NYPD investigating attacks on Asian Americans as potential hate or bias crimes
At least three incidents Sunday involving physical assaults against Asian Americans are being investigated as possible hate or bias crimes, NYPD…
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A Virginia school district is returning a woman’s wallet almost 70 years after she lost it in her high school gym
A Virginia school district was able to track down a former student to let her know that they had found her lost wallet, almost 70 years after it went…
Continue Reading‘We’re here for you.’ Survivors of two Colorado mass shootings offer words of support to a man who survived the Boulder attack
Brian Kruesi says he was walking out of King Soopers after shopping in the Boulder, Colorado, store when he spotted the gunman firing outside. He ran…
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Suspect in Colorado grocery store shooting faces 10 counts of murder, police say
The 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Colorado supermarket — which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police…
Continue ReadingEvanston, Illinois, approves the country’s first reparations program for Black residents
Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents…
Continue ReadingA lawsuit calls Deshaun Watson a ‘serial predator.’ 16 lawsuits against him now allege sexual assault
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is now facing 16 lawsuits alleging sexual assault. Two new lawsuits were filed against Watson in Harris…
Continue ReadingWhite headmaster at New York Catholic school placed on leave after telling a Black student to kneel and apologize ‘the African way’
The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has been placed on leave following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last…
Continue ReadingIsrael election exit polls point to stalemate for Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the voters of Israel for making his Likud the largest party after the country’s fourth election in two years but…
Continue ReadingNew York City mayor launches commission to address systemic racism
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a racial justice commission that will be tasked with dismantling structural racism and addressing the…
Continue ReadingA new lawsuit calls Deshaun Watson a ‘serial predator.’ 14 lawsuits against him now allege sexual assault
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was called a “serial predator” in the latest of 14 lawsuits against him alleging sexual…
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‘It was crushing’: Denver Post editor talks about difficult process of covering another Colorado mass shooting
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Lee Ann Colacioppo,…
Continue ReadingA state lawmaker said Asian Americans have never faced discrimination. He later apologized
Connecticut officials are expressing their outrage after a state representative downplayed racism against Asian Americans during a General Assembly…
Continue Reading‘Gun, gun, gun! Run, run, run!’ Grocery store witnesses describe the deadly rampage in Colorado
A trip to the grocery store turned into a fight for survival at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado. The shooter entered the store Monday afternoon…
Continue Reading10 dogs found dead in trash bags in a North Carolina ditch
Authorities in North Carolina said they are conducting an investigation after they discovered ten dead dogs in trash bags that were thrown into a…
Continue ReadingA firefighter is missing and a resident is dead after a fire at an assisted-living center in New York
A residential assisted living center in New York caught fire and partially collapsed early Tuesday, leaving one resident dead and a firefighter…
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Analysis: Mass shootings signal a dubious ‘back to normal’ in America
Americans have been saying for a year they want to get back to normal. Tragically, they’re getting their wish. With the gradual return to…
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What has to happen after the Colorado killings
Once again Americans are grieving over lives lost to another mass shooting. On Monday, 10 people, including a police officer, were killed at a…
Continue ReadingA doctor moves back home after living out of a camper for a year to keep her family safe from Covid-19
After a year of living in a camper and caring for Covid-19 patients at a hospital, one doctor is finally home. Dr. Tiffany Osborn moved back in with…
Continue Reading‘Be relentless’: What it will take to free two Canadians detained in China
From her home in Toronto, Vina Nadjibulla fields hundreds of emails, texts, and phone calls, all about the only person she really wants to hear from.…
Continue ReadingThe Eagle has landed! New bald eagle born in Pittsburgh
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A new bald eagle was born in the City of Pittsburgh on…
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