LSMAMP Summer Bridge Program gives incoming freshmen a jumpstart to earning STEM
degree, adapting to college life
Jackson State University will kick off its annual Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Summer Bridge Program on July 6. LSMAMP is designed to help high school graduates transition to university life and inspire them toward high academic achievement in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET).
Louisiana governor signs bill to strengthen potential abortion ban if Roe is overturned
Louisiana's Democratic governor has signed a bill that will toughen an abortion ban that is ready to be implemented in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death
Georgia's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.
Fact check: Kathy Barnette rejects Oz's claim that 'all' his former rivals have endorsed him
Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania's US Senate race, has been claiming that everyone he defeated in the party primary has now endorsed him. But that's not true.
'Hang them all': January 6 committee members target of violent rhetoric on right-wing social media platforms
Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found.
30 million people are under heat alerts as triple-digit heat bakes the Southeast
From California to the Great Plains and into the Southeast, 30 million Americans in 15 states are under heat alerts Wednesday.
Putin says Russia is rerouting trade to China and India
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is rerouting trade to "reliable international partners" such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as the West attempts to sever economic ties.
The single most compelling witness of the January 6 committee hearings so far
Wandrea "Shaye" Moss was nervous. She couldn't get the microphone in front of her to work. She initially struggled to find the words to express herself.
Texts between aides reveal role Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing 'fake' Trump electors
The House select committee on Tuesday unveiled new information showing the role that Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing "fake" electors for then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.
Georgia Republican voters reject more of Trump's primary picks, while a late pick prevails in Alabama
Another election day in Georgia has brought a further round of defeats for former President Donald Trump and his chosen Republican candidates.
John Roberts played the long game on state funding of religious schools
Chief Justice John Roberts has been laying the groundwork for years for Tuesday's sweeping decision requiring states to fund religious education.
American allies in the Middle East pressure Biden to come up with strategy for containing Iran
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from the US' key Middle East allies to come up with a viable plan to constrain Iran, with hopes for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal fading as Biden prepares for his first trip as President to Israel and Saudi Arabia next month.
South Dakota Senate convicts and removes state attorney general in impeachment trial after he killed pedestrian in 2020
The South Dakota state Senate on Tuesday voted to convict and remove state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg from office on two articles of impeachment after he struck and killed a pedestrian in September 2020, making Ravnsborg the first elected official to be impeached and removed in the state's history.
Senate poised to pass first major gun safety legislation in decades following bipartisan agreement
The Senate on Tuesday made meaningful progress toward passing the first major federal gun safety legislation in a generation.
4 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and DC
Republican voters in Georgia ignored Donald Trump's endorsements in congressional primary runoffs for safe GOP House seats on Tuesday night, but sided with the Senate candidate in Alabama who had his blessing over one of the former President's earliest and most loyal supporters.
Here's what's in the bipartisan gun safety bill
The Senate's compromise legislation on gun safety unveiled on Tuesday, potentially the most significant new federal gun safety measure in decades, includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which would provide a more compressive background check for those between the ages of 18 and 21 who want to buy guns.
Biden will call for 3-month suspension of gas tax, though officials acknowledge it 'alone won't fix the problem'
President Joe Biden will call on Congress in a speech Wednesday to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, senior administration officials said, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices.
Gas tax holiday likely to land on empty amid hurdles in Congress
President Joe Biden's call for Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes will likely land on empty in the Senate.
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum indicted on wire fraud charges
Andrew Gillum, a once-rising Democratic star who nearly won a 2018 race for Florida governor, was indicted on Wednesday along with a close political ally on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements.
GOP senator says his right hand may need amputation after yard work injury
Sen. Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota, said Wednesday he injured his right hand doing yard work and required immediate surgery, which may result in amputation.
