• Tyre Nichols' death renews push for police reforms

    Tyre Nichols' death renews push for police reforms

    Jan 29, 2023 05:47 PM EST

    ... one of the brutality cases to make national news this month — exposes an uncomfortable truth: More than two years since the deaths of Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks touched off protests, policing reforms have not significantly reduced such killings. States approved nearly 300 police reform bills after Floyd’s ...

  • Here's what McCarthy faces as he looks to become the next House speaker

    Here's what McCarthy faces as he looks to become the next House speaker

    Nov 28, 2022 04:42 PM EST

    ... quest for the speaker's gavel, it is destined to come at a political price, setting the tone and tenor of the new Congress. To start, McCarthy has promised to restore committee assignments for far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after Democrats booted her and another right-flank ...

  • Donald Trump allies create a new super PAC called MAGA Inc.

    Donald Trump allies create a new super PAC called MAGA Inc.

    Sep 23, 2022 10:49 PM EST

    ... to saving America, and Make America Great Again, Inc. will ensure that is achieved at the ballot box in November and beyond,” said Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich, who will serve as the group's executive director. Others joining the committee include Republican strategist Chris LaCivita, longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio ...

  • Innovative Pittsburgh job center trains disadvantaged youth

    Innovative Pittsburgh job center trains disadvantaged youth

    Jul 14, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    Bill Strickland: Light, good food. The music is oxygen. Marty Ashby was hired to start the music program 35 years ago. Marty Ashby, Executive Producer, MCG Jazz: We built the program one musician at a time. Fred de Sam Lazaro: From a family of jazz musicians himself, Ashby used his ...

  • Juneteenth's evolution into a national holiday and meaningful ways to celebrate

    Juneteenth's evolution into a national holiday and meaningful ways to celebrate

    Jun 19, 2022 09:40 PM EST

    ... Yang:  Geoff, Juneteenth dates back more than a century. It`s gaining traction in recent years with the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and it`s come to mean different things to different people. Two perspectives now from Athenia Rodney, founder of Juneteenth NYC, and Melissa Rohlfs ...

  • Craig Greenberg wins Democratic nod for Louisville mayor soon after surviving shooting attempt

    Craig Greenberg wins Democratic nod for Louisville mayor soon after surviving shooting attempt

    May 18, 2022 01:54 AM EST

    ... only officer criminally charged in the Taylor raid, leaving many activists in the city with the feeling that the city’s justice system had failed Taylor and her family. “We demand the truth, we demand transparency,” Bianca Austin, Taylor’s aunt, said at a memorial in March for her niece ...

  • 2022 Kentucky Primary Election Results

    2022 Kentucky Primary Election Results

    May 16, 2022 10:55 PM EST

    ... police officer criminally charged in the Taylor raid, leaving many activists in the city with a sense that the city’s justice system had failed Taylor and her family. “We demand the truth, we demand transparency,” Bianca Austin, Taylor’s aunt, said at a memorial in March for her niece ...

  • WATCH: GOP lawmakers hold news briefing on infant formula shortage

    WATCH: GOP lawmakers hold news briefing on infant formula shortage

    May 12, 2022 02:20 PM EST

    ... security crisis for the most vulnerable of Americans, the ones that we cherish the most and that's our babies," said Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. "This is a crisis that should never be happening, and this is completely squarely on the shoulders of the Biden administration and the ...

  • Claudia Rankine’s 'Help' brings the topic of white privilege to the stage

    Claudia Rankine’s 'Help' brings the topic of white privilege to the stage

    Mar 20, 2022 08:28 PM EST

    ... how the events of the last two years have changed it. Zachary Green: We saw a number of high-profile deaths of Black people: Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Daunte Wright, among others. What has it been like for you to bear witness to all of these deaths and ...

  • NTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9

    NTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9

    Mar 18, 2022 03:25 PM EST

    ... be 14 in Texas to start taking classroom courses for a learner’s license and 15 to receive that provisional license to drive with an instructor or licensed adult in the vehicle. Department of Public Safety Sgt. Victor Taylor said a 13-year-old driving would be breaking the law.