The state of Texas plans to execute James Broadnax on April 30, 2026 for a double murder that he did not commit. The actual shooter, James's cousin, Demarius Cummings, was sentenced to life without pa...

By watching Alzheimer’s-related protein clumping unfold second by second, researchers have uncovered new clues about the role of metal ions.

More people around the U.S. are picking up the centuries-old tile game Mahjong and uncovering new community connections in the process.

Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

“Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

Black Mississippians won a Voting Rights Act case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But that victory may be in jeopardy.

Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

As political instability rises, so do anxiety, depression, and disengagement. New research shows how national turmoil is reshaping Americans’ mental health.

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A rare total lunar eclipse — often called a Blood Moon — will be visible in the early morning hours of March 3, 2026. Here’s what East Coast skywatchers need to know.