Making History

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz has taken the helm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, becoming the first Black woman to lead the agency for vaccines, schoolchildren and public trust. […]

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro, Jessica Gresko, Zeke Miller and Farnoush Amiri in Washington and Aaron Morrison in New York contributed to this report. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate […]

By: DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. […]