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Harris: Trump is 'dangerous' for Black Americans

Vice President Harris is zeroing in on former President Trump’s history of racially charged comments in an effort to warn Black voters away from casting their ballots for him in November. In an ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

What Trump has actually done for Black Americans

Trump’s botched response to the pandemic fell disproportionately on Black Americans.

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Authorities investigate racist texts sent to Black Americans

Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to Black Americans across the country telling them they have been “selected to pick cotton.” “The FBI is aware of the offensive and racist ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 hours ago

South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter for the 2019 killing of Dime Doe on all ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Search for missing Native American woman continues years later

Jermain Charlo, who grew up on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, vanished on June 15, 2018. A lot has changed, but one thing has not — her family and the community's desire for justice.

Exclusive security footage shows the last sighting of missing Native American woman

Exclusive security footage shows the last time 23-year-old Jermain Charlo was seen alive. Six years later, investigators say they are close to a break in the case, while community members in ...

Project 2025 would upend Black Americans' lives: Analysis

A new report lays out a multitude of ways in which the conservative Project 2025 plan could negatively impact Black Americans. In the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Thurgood Marshall Institute’s ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery

Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery. Historic England is commemorating the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass ’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Racist texts sent to random Black Americans in multiple states, FBI investigating

Law enforcement agencies in multiple states say racist text messages with almost identical language were sent to Black Americans Wednesday telling them they had been "selected for cotton picking." ...

S.C. man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Black trans woman after historic verdict

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman.

The U.K. Conservative party's new leader is the first Black woman to lead a major British party

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

Hochul says New Yorkers who vote Republican are ‘anti-woman’ and ‘anti-American’

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said New Yorkers who vote Republican in the state’s tight congressional races are “anti-woman” and “anti-American.” “If you’re voting for these Republicans in New ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Federal investigation launched into racist texts targeting Black Americans across 10 states

Federal authorities are examining a series of racist texts sent to Black Americans across 10 states. Many of the messages were sent to students and make reference to slavery.

Multiple agencies investigating racist texts sent to random Black Americans in multiple states

The FBI, FCC, and Justice Department along with state and local agencies are all probing a series of racist text messages with almost identical language that were sent to Black Americans across ...

Woman sentenced for killing pregnant woman, hoping to claim baby was hers

A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison for killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off the dead woman's fetus as her own stillborn baby.

Americans go to the polls

Plus, Fed and BoE rate-setting meetings, Hungary’s informal EU summit and the Berlin Wall anniversary

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

A guide to an American dynasty

Here's what you need to know about the Trump family.

Woman who starved to death was unlawfully killed

A coroner says Debbie Leitch died from the effects of her severely emaciated and neglected state.

Woman living in UK for 22 years faces deportation

Amika Brown says she became a British citizen in 2019.

Pregnant woman and unborn baby die in police crash

The car the 38-year-old and her unborn child were travelling in was hit by an unmarked police vehicle.

Man raped and killed unconscious woman on park bench

A sexual predator raped and killed an unconscious woman on a west London park bench.

Woman sentenced over social worker stabbing

Fiyori Kesete attacked the victim without warning, stabbing her in the arms and head.

Woman admits hurling McDonald's milkshake at Farage

Victoria Thomas Bowen threw the drink at the Reform UK leader as he was campaigning in June.

Woman in critical condition after house explosion

Emergency services remain at the scene of the incident in which a man died on Saturday.

Woman found guilty of murdering stabbed partner

Julie Ann McIlwaine admitted causing the death of James Joseph Crossley at their Belfast home, but denied murder.

Woman arrested following care home deaths

Police say potential carbon monoxide poisoning is their "primary line of inquiry".

Woman released after care home deaths arrest

Three elderly care home residents were found dead in Swanage, Dorset, on Wednesday.

Woman given hospital order for killing daughter

Shay Kang's mother stabbed her in the chest 11 times whilst she slept.

Bodycam captures rescue of woman in basement of burning house

First responders worked frantically to save the woman who was in a basement filling with smoke.

Arrest after woman and children, 8 and 2, stabbed

A man is held on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman and two children are attacked.

Body found confirmed as missing woman Joanne Jones

The body found during the search for missing Joanne Jones is formally identified as her.

Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit

Profile of the UK's first female chancellor as she prepares to deliver first Labour Budget in 14 years.

Woman settles Tesco sexual harassment case for £45k

Former Tesco employee Lara Storey wants other women to know they don’t have to accept unwanted behaviour.

Australian man cleared of murdering British woman during break-in

Emma Lovell was fatally stabbed after confronting two intruders in a suburb north of Brisbane in 2022.

Woman admits relationship with Zara Aleena killer

Hayley Jones pleads guilty to an "inappropriate relationship" with Jordan McSweeney at HMP Belmarsh.

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