WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican lawmaker questioned on the Senate floor if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash their hands “as well as other groups.” The American Civil Liberties Union called for GOP Sen. Steve Huffman to step down from office Thursday following his comments that were […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A business fired two Kentucky workers and issued an apology after a black woman was denied access to a restroom. Liquor Barn said in a statement Wednesday that it terminated the employee who turned the woman away and the general manager of the Louisville store, the Courier Journal reported. The company […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – The boundary-breaking Orthodox rapper Nissim Black is back with another catchy new track. But this time, he has a little help from former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire. “Win” is Black’s second song this year, after “Mothaland Bounce” premiered in early February. Stoudemire, who currently plays for the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, features in the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Philonise Floyd challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so his brother George won’t be just “another name” on a growing list of those killed during interactions with police. Floyd’s appearance before a House hearing came a day after funeral services for George […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday, as he announced initial steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Faced with calls from activists and a majority of City Council members to […]

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, says the World Health Organization had to backtrack on its statement about asymptomatic spread of the coronavirus being rare because that simply “was not correct.” WHO’s technical lead on the pandemic has tried to clear up “misunderstandings” about comments she made that were widely […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A black man died in custody last year after sheriff’s deputies in Texas repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldn’t breathe, according to recently released police video and documents. Williamson County deputies attempted to pull 40-year-old Javier Ambler over on March 28, 2019, […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein, the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women’s Institute in Brooklyn, made an impassioned call on American Jews to leave the United States and make Aliyah to Israel. In a video recording of a lecture posted online, Rabbi Wallerstein was unequivocal, stating  […]

BROOKLYN, NY (VINnews) – An NYPD officer has been placed on modified duty after a video circulating on social media shows him drive by demonstrators on Classon Ave in Brooklyn and opened passenger side door into a protester. According to a statement released Tuesday by Police Commissioner Dermot Shea. “As I’ve pledged to do, I […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was caught on video violently shoving a woman to the ground during a recent protest over the death of George Floyd is facing criminal charges, Brooklyn prosecutors announced Tuesday. Officer Vincent D’Andraia was charged with assault, criminal mischief, harassment and menacing in the May […]