WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate creates a conundrum for which President Donald Trump's campaign doesn't have an immediate answer: how to run against her. In a statement moments…
Kamala Harris: A pragmatic progressive different from Biden…
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris, as she would recall many years later, was once a little girl riding a bus across town to integrate a nearly all-white public school in California. Now she's in line to…
After Beirut explosion, Lebanese volunteers flock to help…
BEIRUT — A citizen’s army descended on the streets of Beirut after last week’s explosion. Arriving on buses from all corners of the country and armed with brooms, thousands of volunteers packed the areas hit…
Looting in Chicago was a long time coming,…
CHICAGO — Shattered glass and other debris from looted stores was still being cleaned up Tuesday after a wave of violence tore through the city's upscale shopping districts. To some experts, the unrest — in…
Misogyny and sexist violence is the result of…
In 2013, a Minnesota woman named Rae Florek accused her boyfriend, Randy Vanett of raping her while she was unconscious and unable to consent. Florek says she knew Vanett raped her because he boasted about…
Worlds last Blockbuster transforms into 90s-themed Airbnb
The last Blockbuster on Earth has pivoted from a classic video store to a dream retreat for '90s nostalgia buffs in Bend, Oregon. The store will be listed on Airbnb for three one-night stays in…
With Harris VP pick, Black women say Biden…
WASHINGTON — For decades, Black women have been the backbone of the Democratic Party, the foundational bloc underlying every movement — and yet they have been almost invisible on the main stage, because they seldom…
After Trump doubled down on Goya, has it…
If Goya Foods wanted to raise brand awareness this summer, it got its wish. It's been one month since Robert Unanue, CEO of the family-owned Latin food brand, created a furor among the Hispanic community…
A beautiful young man: Elijah McClain family sues…
The family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after police officers in Aurora, Colorado, put him in a chokehold and then injected him with ketamine while he was handcuffed, filed…
Bill Cosbys lawyers file appeal, ask for new…
Bill Cosby's lawyers on Tuesday filed an appeal seeking a new trial, arguing that it was "fundamentally unfair" that the judge at his 2018 sexual assault trial allowed Cosby's deposition from a civil lawsuit to…