Analysis showed that the King County regulation was enforced disproportionately against homeless people and people of color. Critics say the repeal will jeopardize safety. In Seattle, home to one of…
The suit charges that diluting Indigenous power violates their voting rights and will handicap tribe members who run for office Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to…
Prosecutor makes closing arguments in hate crimes trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery on a residential street acted out…
In an effort to strengthen enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the US Department of the Interior is altering the 1990 law, under which institutions…
Researchers have observed higher COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality rates among racially minoritized groups and people with lower incomes. A recent review describes how high poverty rates and racial discrimination led to…
During demonstrations after George Floyd’s murder, several people in the Texas capital were taken to hospitals after being struck with beanbag rounds that officers fired from shotguns. AUSTIN, Texas —…
A viral video of two teens fighting at a New Jersey mall – and the stark difference in how responding police officers treated the pair – is prompting harsh criticism…
A man accused of opening fire on a group of protesters in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, killing one and injuring four others, has been charged with murder, prosecutors announced Tuesday.…
LOS ANGELES — At age 7, Libby Yamamoto came home from a sleepover to find that her father had been taken away by the village police in their Peruvian town.…
Shortly after the US Constitution was ratified, Benjamin Franklin penned a letter to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, in which he said that “in this world, nothing is certain except death and…