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Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91
The UC-Berkeley professor wrote deeply researched books about the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow.
What they saved from the flames
For those forced to flee, the Dixie Fire brought into focus a daunting question: What do you bring when you may never come home?
The strange summer land rush in Peoria’s dying south end
A bizarre summer land rush led people from all over the country to buy homes on a long-abandoned block in Peoria, Ill.
Ex-Philadelphia homicide detectives arrested, accused of lying in wrongful conviction
After DNA seemingly cleared Anthony Wright in 2013, Philadelphia prosecutors and police retried him, but a jury acquitted him in less than an hour
Minneapolis police to curb minor traffic stops, long cited by critics as racial profiling
Scrutiny over the practice has grown in recent years after the hIgh-profile shootings of Daunte Wright and Philando Castile, both of which started with minor infractions.
Thousands of specially bred honeybees mysteriously went missing. The beekeeper wants answers.
The saga of Chris Kelly’s heisted honeybees would rattle the beekeeper and the clients who sought after his specially-bred bees.
Florida toddler accidentally shoots and kills mother while she is on a Zoom work call, police say
The toddler found an unsecured, loaded handgun and shot Shamaya Lynn, 21, in the head, police said.
Covid-19 latest updates: Clashes over school mask mandates escalate in Sun Belt as pediatric cases rise
Debates about mask and vaccination mandates are causing chaos and confusion as students return to classrooms amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the more transmissible delta variant.
Mapping America’s racial population shifts over the last decade
Racial and ethnic demographic shifts by county, according to the 2020 Census, since 2010.
How the racial makeup of where you live has changed since 1990
A Washington Post analysis of newly released tract-level census data reveals the shifting racial composition of neighborhoods nationwide.
Park Police officers who killed Bijan Ghaisar were told before pursuit he wasn’t suspect in fender bender, recording shows
The recording was part of a court filing by Virginia prosecutors, who argue not only that the officers committed a crime when they killed him, but also that they never should have aggressively pursued him after he fled the fender bender.
As schools reopen, more than 10,000 students and teachers across 14 states are quarantined for coronavirus exposure
School districts nationwide are sending students and teachers home to quarantine within days of the new school year.
Phoenix police disciplined for ‘dubious’ charges against protesters and ‘hate speech’-inspired memorabilia
An independent investigation commissioned by the city has found that police and prosecutors trumped up charges with “egregious” testimony that contained “false and incomplete information.”
A Colorado county offers glimpse of America’s future
People of color are the majority in Adams County. The same is now true in the West.
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw told supporters Trump lost to Biden. The Republican was heckled and called a RINO.
A fellow Republican heckled Rep. Dan Crenshaw after the Texas congressman said President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
