55 years after the Voting Rights Act was signed, advocates say a Supreme Court decision paved the way for the return of minority voter suppression.
Author: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY
23andMe DNA study traces the ‘genetic consequences’ of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
A 23andMe study compared genetic data to historical records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Key differences shed light on the brutality of slavery.
Did you get mysterious seeds that seem to be mailed from China? Here’s what you should do
Agriculture officials in 30 states are warning the public not to plant the mysterious seeds and to keep them until they can be collected.
Court convicts 93-year-old concentration camp guard in one of the last Nazi trials in history
Bruno Dey was given a two-year suspended prison sentence for more than 5,230 counts of accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp.
Greta Thunberg won a $1.15M humanitarian prize. She’s donating it all to environmental groups.
Some of Greta Thunberg’s $1.15 million in prize money from the
Meet the sturddlefish, the hybrid of two ‘living fossils’ Hungarian scientists accidentally bred
Hungarian scientists accidentally created a hybrid of sturgeon and paddlefish, two species that began evolving separately 184 million years ago.
Ohio county creates hotline for residents to report people not wearing face masks
Three days after Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced the hotline, the county had received more than 500 complaints.
Madeline Swegle becomes US Navy’s first Black female fighter pilot in its 110-year history
Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle will be the U.S. Navy’s first Black female tactical fighter pilot. Swegle will receive her “wings of gold” later this month.
A couple got lost on their way to a rehearsal dinner. Then a Colorado man pulled a gun on them.
A Colorado man is facing criminal charges after allegedly pulling a gun on a couple who used his driveway to turn around.
Soldier becomes first woman to join Green Berets after graduating from special forces training
The unidentified woman received her Special Forces tab and donned her green beret at a socially-distant graduation ceremony at Fort Bragg.