WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden will nominate federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be associate justice of the Supreme Court, the White House said on Friday, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on the nation’s highest court. “Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge […]...
President Joe Biden has no intention of sending US troops to fight in Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Thursday. “That has not changed,” Psaki said at a press conference. She said Washington will respond to Russia with strong economic measures due to its military intervention in Ukraine. Asked about the possibility o...
President Biden will nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, she is a federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C., It starts the process for seating of the nation’s first female Black justice. The White House made the announcement official Friday.
Three former Minneapolis police officers were found guilty of failing to render aid as they watched George Floyd get suffocated by former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao, and Thomas Lane were convicted on charges of not assisting Floyd as he died, and of violating his constitutional rights. Floyd’s murder in 2020...
The Bay Area’s largest halal food organization is partnering with eight restaurants and food vendors to increase awareness of Black-owned businesses and the community’s needs. Black Muslim Food Week runs today through Monday. The three-day culinary fest will offer deals and pop-up events followed by a day of fasting and community fundraising. ...
Racial and religious prejudice increased significantly among former president Donald Trump’s supporters during his presidency, according to studies published Monday by the journal Nature Human Behavior. The 13 studies involved more than 10,000 participants. Researchers and social psychologists, Benjamin Ruisch of the University of Kent in the...
New sanctions imposed by the US, UK and the European Union are targeting some names close to Russia’s president and Russian banks following Moscow’s decision to officially recognize the so-called administrations of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. While the activities of some Russian banks in international markets were restricted wit...
NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN – FEBRUARY 23: Disabled Afghans carried out a protest on Friday, Feb 23, against the US President Joe Biden’s executive order to seize half of $7 billion in assets held in US financial institutions. Protestors who lost their limbs during incidents of violence in the country’s eastern province of Nangarh...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a meeting planned for Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva has been canceled following Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in Ukraine. “Now that we see the invasion is beginning and Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it doe...
Three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in the US state of Georgia were found guilty of federal hate crimes. “Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!” exclaimed Arbery family attorney, Ben Crump, at a news conference after the verdict was handed down. Gregory McMichael, 66, Travis McMichael, 36, and William Bryan, 52, followed and killed Arber...
