VJ Day commemorations muted by coronavirus on 75th anniversary
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged never to "repeat the tragedy of war" as commemorations marking VJ Day — the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Asia —…
Georgia court ponders charges for deputies in stun gun death
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Supreme Court is deciding whether three sheriff's deputies should be immune from prosecution in the 2017 death of a Black man who authorities repeatedly shot with…
Families rally outside St. Vrain school board meeting to demand in-person choice for start of year
A group of 20 parents, students and other concerned community members on Wednesday evening rallied outside the St. Vrain Valley School District Educational Services Center to protest SVVSD’s recent decision…
Missing 2-year-old found in southern Mexico; returned to mom
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 2-year-old boy whose abduction set off a hunt that helped rescue other stolen children sat on his mother's lap Friday as officials in southern Mexico…
For Black Suffragists, the Lens Was a Mighty Sword
On the last day of his life, Frederick Douglass attended a meeting of the National Women’s Council. The prodigious orator and abolitionist came home to Cedar Hill, his hilltop house…
A worker cleans up broken window glass at a store on Chicago's Michigan Ave., Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, after hundreds of people converged early Monday on the Magnificent Mile, Chicago’s most famous shopping district, breaking windows, looting stores and clashing with the police. The Chicago police superintendent said that the chaos that unfolded downtown had apparently grown out of a shooting that took place on the South Side on Sunday afternoon. (Taylor Glascock/The New York Times)
Are racial attitudes really changing? Some Black activists are skeptical
CHICAGO — The outdated guard of this city’s Roseland neighborhood, a neighborhood on the South Side well-known for molding a younger Barack Obama and notorious for its present blight, has…
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers the opening address at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
UN Chief: Do everything possible for youth globally
This year’s Youth Day occurs as the lives and aspirations of young people continue to be upended by the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN chief said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has…
‘Ebola outbreak in DR Congo grave concern’
WHO Africa says outbreak further complicated by coronavirus pandemic YAOUNDE, Cameroon Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Equateur province continues to be of grave concern, the World Health…
“Ready To Give Support To India’s Most Vulnerable”: UN On Floods
At least 5.4 million people have been affected by severe flooding, with 11,000 households displaced and 135 people killed, the United Nations said. United Nations: The United Nations stands ready…
Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage…
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