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Wednesday is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which focuses on trans people who have lost their lives because of violence. Here is what to know. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked every Nov. 20 and began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s initial term from 2017 to 2019 and twice ran unsuccessfully

Miss Universe 2024 has officially crowned a new queen. This year’s title went to Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Denmark, a decision that has sparked both celebration and controversy. As some lauded the pageant queen’s blonde hair and blue eyes, features long associated with Eurocentric ideals, Nigeria’s Chidimma Adetshina made headlines

Elaine Welteroth has a brand new bundle of joy! The 37-year-old media personality and founder of the birthFUND welcomed her second baby, a son named SantiGold, with her husband, musician Jonathan Singletary, in early November. While Welteroth told People magazine that she and her growing family are “all healthy and

WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113. Senhouse died “peacefully in her sleep” on Saturday, said Stephanie Hawkinson, public information

When a pair of thieves in the UK happened upon what they thought was an unattended cell phone, all they had to do was pick it up and go. However, there was just one problem: the phone belonged to Mo Farah, one of Britain’s most decorated track athletes. The 41-year-old

In the final months of the Biden-Harris White House, the administration is touting significant gains for Black businesses over the past four years and working to ensure the successes will be cemented when President-elect Donald Trump and his administration take office. Isabel Guzman, the administrator of the Small Business Administration,

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump. Trump and other defendants

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit. KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports,