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Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 13 June 2024

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The nine-member court upheld a previous ruling by a district court judge in Tulsa, stating that the plaintiffs’ grievances, although legitimate, did not fall within the purview of the state’s public nuisance statute.

Details: Written by AP News; Published: 12 June 2024

Alexander Morris of the Four Tops (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Alexander Morris filed a lawsuit Monday against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren. He is claiming racial discrimination and other misconduct during a 2023 visit for chest pain and breathing problems. Morris says staff assumed he was mentally ill when he revealed his celebrity status.

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 12 June 2024

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (AP Photo/Gene Johnson)

There is no indication that patients have been denied emergency abortions in Washington, but Inslee said during a news conference in Seattle he wanted to remove any doubt that hospitals were required to provide those services if necessary.

Details: Written by JOSH BOAK Associated Press; Published: 11 June 2024

Patti LaBelle (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden signed a law in 2021 that made June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday. It commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. The concert comes as this year’s presidential election is intensifying, with Black voters sure to play an important role.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 10 June 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Jeffries responded forcefully, condemning Donalds’ remarks as inaccurate and deeply offensive.

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.