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We can picture it now: Guy Fieri will be appointed mayor in a ceremony presided over by Matthew McConaughey, in front of a large municipal fountain overflowing with nacho cheese.An online petition to change the name of Columbus, Ohio, has gathered over 25,000 signatures after the organizer suggested they borrow an idea from Guy Fieri…

Tens of thousands of Americans on Friday marked the Juneteenth holiday commemorating the abolishment of slavery with anti-racism marches, peaceful rallies, bike rides and music parties celebrating blackness held across the country. The Juneteenth celebrations took place against a backdrop of unprecedented nationwide protests demanding racial justice sparked by the death of George Floyd, a…

UCSF released the final results Thursday from the mass testing of nearly 4,000 people in a Mission District neighborhood, revealing a high proportion of previous infections among low-income, essential Latino workers. About 6% of the residents tested positive for antibodies in late April and early May, showing they had been previously infected. Around 2% were…

Protesters dressed in white attend huge rally in Brooklyn Two black trans women killed in space of 24 hours last week Tens of thousands of people rallied across the US on Sunday, to campaign for the rights of black transgender people – a group particularly at risk of violence and of being killed. In New…

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in New York City on Sunday to support black transgender Americans in a "Black Trans Lives Matter" march in front of the Brooklyn Museum.Video of the event shows thousands of rallygoers, most wearing masks due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, marching through New York City streets following an initial gathering at…