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A new study calls into question the extent of the maternal mortality crisis in the United States, which has long posted a disproportionately high rate of maternal deaths compared with peer nations. Data . . .
In a 1990 report, the non-partisan U.S. General Accounting Office found “a pattern of evidence indicating racial disparities in the charging, sentencing, and imposition of the death penalty.” The study concluded that a defendant was several times more likely to be sentenced to death if the murder victim was white. This has been confirmed by […]
LOS ANGELES: One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was jailed for five years on Friday.Peter Cichuniec had been convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide and unlawful administration of drugs over the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old […]
One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was jailed for five years on Friday. Peter Cichuniec had been convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide and unlawful administration of drugs over the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old who […]
For our “Africa Reacts” series, the CSIS Africa Program has asked prominent African journalists, civil society activists, and thought leaders to analyze the U.S. presidential election process. We believe it is critical to flip the script by featuring African views on U.S. politics—informing a new conversation about the future of U.S.-African relations. This installment is […]
Federal authorities arrested a man they said was involved in a human smuggling operation that resulted in two Indian migrants and their children freezing to death as they tried to illegally cross the U.S.-Canada border. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel was taken into custody Wednesday on human smuggling charges, court records show. He is accused of recruiting […]
2:56 p.m. ET, February 23, 2024 Iran denies sending ballistic missiles to Russia From CNN’s Sahar Akbarzai Iran has denied sending ballistic missiles to Russia, saying recent reports are “unsubstantiated,” according to a statement provided to CNN from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations on Friday. “Although there are […]
For Elston Harris, heart attacks seem to be a generational curse. Several men from his father’s side of the family — including Harris’ uncles — died from heart attacks. Harris, who is 59 and a former college basketball player, almost experienced a similar fate after his own heart attack in 2017. The only signs he […]
Biden, Trump speak out as U.S. political fallout grows from Navalny’s death NBC News Source link
When Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh were captured by Russians in Ukraine over the summer and later held in a “black site” for a month, where the two Alabama men said they endured daily torture and lived on spoiled bread and dirty water, they expected death at any moment. “I am going to die from […]