Here’s what you need to know about the history of Black History Month including how to celebrate appropriately.
Author: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY
Louisiana cemetery changes ‘whites only’ contract after Black sheriff’s deputy denied burial
Karla Semien said she was told her husband could not be buried at Oaklin Springs Cemetery because the contract stated plots were only for white people.
Alaska DMV investigating after vanity plates with Nazi terminology spotted
The Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles is reviewing its personalized plate process after license a plate reading “3REICH” was spotted.
Families of Black girls wrongly held at gunpoint in Colorado sue police, city
The families are suing over an August 2020 incident in which Aurora police held four Black girls at gun point after mistaking their car for a stolen vehicle.
Brood X: Why ‘trillions’ of cicadas set to emerge after 17 years have an ominous sounding name
In late May and early June, trillions of cicadas will emerge from the ground in 15 states. Here’s everything you need to know about Brood X, including a map.
What to know about abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman and the effort to get her on the $20 bill
What to know about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who is set to replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
Woman who ‘died’ of COVID-19 returns to Spanish nursing home after identity mix-up
Ten days after being told nursing home resident Rogelia Blanco had died of COVID-19 in Spain, her family learned she was alive and well.
Surreal Washington D.C. photos
‘Field of flags’
‘We are listening to Trump’: New Yorker reporter’s video shows disorganized but destructive US Capitol rioters
Video taken by a New Yorker reporter inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 shows rioters rifling through documents and trying to intimidate police.
White man who stabbed Black college student to death in Maryland sentenced to life in prison
Sean Urbanski, 25, was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Richard Collins III, a newly commissioned Army lieutenant.