More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, some in a matter of days Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired at midnight Saturday — one Democratic lawmaker even camping outside the Capitol in protest as millions of Americans faced being forced from their homes. Lawmakers said they were blindsided…
The nation’s top doctor says that without more people getting vaccinated, the pandemic will continue to escalate Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that more “pain and suffering” is on the horizon as COVID-19 cases climb again and officials plead with unvaccinated Americans to get their shots. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, also said…
Lawmakers are using a tool created by the state’s sweeping new election law to exert influence over local elections Republican lawmakers in Georgia have started a process that could lead to a takeover of elections in the state’s most populous county. Many in the GOP continue to claim wrongdoing in reliably Democratic Fulton County had…
Protesters railed against officials for not letting victims’ descendants play a larger role in the process in Tulsa Residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma are in an uproar over the city’s reburial of remains believed to be of more than a dozen victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre that were excavated from the ground. The Hill reports…
Child tax credit recipients say the additional money helps alleviate pressure Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from daycare. But the 31-year-old mother of two was struggling to keep up with the car payments. Brianne Walker desperately wanted to take her three…
One positive outcome of the eviction crisis is that renters now have more rights In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction. Simmons, a 44-year-old home health aide who lives with her two children and two grandchildren, was…
A Black veteran who suffered an electric shock while working in a Frito-Lay warehouse in 2016 says he has been harassed by the company, which allegedly hired private investigators to follow him after the incident. After returning home from the Navy, 36-year-old Brandon Ingram of Florissant, Missouri, began working at a Frito-Lay in St. Louis…
The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors. The state has become the new…
Legendary country singer Dolly Parton recently revealed that when it came time to spend the money she’d earned in royalties from Whitney Houston‘s cover of “I Will Always Love You,” the late singer played a massive role in how the funds were used. During a July 29 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy…
The Italian athlete was born in the U.S. to a Black father and Italian mother and raised in Italy Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time. Even in a race with no clear favorites,…
