Author: Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY

The sixth named tropical storm in the already busy hurricane season will bring heavy rain and flooding to the mid-Atlantic coast and the Northeast.

At least four transgender people have been murdered in the past week, bringing the yearly count to 21 — nearly matching 2019’s total of 27.

Dr. Michael V. Drake was selected Tuesday as the first Black president in the 152-year history of the University of California system.

A rally to support a Bloomington man who said he was assaulted and threatened with a noose was ending when a vehicle drove into a woman on Monday.

GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis told USA TODAY that “using the birth name implies that the trans person’s actual lived identity is somehow not real.”

An increase in fireworks complaints across the U.S. has generated a buzz on social media, with many users asking for an explanation. What’s going on?

Idaho, Indiana and South Dakota will join 22 other states that already require phones be in hands-free mode while driving, according to national data.

Five years after the landmark Supreme Court decision, adoption and housing discrimination, hate crime laws and trans rights become the focus.

Five days after Sasha Ronaghi posted her interest in starting an anti-racism book club on Instagram, 350 people had signed up. It’s still growing.