bill that authorizes spending levels and outlines priorities for the
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By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was stopped by police while walking home from a store, placed in a carotid hold and then injected with ketamine, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser
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By Sarah Fortinsky and Daniella Diaz, Members of the House Armed Services Committee forcefully debated the role of teaching critical race theory at military educational institutions for more than an hour late Wednesday night, with Democrats sharply pushing back against Republican efforts to include a ban on the concept as part of an annual defense spending bill. GOP
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By Maggie Fox, The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has called a meeting of its vaccine advisers for September 17 to discuss booster doses of coronavirus vaccine. That’s three days before the September 20 target date to start offering booster doses announced by the White House last month. “The administration recently announced a plan to prepare
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By Jennifer Gray, Brandon Miller and Taylor Ward, New York declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning as the Northeast region was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Ida, causing heavy flooding and reports of numerous water rescues. In New York City, a travel ban was implemented until 5 a.m., according to
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By Scottie Andrew The “Harlem Hellfighters” helped the US win World War I. The Black infantry unit was one of the most decorated regiments at the time, even as most of its members were met with racism and disregard upon their return home. Now, more than 100 years after the regiment’s surviving members came home
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By Kristina Sgueglia, A group of young Black men executed after being convicted by all-White juries of allegedly raping a White woman have been pardoned in Virginia 70 years after their deaths. On Tuesday, Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to the”Martinsville Seven.” “While these pardons do not address the guilt of the seven, they
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By Marianne Garvey, “Candyman” director Nia DaCosta has become the first Black female director to have a film debut in the top spot in the US box office, Universal Pictures announced Tuesday. According to Box Office Mojo, the horror film, a sequel of the 1992 movie, made over $22 million over the weekend. The movie is also now the
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By Simon Osuji E4, a fintech specialist, has launched a Girls in STEM program to help girls in underserved areas pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) after high school. The program aims to bring much-needed resources to society’s most vulnerable and marginalized group – young, previously disadvantaged females – in line with
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By Katie Lobosco, Social Security will have to cut benefits by 2034 if Congress does nothing to address the program’s long-term funding shortfall, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees. That’s one year earlier than reported last year. By that time, the combined trust funds for Social Security will be depleted and
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