The Guardian14d
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US
In 2014, Clayton Lockett, a Black man, writhed and groaned on a gurney and was declared dead only after 43 minutes. Last year Oklahoma was one of only five states, mainly in the US south ...
The Guardian14d
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US
In 2014, Clayton Lockett, a Black man, writhed and groaned on a gurney and was declared dead only after 43 minutes. Last year Oklahoma was one of only five states, mainly in the US south ...
al.com14d
Biden nominee Miranda Holloway-Baggett could be Alabama’s first Black woman US Marshal
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Holloway-Baggett will become the first Black woman to be appointed ... and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with ...
Columbus Dispatch14d
'Suicide should never be an option': Dealing with rising rates among Black people in Ohio
When Denise Holcomb is asked what she misses the most about her son, Derrick Cummings, she replies that she misses seeing the man that she knows he could've been. Cummings, who died by suicide in ...
Business Insider14d
RBC Capital Keeps Their Buy Rating on US Bancorp (USB)
RBC Capital analyst Gerard Cassidy maintained a Buy rating on US Bancorp (USB – Research Report) yesterday and set a price target of $47.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $39.52.
Business Insider14d
Barclays Keeps Their Buy Rating on US Bancorp (USB)
In a report released today, Jason Goldberg from Barclays maintained a Buy rating on US Bancorp (USB – Research Report), with a price target of $52.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at ...
The New York Times15d
Black Prisoners Face Higher Rate of Botched Executions, Study Finds
Lethal injections of Black people in the United States were botched more than twice as often as those of white people, according to a report from an anti-death-penalty group. By Nicholas Bogel ...
The New York Times16d
As Civil Rights Era Fades From Memory, Generation Gap Divides Black Voters
“And I think us continuing to propagate that narrative, no matter how true and rooted in fact that may be, is off-putting.” Davan’te Jennings, the Georgia Young Democrats’ Black caucus ...
CNN16d
Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The so-called “sleeping giant,” named Gaia BH3 ...
The Independent16d
Astronomers find black hole 33 times more massive than our Sun – and it is near us
“In our case, the matrix is our galaxy’s population of dormant, stellar, black holes, which were hidden from us before Gaia detected them. “Gaia BH3 is an important clue to this population ...
Wired16d
US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It
it's got to look different than the last 50 or 100 years,” says US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. WIRED sat down with Buttigieg to talk about the bipartisan appeal of infrastructure ...
Euronews16d
Ukraine war: Blinken assures Black Sea allies of US support, Russian strikes hit Donbas and Kherson
Top US diplomat Anthony Blinken assured allies bordering the Black Sea on Monday that they could depend on his country's support to make the region more secure, prosperous and integrated.