‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’: Indigenous people left to wonder how to ‘qualify’ for same attention as Gabby Petito
As Gabby Petito’s case continues to dominate the daily news cycle, Indigenous people are asking why their cases aren’t worthy of similar attention.
Read moreBarbados PM dials into issues at UN
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley invoked Bob Marley in an impassioned speech to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Friday. (Sept. 24)
Read moreAustralia’s immigration centre vaccination rates ‘appalling’
Vaccination rates in immigration detention recently lagged about 20 percentage points behind the general population, a freedom of information request reveals.
Read moreVictoria sets new record with 847 COVID-19 cases, one death
Victoria has recorded 847 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and another death from the virus.
Read moreScott Morrison says Quad alliance vaccine and tech deals help build ‘strong, stable’ Indo-Pacific
Scott Morrison and the leaders of the US, India and Japan – meeting as the Quad partnership – discussed clean energy, COVID-19 vaccines and supply chains for…
Read moreBoston rally over mistreatment of Haitian migrants
Anger, frustration at Boston rally as activists, political leaders and natives of Haiti harshly criticize racism in the brutal treatment, swift deportation of Haitian migrants at US-Mexico…
Read more‘I refuse to spend time fighting HATE:’ West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice furious he can’t coach high school boys basketball
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice wants to coach high school boys basketball. The local school board said no.
Read moreBiden welcomes India’s Modi to the White House
President Joe Biden welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House Friday, hailing the “strong partnership” between the two nations and pledging to bring the…
Read moreHouse votes to counter abortion rights challenges
The House passed legislation Friday that would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion, an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new Texas law that has placed…
Read moreFive dead and 74 infected after COVID-19 outbreak in Washington nursing home
Five people have died and 74 are infected after a recent COVID-19 outbreak in a Washington nursing home.
Read more‘Incredible:’ Oldest known human footprints in North America discovered at national park
A potentially groundbreaking discovery in New Mexico suggests human beings populated North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
Read moreRoyals visit Harlem school
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visited a New York City public school Friday where Meghan read her children’s book to the students….
Read moreCDC director expands eligibility for booster shots
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has rejected a recommendation of a CDC advisory panel and instead expanded the list of people eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot to…
Read moreHistorians: Border Patrol agent’s treatment of Haitian migrants recalls slavery-era whippings
Images of a Border agent twirling his horse reins like a lasso at Black people along the Rio Grande reminded historians of the nation’s painful past.
Read moreTime’s Up leader pledges openness after scandal
The new leader of Time’s Up, Monifa Bandele, is pledging openness and equity at the embattled women’s rights organization. Her predecessor resigned in August over revelations the…
Read moreHurricane Sam forms over open waters in the Atlantic; could become major storm on Saturday
Sam strengthened into a hurricane over open Atlantic waters early Friday morning and could become a major storm on Saturday.
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