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Details: Written by STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press; Published: 10 June 2024

Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman during testimony Friday, March 10, 1995 (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Pool, File)

Mark Fuhrman is now 72 and he retired from the LAPD in the 1990s. Fuhrman, who is white, was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend. Fuhrman was charged with perjury and pleaded no contest in 1996.

Details: Written by CORA LEWIS Associated Press; Published: 09 June 2024

Seriously overdue credit card debt is at the highest level in more than a decade, and people 35 and under are struggling more than other age groups to pay their bills. The share of credit card debt that’s more than 90 days overdue rose to 10.7% during the first quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If you’re at risk of default, experts asay you should speak with a nonprofit credit counselor who can help you negotiate with your creditors directly. Experts stress that most credit card companies and other lenders have hardship programs available

Details: Written by Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University; Published: 07 June 2024

Black students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915. Heritage Art/Getty Images

Despite clear and persistent gaps between white and Black doctors – and recent efforts to reckon with racial disparities within the medical profession – lawmakers have tried to advance policies to prohibit diversity initiatives in medicine.

Details: Written by Julie Cederbaum, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern California; Published: 06 June 2024

My research team reached these findings by interviewing 21 people, now in their late 20s, who had aged out of foster care when they turned 18, had spent time in foster care as children or grew up in families that had active child welfare cases.

Details: Written by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst; Published: 06 June 2024

COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, and for the more than 400 million people living with diabetes worldwide, very real risks and impacts from the pandemic remain.

Details: Written by ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer; Published: 04 June 2024

Co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons, right (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

The ruling against the Fearless Fund is another victory for conservative groups waging a sprawling legal battle against corporate diversity programs that have targeted dozens of companies. The case was brought by the American American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group led by Edward Blum, the activist behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action in college admissions.

Details: Written by REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press; Published: 04 June 2024

Waverly Woodson Jr., as featured in the limited series, "Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color."(National Geographic via AP)

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It's the U.S. Army's second-highest honor.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 03 June 2024

(AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Now, the stalwart Texas representative is facing the battle of her life after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Details: Written by AARON MORRISON and MATT BROWN Associated Press; Published: 03 June 2024

Former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in that.

Details: Written by ANNIE MA and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press; Published: 03 June 2024

(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

About 7 in 10 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation.

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