Some Black medical illustrators say the lack of diversity in the images can have a negative impact on patients and providers.
Author: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY
Officials say school threats allegedly posted on TikTok are not credible; districts cancel class, increase security
Schools were increasing security and canceling classes Friday in response to vague threats officials said were made on TikTok.
Medaria Arradondo, the first Black police chief of Minneapolis, to retire next month
Medaria Arradondo became Minneapolis’ first Black police chief in 2017 and led the department amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.
‘Chased down’ and killed: Trial over Arbery’s death reveals ‘painful’ similarity to case that launched BLM
As trial unfolds over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing, so do similarities between his death and Trayvon Martin, who was killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman.
Push to disband Minneapolis police fails despite calls for reform after George Floyd death
The vote to replace the police department divided the community and was seen as a test of the police reform movement sparked by George Floyd’s death.
Virginia town councilman apologizes after wearing blackface for ‘Coming to America’ costume
Faron Hamblin, a Warsaw, Va. councilman, wore a curly wig and dark make up to look like Randy Watson, played by Eddie Murphy in “Coming to America.”
Civil trial over deadly ‘Unite the Right’ extremist rally to begin in Charlottesville
Jury selection begins Monday in a federal civil trial over a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia that ended with one dead and dozens injured.
What to know about the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery and the Georgia men on trial
The trial begins Monday for Greg and Travis McMichael and Roddie Bryan, who are accused of killing Ahmaud Arber in Brunswick, Georgia, last year.
A ‘lynching’ or self-defense? 3 Georgia men go on trial in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of Greg McMichael, his son Travis and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan.
Manhunt for Brian Laundrie in Florida wetlands scaled back after Gabby Petito’s funeral
The manhunt for Brian Laundrie in a Florida nature reserve will be scaled back this week following the death of his fiancée Gabby Petito.