African-Americans with a certain genetic variant that puts them at increased risk of sudden cardiac death -- along with socioeconomic and cultural factors -- could contribute to the racial health disparities seen among COVID-19 victims.Writing in the journal Heart Rhythm, the official publication of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, published by…

President Trump hosts a roundtable discussion last week with faith leaders, law enforcement officials and small-business owners at Gateway Church, Dallas Campus, in Texas. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Trump hosts a roundtable discussion last week with faith leaders, law enforcement officials and small-business owners…

June 15, 2020 | 4:58pm | Updated June 15, 2020 | 5:53pm A Minneapolis police dispatcher became so alarmed when she watched George Floyd’s arrest in real time that she called in a supervisor, according to reports. “I don’t know, you can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras…

The family of Rayshard Brooks, an unarmed black man who was shot twice in the back by a white Atlanta police officer on Friday after he fell asleep in his car, have called for murder charges and a radical overhaul of the city’s police department.In an intense and tearful press conference attended by about 10…

A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist from Florida has been found dead one week after she went missing.