Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata. - 43 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 9:03am -
Sheriff's deputies arrested Terry Turner on a warrant accusing him of murdering Adil Dghoughi outside of Turner's house in Martindale, Texas. Turner spent less than two hours in custody. - 1 hour ago 23 Oct 21, 8:39am -
Federal health regulators say kid-size doses of Pfizer's vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues. - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 7:13am -
Although the kingdom will aim to reduce emissions within its own borders, there is no indication it will slow down investments in oil and gas or move away from the production of fossil fuels. - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:17am -
Only a third of pregnant Americans are vaccinated for COVID-19, despite being at far higher risk for complications and death. - 4 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 5:17am -
The actor and author has a new book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about why walking in the woods makes him feel better and how to experience nature in a city. - 5 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 5:02am -
England bowl West Indies out for 55 as they make a stunning start to their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win in Dubai. - 4 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 9:42am -
Joshua King's hat-trick helps Watford to a stunning first win under Claudio Ranieri as Everton collapse at Goodison Park. - 6 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 9:40am -
Callum Wilson cancels out Christian Benteke's opener as Newcastle hold Crystal Palace to a draw in the Magpies' first game since the departure of Steve Bruce. - 7 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 9:39am -
Giorgios Giakoumakis marked his first start with his maiden goal as Celtic overcame stubborn St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership to extend their winning run to four games. - 49 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 8:57am -
Criminal charges have been filed against Pierce County, Wa. Sheriff Ed Troyer, months after he lied about a Black newspaper carrier threatening to kill him as he made deliveries in Troyer’s neighborhood in Tacoma.Read more... - 1 hour ago 23 Oct 21, 8:32am -
Tyree Bell was 15 years old in 2016 when he was stopped and arrested by Kansas City, Mo., police for a crime he didn’t commit. He spent three weeks in jail before the police realized he wasn’t who they were looking for.Read more... - 17 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 5:00pm -
Atlanta—the Black Mecca, as some folks call it—is a place people of color have moved to in order to gain success. The city is filled with multiple Fortune 500 businesses, a budding economy, and it’s the home of the highly entertaining Real Housewives of Atlanta. In a place where you can bump i… - 18 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 4:00pm -
Imagine you’re going about your Black business only to have a cop follow you out of a convenience store, accuse you of waving a gun at someone and selling drugs. All things that he never saw. Read more... - 19 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 3:00pm -
As anyone who has been a devoted viewer of Insecure can tell you, in addition to the city of Los Angeles, the series’ soundtracks are yet another character in the much-beloved show. Fans and followers of Issa Rae’s groundbreaking series have long followed its official playlist on Spotify—which… - 20 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 2:00pm -
The pollen count was high that year when God decided to put on his Birkenstocks and step out for the evening. While waiting for his Uber, God began sneezing. Realizing that he didn’t have tissue–he had everything, including hand sanitizer in his shoulder bag–he blew his nose into the parking l… - 21 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 1:00pm -
Dwight Howard and Anthony Davis both say their physical confrontation on the Los Angeles Lakers’ bench was a momentary disagreementThe post Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis downplay confrontation in Lakers’ loss to Suns appeared first on TheGrio. - 2 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 8:03am -
An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a womanThe post Alabama man put to death for 1991 killing of woman appeared first on TheGrio. - 2 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 7:45am -
As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building onThe post Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before movie set shooting appeared first on TheGrio. - 2 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 7:26am -
On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at aThe post Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park appeared first on TheGrio. - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 7:10am -
The two women seeking the lieutenant governor’s office in Virginia next month are fond of touting their unconventional political backgrounds.The post Ayala or Sears: Both would make history in Virginia election appeared first on TheGrio. - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:54am -
The Justice Department announced Friday a cross-government effort to investigate and prosecute redlining, the practice of banks discriminating against racialThe post Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts appeared first on TheGrio. - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:42am -
The fate of the Democrats’ push for voting-rights legislation lies once again in the hands of one senator from West Virginia. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 2:31pm -
The country’s voucher-focused help for American renters is mired in red tape, and many landlords opt out. Would cash work better? - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 5:00am -
The senator from Arizona doesn’t seem rattled by progressives’ threats to primary her—and it’s not clear she should be. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 4:00am -
At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies? - 4 days ago 19 Oct 21, 2:00am -
They predicted that nonpartisan redistricting commissions would make elections more fair, but Republicans might reap the benefits. - 5 days ago 18 Oct 21, 2:00am -
HBO's Bill Maher pushed back against criticism aimed at comedian Dave Chappelle, whose Netflix special has come under fire for being transphobic."What the f--- was that reaction?" Maher said duri... - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:57am -
President Biden's public remarks Thursday that the United States would come to Taiwan's defense if it were attacked by China left White House officials scrambling to explain it did not represent a shift in U.S. policy.... - 3 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:41am -
Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor called the high court's refusal to once again block Texas's six-week abortion law "catastrophic."The court ... - 5 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 4:46am -
Progressives are feeling emboldened after President Biden backed "fundamentally" changing the filibuster, adding a jolt of momentum into the entrenched Senate stalemate.Biden's comments, ... - 18 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 3:45pm -
"Our investigators show that Fauci's NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hungry sand flies so that the insects could eat them al... - 20 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 1:19pm -
Former President Trump attacked Meghan McCain and her family in a statement Friday, mocking her for saying she left ABC's "The View" due to a toxic work environment and going after her father, the late Sen. John McC... - 22 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 12:06pm -
The Lee monument, which has been a rallying symbol for White supremacists, was at the center of a deadly weekend of violence in 2017. - 9 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 1:08am -
Mr. Pinkney brought new life to old fairy tales — and to children’s literature as a whole — with his radiant illustrations in more than 100 picture books. - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 6:28am -
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said that narrative — that train riders callously ignored a violent crime as it unfolded before their eyes — is “simply not true.” - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 4:40am -
After the 2020 election, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, said he would pay rewards to tipsters who found voter fraud. The first reward went to a Democratic poll watcher. - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 4:27am -
Seattle police said one "prolific shoplifter" boosted more than $10,000 in merchandise over three months, much of it Star Wars LEGOs. - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 3:58am -
Republicans have reacted to the state’s leftward drift by stocking the 2022 ballot with conspiracy theorists and extremists. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 8:34am -
Virginia might be increasingly blue at the presidential level, but Democrats only flipped the state legislature in 2019. Next month, they could lose the governor’s mansion and the state House. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 1:30am -
Voters with get a chance to approve or shoot down sweeping overhauls to the state’s complicated redistricting process, enshrine environmental protections in the state constitution and even remove voter registration deadlines and potentially set the stage for the expansion of mail-in voting - 20 mins ago 23 Oct 21, 9:26am -
Children could start getting their shots as early as the beginning of November with some kids fully protected against the virus by Christmas. - 18 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 3:19pm -
Adams — who has landed in some hot water during the campaign over transparency issues in his political and private life — urged the city’s likely next comptroller Brad Lander on Friday to “audit the hell” out of his administration if they’re both elected next month. - 19 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 3:03pm -
The court’s action leaves in place for the time being a law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant, and makes no exceptions for rape or incest. - 19 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 2:39pm -
Harris was discussing the details of the expansive infrastructure plan before a room packed with New York elected officials and some local families when a man began shouting about families who died in recent flooding in the city. - 19 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 2:29pm -
The fate of the Democrats’ push for voting-rights legislation lies once again in the hands of one senator from West Virginia. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 2:31pm -
The country’s voucher-focused help for American renters is mired in red tape, and many landlords opt out. Would cash work better? - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 5:00am -
The senator from Arizona doesn’t seem rattled by progressives’ threats to primary her—and it’s not clear she should be. - 3 days ago 20 Oct 21, 4:00am -
At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies? - 4 days ago 19 Oct 21, 2:00am -
They predicted that nonpartisan redistricting commissions would make elections more fair, but Republicans might reap the benefits. - 5 days ago 18 Oct 21, 2:00am -
Senate Democrats are calling for a return to original principles as the push to change the filibuster approaches its climax. - 5 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 5:00am -
Conservative lawmakers and media are equating a mostly peaceful climate protest to the pro-Trump mob that tried to thwart the 2020 presidential election. - 5 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 5:00am -
"Tucker attacks me. His fans respond with threats to kill my family. And Tucker knows exactly what he’s doing," said the California Democrat. - 10 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 12:08am -
The court will hear arguments on Nov. 1 on whether the Justice Department and abortion providers can sue Texas at all.View Entire Post › - 19 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 2:23pm -
Only nine Republicans, two of whom serve on the panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack, voted to hold Bannon in criminal contempt.View Entire Post › - 2 days ago 21 Oct 21, 6:03pm -
Virginians hardly ever back a candidate for governor from the party that just won the White House. But with Trump in mind, Terry McAuliffe is again trying to break that curse.View Entire Post › - 4 days ago 19 Oct 21, 12:17pm -
The lawsuit comes as the committee is poised to vote on whether to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt.View Entire Post › - 5 days ago 18 Oct 21, 9:46pm -
Two 40-minute videos from Jan. 6 show how hundreds of rioters breached one Capitol entry point and how police eventually regained control.View Entire Post › - 5 days ago 18 Oct 21, 4:29pm -
Neverending Nina speaks as trans employees and allies at Netflix walk out in protest of the Dave Chappelle special on October 20, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty ImagesDave Chappelle’s trans friend knew how to take a joke. So what? Toward the end of Dave Chappelle’… - 4 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 6:00am -
Hattie Pierce, 75, receives a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 4. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty ImagesThree big questions about booster shots, answered. It may be time for your Covid-19 vaccine… - 4 hours ago 23 Oct 21, 5:30am -
Bill Murray in The French Dispatch. | Searchlight PicturesAnderson’s latest film feasts on melancholy nostalgia for a world gone by — but the flavor is off. The French Dispatch takes place in the fictional town of Ennui-sur-Blasé, France — the name of which, to my chagrin, neatly matches my f… - 22 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 12:00pm -
Women’s rights activists gather in front of the Supreme Court on October 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesThe Court still won’t stop Texas from banning abortions, but it wants to bring this saga to a final resolution quickly. The Supreme Court handed down a pair of very c… - 22 hours ago 22 Oct 21, 11:50am -
Democrat Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Joe Manchin (WV) speak to reporters after a private meeting on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2021. | Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesClimate provisions and Medicare expansion are just a couple of the issues being debated. Democrats are pretty opt… - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 9:45am -
Hint: We had help. When Vox launched a dedicated YouTube program seven years ago, it was a team of two, aiming to create a new type of explainer video for the internet. It’s now grown to 31 talented producers, animators, and story editors, who have produced over 1,335 videos, racked up 2.6 billion… - 1 day ago 22 Oct 21, 9:15am -
After police arrested a young man for the murder of two sisters, police found a “blood pact” in which the man pledged to sacrifice women so a demon would help him win the lottery. - 2 days ago 21 Oct 21, 11:34am -
With its sloppy burgers and friendly fat knight mascot, Alberta’s Burger Baron has amassed a cult following—and sheltered a generation of Arab immigrants. - 8 days ago 15 Oct 21, 3:00am -
A failing breakwater in Conception Bay South in Newfoundland shows just how ill-prepared most places are for the climate crisis. - 9 days ago 14 Oct 21, 8:02am -
But land defenders claim loggers have become more aggressive since a B.C. judge decided last month not to renew an injunction against those protesting old-growth logging. - 15 days ago 8 Oct 21, 8:03am -
Evander Kane is being investigated by the NHL for a multitude of issues, including alleged domestic abuse and submitting a fake COVID vaccine card. - 16 days ago 7 Oct 21, 9:44am -