NASA is renaming its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer who helped inspire the story behind the book and film "Hidden Figures."
Tyler J. Davis, Des Moines Register Published 3:13 p.m. ET May 28, 2020 | Updated 4:19 p.m. ET May 28, 2020CLOSE Reverend Jesse Jackson gives his thoughts and frustrations regarding George Floyd's death. USA TODAYMINNEAPOLIS — Protesters nationwide should call for murder charges in the death of George Floyd, who died Monday while being arrested…
House Judiciary Committee member Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, dismissed claims Friday that former Vice President Joe Biden was taking the African-American vote for granted or being insensitive when he made controversial remarks on a New York-based radio show.Biden told "The Breakfast Club" that if African-Americans have a problem "figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump,…
13 cases identified at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Jackson County health officials identify third facility with outbreak 13 cases identified at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation The Jackson County Health Department noted on its website that there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation.There are 13…
Jackson County ranks 10th for most Michigan coronavirus casesOf all Jackson County cases, 134 are men, and 161 are women, per the Jackson County Health Department.Eighteen percent of Jackson County’s cases are people between age 50 and 59, while 21 percent are people 40 to 49. The percentage of people 60 to 69 with COVID-19…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…