Uvalde DA makes rare comments on investigation
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The district attorney investigating the May 24 massacre that killed two teachers and 19 students in Uvalde, Texas, revealed Friday that she has been meeting with the families of victims to update them on…
Will Apple see a wave of unionization like Starbucks?
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A recent surge of U.S. labor organizing has spotlighted, above all, union campaigns at two high-profile corporations: Amazon and Starbucks.
But a watershed union victory last month at an Apple store in Towson…
Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years
Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attached affidavit from Moses Wright, and court m…
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s trial begins in Russia as US works to secure her release
Mike Mattina/Getty Images(NEW YORK) – Brittney Griner appeared in a courtroom in Khimki, a suburb of Moscow, on Friday morning for the first day of the WNBA star’s trial in Russia, where she has been in custody for 134 days.
Griner was detained at She…
Democratic governors urge Biden to use federal facilities for abortion care
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday met virtually with Democratic governors to talk reproductive health care amid some party disappointment over the administration’s response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
New…
How three states are moving to protect abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A week after the U.S. Supreme Court voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, ending a nearly 50-year precedent, several governors are moving to protect abortion rights in their states.
On Friday, New York is expected t…
Trump PAC paid nearly half a million to law firms representing allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee has paid nearly half a million dollars to multiple law firms that employ attorneys representing close allies of Trump who have been targeted by the …
New York City launches program to offer free COVID medications at testing sites
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City became the first to launch a “Test to Treat” program that provides COVID-19 antiviral treatments, including Paxlovid, for people who test positive for the novel coronavirus, according to city health…
Marvel’s newest star, Aramis Knight, talks playing ‘Ms. Marvel”s Red Dagger
Marvel StudiosActor Aramis Knight made his debut in Wednesday’s fourth episode of Disney+’s Ms. Marvel, and his team up with the show’s title character, played by Iman Vellani, was an instant hit with fans.
Knight plays Kareem, a masked vigilante cri…
New National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number needs more state-level commitment: Becerra
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters Friday that the upcoming launch of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s new three-digit number, 988, on July 16, “will work, if the states…