The House on Friday passed legislation that would ban discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture. The CROWN Act, which was introduced by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, would prohibit hair-based discrimination “if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin.” Hairstyles the …

A jury on Wednesday convicted a man of raping and stabbing to death a woman in her Sacramento-area apartment, 40 years after her death. Phillip Lee Wilson, 73, was found guilty of murder with the special circumstance of rape.  The Sacramento County jury returned the verdict one day after initially …

Washington — An armed 17-year-old male was arrested at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night after he and another individual drove through a security checkpoint at the installation’s main gate, prompting a lockdown at the base. The incident took place as Vice President Kamala Harris and four members of President …

Artist Shirley Woodson described how she works: “I listen to blues, I listen to jazz.” “Does what you’re listening to inspire the painting?” asked correspondent Rita Braver. “Oh, definitely, definitely. A deeper color, a more brilliant color. That translation, that interpretation is part of what goes on.” There’s a lot …

Last year, approximately 140,000 workers went on strike, and about half were employed in the healthcare sector, according to a new “Labor Action Tracker” report by Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) .  Across the country, hospital employees spearheaded some of the more significant strikes of the year: …

Washington Commanders player Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a December crash that killed a female passenger, Virginia officials said Tuesday. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said Everett was driving at over twice the 45 mph speed limit just before the crash.  On December 23, …

Dr. Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Biden, resigned Monday night. His resignation comes hours after White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed he had been investigated over a complaint that he mistreated staff. Politico reported on Sunday that an internal White House investigation found that Lander, a …

Washington — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a relaunch of the government’s cancer “moonshot” effort, with a goal of cutting deaths from the disease by half. The so-called “moonshot” against cancer was first launched in 2016 with $1.8 billion in federal funds to be spread out over seven …

President Biden has signed an executive order to make sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and to improve the military’s response to domestic violence and the unlawful distribution of intimate images. Establishing sexual harassment as an offense under the code was called for by the …

A 22-year-old NYPD officer was shot and killed Friday night while responding to a call for service in Harlem, city officials said. Another officer was wounded and is “fighting for his life to survive.”  “Tonight, we mourn the loss of a hero officer — a son, husband, and friend,” the …