Jul 15 Watch 2:50 Maria Hinojosa’s Brief But Spectacular take on being a powerful Latina in the media By Melissa Williams Maria Hinojosa is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexican American journalist and founder of Futuro Media Group. As a Mexican immigrant herself, Hinojosa found her background often lent a different lens to the pressing topics of the day. She shared her Brief… Continue watching
Jul 15 Feds open investigation into Maryland State Police hiring practices By Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. Continue reading
Jul 15 Biden intervenes in railroad contract to block strike By Josh Funk, Associated Press President Joe Biden has blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute. Continue reading
Jul 15 Texas hospitals delaying care over violating abortion law By Associated Press The Texas Medical Association says some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban. The Dallas Morning News reports the association sent a letter this week to… Continue reading
Jul 15 NY lawsuit against Trump, 2 children delayed due to Ivana’s death By Jennifer Peltz, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The ex-president, son Donald Jr. and daughter Ivanka had been scheduled for depositions — a term for out-of-court questioning under oath — starting as soon as Friday. But New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office said it had agreed to… Continue reading
Jul 15 WNBA star Brittney Griner had a doctor’s note for cannabis, lawyer says By Jim Heintz, Associated Press A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial has given a Russian court a letter from a U.S. doctor recommending she use cannabis to treat pain. Continue reading
Jul 15 Buffalo market reopens amid debate over healing and sensitivity By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press Store associates are handing single carnations to customers as they enter the newly reopening Tops Friendly Market where 10 Black people were slain by a white gunman. Continue reading
Jul 15 Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet king, crown prince By Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer, Chris Megerian, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Biden met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he once pledged to shun for human rights violations, and shared a cordial fist bump as he tried to reset a diplomatic relationship… Continue reading
Jul 15 Jayland Walker shot more than 40 times, medical examiner finds By Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday… Continue reading
Jul 14 Environmentalists argue California home developments create wildfire risks By Michael Phillis, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfires when they plan their housing developments near fire-prone areas. And they've been winning. Continue reading