NBA commemorates MLK Day with games and celebrations

The NBA is honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with celebrations and games on the national holiday.

This MLK Day comes with calls for progress on voting rights

Dr. King's children fear new voting laws enacted since the 2020 election are stripping away the very rights their father fought to attain.

Maya Angelou becomes 1st Black woman featured on US quarter

A new U.S. quarter featuring the late poet Maya Angelou went into circulation on Monday, the U.S. Mint announced.

'A Doll Like Me': Helping children with disabilities feel seen through personalized dolls

The doll maker behind “A Doll Like Me” makes dolls for children who don't see themselves on store shelves. The dolls resemble their owners: children with a variety of disabilities, so that every child feels seen.

LASD faces civil rights lawsuit after video shows deputies hitting Black man in the head

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit after video showed deputies holding a Black man to the ground and hitting him in the head multiple times.

Racism is a 'public health threat,' Biden says in new HIV/AIDS strategy

In its new HIV/AIDS strategy released Wednesday on the annual commemoration of World AIDS Day, the Biden administration is calling racism “a public health threat” that must be fully recognized as the world looks to end the epidemic.

Santa gets a boyfriend in Norway postal service Christmas ad

The commercial, titled, “When Harry Met Santa,” celebrates 50 years since the country decriminalized homosexuality.

Ahmaud Arbery's family reacts to guilty verdicts: 'I never thought this day would come'

Wanda Cooper-Jones spoke to a crowd on the courthouse steps minutes after hearing three men accused of killing her son, Ahmaud Arbery, were found guilty of murder.

Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: Jury dismissed for night, deliberations continue Wednesday morning

The jury asked the judge to go a little late into the evening, but a little before 6:30 p.m. was dismissed for the night. They are expected to pick up deliberations early Wednesday morning.

'Unite the Right' civil trial verdict: Jury awards victims $26M in damages

A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Tennis icon Billie Jean King looks back on legacy on and off the court

Monday marked Billie Jean King's 78th birthday. Yet, the athlete who won 39 Grand Slams during her historic tennis career, is still moving at a dizzying pace. 

Son of Black man killed by California police settles $1.3M lawsuit

Kenneth Ross Jr., 25, was killed by police in 2018 after officers responded to reports of a man firing his weapon in a park in Gardena. His death also prompted calls for police reform.

Plessy v. Ferguson: Man at center of landmark case on verge of pardon

The state Board of Pardons' unanimous decision to clear theHomer Plessy’s record of a conviction now goes to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has final say over the pardon.

White LA mother accused of human trafficking Black daughter on Southwest Airlines flight

A white mother from Los Angeles says she was stopped by police and accused of human trafficking her 10-year-old biological biracial daughter by a Southwest Airlines flight attendant.

What is critical race theory? Many struggle to define topic

Critical race theory has become a lightning rod for Republicans and an issue in the Virginia governor's race.

Judge rules 1 Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Ahmaud Arbery killing

A judge will seat one Black juror and 11 whites to decide the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, despite prosecutors’ objections that several Black potential jurors were cut because of their race.