Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 21, as Democrats aim to confirm the first Black woman …

Published on March 21, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson have begun. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman to …

Published on March 21, 2022

A Mississippi grand jury declines to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusations led to the brutal death of 14-year-old Emmett Till. The …

Published on August 10, 2022

CNN projections: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the first woman elected governor of Arkansas, Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation …

Published on November 17, 2022

CNN projections: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the first woman elected governor of Arkansas, Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation …

Published on December 2, 2022

Ruth E. Carter won her second Oscar for best costume design for her work on "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." She's the first Black woman to …

Published on March 13, 2023

The body of a patient, who died during an intubation procedure, is prepared by Flor Trevino, 39, a nurse, to be transported to a morgue, …

Published on August 6, 2020

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. Powell is shown here at …

Published on October 18, 2021

Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White, seen here performing on stage in an undated photo, has died, according to an Instagram post from his …

Published on January 3, 2023

Co-sleeping under any circumstances is not safe for infant sleep, the American Academy of Pediatrics stressed June 21 in the first update to its safe …

Published on June 21, 2022

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an event on May 5, 2022. Clinton will make her first public appearance at the …

Published on September 12, 2023

Michael Phelps, 32, opened up about his years-long battle with depression to David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast from The University of Chicago …

Published on March 28, 2018

A representative from the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) inspects a tree extracted from the Amazon rainforest, during an operation …

Published on June 27, 2023

Virginia House of Delegates, Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, center, is escorted to the rostrum during opening ceremonies of the 2020 Virginia General Assembly at the …

Published on July 8, 2020

There's been another gorilla death at a zoo in Ohio. And while this one is of natural causes, it's no less heart-breaking. Colo was the …

Published on January 17, 2017

Prince Philip, the lifelong companion of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99, Buckingham Palace has announced on April 9. He is seen here …

Published on April 9, 2021

Sarah Harding appears on the "Loose Women" TV show in London in September 2017. Harding, singer with the English chart-topping band Girls Aloud, has died …

Published on September 7, 2021

President Joe Biden talks about his proposed FY2023 federal budget during an event at the Finishing Trades Institute on March 9 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mandatory …

Published on March 10, 2023

Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, launched her 2022 Senate campaign on April 27, seeking to break …

Published on April 27, 2021

Not everyone's dad is as meticulous a record keeper as Cecelia Rossi's. Her late father Romeo took albums of photographs and the Agawam woman learned …

Published on May 31, 2021