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By 1944, Adams Earley was the commanding officer of the first battalion of predominantly Black women. By the war’s end she’d risen to the rank of Lt. Col., which was the highest rank a woman could legally hold at the time, and it made her the highest-ranking Black woman in the military.
By 1944, Adams Earley was the commanding officer of the first battalion of predominantly Black women. By the war’s end she’d risen to the rank of Lt. Col., which was the highest rank a woman could legally hold at the time, and it made her the highest-ranking Black woman in the military.
This week in Springfield, lawmakers wrapped up their final legislative session of 2023. The veto session has seen legislators deliver major legislation in years past, but this year legislators stalled on several major initiatives — Karina’s Bill, the “Right of First Refusal” and the staff unionization bill — pushing those off to next year’s agenda. […]
Despite heavy fighting in the third quarter of 2023, Ukraine did not liberate huge territories, as many had expected. Russian minefields and a lack of air units in the Ukrainian army slowed the counteroffensive. However, Kyiv remains optimistic regarding the future of this campaign. At the same time, Ukraine intensified missile attacks on Russia-occupied territories, especially […]
16 Mins Ago China’s inflation rate marks the slowest pace in two years China’s consumer price index rose 0.1% in April year-on-year, the slowest since early 2021. Month-on-month, prices declined by 0.1%. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected to see consumer prices rise 0.4% from a year ago and remain unchanged from the previous month. April’s […]
Sylvia Fischer, a longtime public school teacher, local luminary of the civil rights movement and organizer of the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott died on April 1. She was 104. Fischer was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1918, during the influenza pandemic. She and her two siblings were raised by her mother, a hairdresser […]
(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Tesla reverses early declines * Southwest Airlines slips on government scrutiny * Futures up: Dow 0.29%, S&P 0.27%, Nasdaq 0.18% (Updates prices, adds comment) By Amruta Khandekar and Ankika Biswas Dec 28 (Reuters) […]
When 16-year-old James Henry Conyers left Charleston in 1872, no one who looked like him had ever been where he was going. Conyers’ arrival at the U.S. Naval Academy, following his nomination by a South Carolina congressman, marked the first time a Black man would enroll there. He was first, and he was alone. White […]
BY ANDRIAN PROKIP The second quarter continued to be dominated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Unable to conquer Kyiv, the Russian army withdrew from the northern regions of Ukraine, first massacring civilians in Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, and focused its efforts on the Donbas region. The world received evidence of Russia’s horrific violence against noncombatants […]
Stocks, U.S. yields up as investors digest Fed comments
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November 14, 2022
Fed’s Waller downplays recent inflation data Beijing lays out property support, COVID steps Biden meets China’s Xi at G20 meeting NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks . . .