Featured Politics January 24, 2021

New Georgia senators Warnock, Ossoff promise to carry on John Lewis’ legacy

Six months after his death, the late civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis will retain a palpable...

Featured Politics January 23, 2021

In first days, Biden flashes action as deep problems loom

Inside the White House, President Joe Biden presided over a focused launch of his administration, using his first days in...

Featured Politics January 23, 2021

Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual

It’s a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former...

Featured News January 23, 2021

Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial

The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used...

Black History Featured Local News News January 23, 2021

Virginia lawmakers vote to remove statue of segregationist

A panel of Virginia legislators advanced a bill Friday to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a staunch...

Black History Featured News Politics January 23, 2021

For 1st Black Pentagon chief, racism challenge is personal

Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will have to contend not only with a world of security threats and a...

Crime Featured News January 23, 2021

Judge denies request to delay cop’s trial in Floyd’s death

A Minnesota judge said he won’t reconsider his decision to hold a March trial for the former Minneapolis police officer...

Featured News January 23, 2021

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation...

News January 22, 2021

Sen. Chuck Schumer reveals Trump impeachment trial date

Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection for the Capitol...

Featured News January 22, 2021

Legislator who questioned Black hygiene to lead health panel

A Republican lawmaker and doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting the coronavirus because of...

Featured Sports January 22, 2021

NFL giving free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 health workers

The NFL announced Friday that 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next...

Featured News January 22, 2021

Trump impeachment to go to Senate Monday, launching trial

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching...

Featured Politics January 22, 2021

Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

Seven Democratic senators on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the actions of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and...

Featured News January 22, 2021

Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief

Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in...

Featured News January 21, 2021

House approves waiver for Biden Pentagon pick Lloyd Austin

The Democratic-controlled House easily passed legislation required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense,...

Featured Politics January 21, 2021

Democrats set to formalize Jaime Harrison as national chair

The Democratic National Committee is set to formally elect Jaime Harrison of South Carolina as chairman on Thursday, signifying an...

Featured News January 21, 2021

Columbus, Ohio, to spend $4.5M to improve police bodycams

Officials in Ohio’s largest city said Thursday that they plan to invest $4.5 million in body-worn cameras for police and...

Featured News January 21, 2021

Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail

A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during...

Featured News January 21, 2021

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden...

Featured News January 21, 2021

Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel

Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new mutations, President Joe Biden will kick off his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up...