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Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., center, who represents Louisiana’s 6th congressional district, is joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they speak to reporters in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to strike down his majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Black Caucus is the ‘conscience of Congress.’ Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit.

April 30, 2026 at 8:09 a.m.

Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected...

Kindergarten teacher Christin Labriola reads the book “Dumpling Soup” to her class, incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander subjects in her class at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off

December 12, 2025 at 7:14 a.m.

AAPI organizations devastated by reports of thousands of verbal and physical attacks, including the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings that left six Asian women dead, ramped up lobbying for more inclusive...

Government officials watch protesters gathering in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump’s approval on immigration drops among AAPI adults, new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds

October 15, 2025 at 8:31 a.m.

After months of aggressive immigration enforcement measures from the Trump administration, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to hold a negative view of President Donald...

Community members hold candles as they gather for a vigil honoring the life of Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed on a commuter train last month, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Train stabbing spurs outcry over Black-on-white violence, but data shows such occurrences are rare

September 26, 2025 at 12:13 p.m.

After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her home country was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence ignited bitter racial...

A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

June 16, 2025 at 9:33 a.m.

The Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its...

A screenshot of an online fundraiser on the Christian fundraising platform, GiveSendGo, is seen on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Tang)

A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised backlash — but also thousands of dollars

May 8, 2025 at 6:55 p.m.

A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered millions of views.

A shopping cart filled with groceries sits in an aisle at an Asian grocery store in Rowland Heights, Calif., Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Asian supermarket customers brace for price hikes as President Donald Trump tariffs take effect

April 9, 2025 at 8:22 a.m.

Loyal customers of Asian supermarkets and other grocery stores that specialize in selling imported food heaved a collective sigh of dismay when President Donald Trump announced extra-high U.S. tariffs on...

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise American consumers to throw away and avoid eating Romaine lettuce as investigators try to figure out the cause of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than dozens of people in more than 20 states.

E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grows to 84 cases

August 19, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

The E. coli outbreak linked to tainted romaine lettuce has grown and sickened 84 people from 19 states, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. At least another 31 cases are believed...

People gather near the entrance of the Phoenix Public Market Cafe restaurant.

Phoenix restaurants aim to appeal to Super Bowl fans

June 16, 2018 at 10:36 a.m.

PHOENIX — Feeding Super Bowl visitors a year after New York's restaurant scene did it is a hard act for any city to follow. But for downtown Phoenix, the NFL's...

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