A 24-year-old Georgia man who contracted COVID-19 and required a double lung transplant, and who remains hospitalized, has expressed his regret he did not get vaccinated for the virus, which has so far killed more than 607,000 Americans.  Blake Bargatze had told his parents he was putting off receiving a COVID-19...

Historians are already forming a consensus over where Donald Trump ranks among U.S. presidents and it’s not at the bottom of the list. But, it’s pretty close. The C-SPAN survey of historians placed Trump at 41st out of 44, behind only three 19th-century presidents: Franklin Pierce (1853-57), Andrew Johnson (1865-69) and James Buchanan (1857-61). Trump even finished behind...

“She was the one who recorded a motion cinema picture that set the world on fire,” said George Floyd’s brother, Philonise. Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose video of George Floyd’s murder went viral, fueling massive protests against police brutality around the world last year, has been awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize. In an announcement Friday afternoon,...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge on Wednesday for probation after being convicted for the murder of George Floyd, while the prosecution said his crime "shocked the Nation's conscience" and he should be imprisoned for 30 years.  In a motion filed with Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill,...

An effort in Texas to make it more difficult to vote is the latest attempt by Republicans to complicate ballot access as former President Donald Trump continues to push baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The legislation proposed by Texas GOP lawmakers would be among the most...

When Yin Ou’s family moved to the United States from Myanmar in 2009, her mother had to work minimum-wage jobs like jewelry packaging and babysitting to provide for the family. “My parents didn’t have the knowledge to start a business, or get an IRA or invest,” says Yin, who lives in...

San Francisco's opening ceremony for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Li Jianguo/Getty Images In the US, May is the month to celebrate the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Though it can be easy for some people to group together individuals from the East, the Southeast, the Indian subcontinent...