By Setareh Jalali After a decade of controversy and legal battles, the developers behind the 1,179-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline announced Wednesday that it’s officially terminating the project. The pipeline would have carried more than 800,000 barrels (35 million gallons) a day of petroleum from land-locked Alberta,…
By Setareh Jalali Howard University announced yesterday that it will name its newly re-established College of Fine Arts in honor of the late actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman. Boseman attended the school in the late 90’s and was a…
By Setareh Jalali A series of mass shootings over the weekend left at least 11 people dead and another 69 injured, according to CNN. According to data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), there were at least 12 mass shootings between Friday…
By Al Jazeera The former United States police officer charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis last month will go on trial beginning on December 6, a state judge said on Monday. Kimberly Potter,…
By Abha Bhattarai Many of the country’s largest retailers will keep requiring masks in their stores despite eased national restrictions, though industry groups and workers’ advocates fear enforcement will become increasingly difficult and contentious. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
By Al Jazeera Several Democratic members of the House of Representatives have spoken out against the United States’ military support for Israel and called for the protection of Palestinians’ rights, in contrast to other Democrats and Republicans who expressed their…
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Ellen Barry and Will Wright COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells the dispatcher. “I…
By Matt Byrne The arrest of a Portland neo-Nazi last week on child pornography charges provided a stark reminder that white nationalist extremist groups have expanded in the United States, and New England is not immune. But an expert on…
By Mike Isaac SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists and lawyers on Wednesday upheld the social network’s ban of former President Donald J. Trump, ending any immediate return by Mr. Trump to mainstream social media and renewing a debate about tech power…
By Thomas Kaplan, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Rebecca Robbins WASHINGTON — The Biden administration came out on Wednesday in support of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines, siding with international efforts to bolster production amid concerns about vaccine access in developing nations. The United States…