Maryam Khan made history Wednesday becoming Connecticut’s first Muslim woman endorsed as a candidate for the state House. She was nominated for Connecticut’s 5th District seat, representing Windsor and Hartford. Khan says part of her motivation to run is setting an example for young Muslim women. She said youth need to know they can be [&helli...
U.S. President Joe Biden is committed to naming a Black woman to the Supreme Court, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday. Her remarks came hours after multiple reports that Justice Stephen Breyer is stepping down from the top court at the end of the current term. Breyer served as an appeals court judge from […]
An attorney for the former Louisville Metro Police detective awaiting trial for his role in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, is seeking to close part of the court proceedings. Stew Mathews filed a motion trying to bar journalists and the public from watching individual voir dire, which is the questioning of potential jurors. Mathews [&hel...
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who saved the lives of lawmakers during the January 6 2021 insurrection, broke his yearlong silence on Monday. Goodman appeared on the podcast “3 Brothers No Sense.” He said the insurrection “could have easily been a blood bath.” Goodman led rioters bent on attacking US lawmakers up the ...
A man who allegedly sold a firearm to the suspect in a hostage-taking crisis at a Texas synagogue earlier this month was charged Wednesday with a federal firearm crime. Henry “Michael” Williams was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Justice Department announced in a statement. He allegedly sold the gun […]
A Florida school district has canceled a presentation on the civil rights movement due to some people’s fears that it might address critical race theory. Michael Butler, a history professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine, said his lecture has nothing to do with the controversial topic. Critical Race theory is an academic examination of [&...
Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital removed an at-risk patient from its heart transplant list because he said he has not and will not get the COVID-19 vaccination. A hospital spokesman explained it is against hospital policy since transplants are administered based on a number of factors. Potential transplant recipients who have recei...
Wyoming’s first African American Sheriff Aaron Appelhans fired his deputy after a federal lawsuit from a Black employee claimed years of racist name-calling. It led the employee to quit the force. In the lawsuit, Albany County Patrol Sgt. Christian Handley reportedly drove past Cpl. Jamin Johnson’s house while Johnson and his wife were leaving...
US federal judges struck down Congressional districts drawn by Alabama’s GOP, saying the redistricting discriminated against Black voters. It was the latest Republican-led redistricting struck down in the courts as voting rights groups and activists challenge the party’s nationwide map-rigging spree. The move forces state lawmakers to craft ne...
Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the US Supreme Court, plans to retire. Breyer, 83, plans to step down at the end of the current term, which ends in June, the NBC and CNN television networks reported. Breyer’s retirement will pave the way for President Joe Biden to nominate a replacement on the […]
