The young woman who used her cell phone to film George Floyd’s arrest and murder in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, was honored with a Pulitzer Special Citations award, according to the announcement on June 12, 2021. Darnella Frazier was…
As the country realizes power over the coronavirus through confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine, employers have a difficult decision to make about mandatory vaccinations. Employers at medical facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes require their staff members to be vaccinated. Given…
As the United States creeps out of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown and more people are fully vaccinated, the country is experiencing a renewed sense of freedom to travel. The understaffed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on Saturday,…
The COVID-19 pandemic and elections took place simultaneously, prompting officials to expand absentee and mail-in voting. Former President Donald Trump increased his war against election fraud — so-called red states followed suit, enacting laws to restrict voter access severely. On…
Chicago is hosting the LGBTQ 51st Pride Month celebration in June 2021, unlike in 2020, when it was canceled due to the pandemic. Things will be a little different this year. Pride in the Park will begin on Saturday, June…
There is a reason it seems as though news about coronavirus variants is plentiful. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, constantly mutates, leading to new strains, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On June 10, 2021, the…
Beech-Nut has voluntarily pulled one lot of its rice cereal off the shelves and from homes. According to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website, on June 8, 2021, the company issued a recall of a lot of its Beech-Nut…
An annular or partial eclipse of the sun will be visible across the northern hemisphere in the early morning hours on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Some locations will be able to view the solar eclipse from start to finish, whereas…
California Highway Patrol officials announced they recovered the weapon used to kill 6-year-old Aiden Leos on June 7, 2021. He was riding in his booster seat behind his mom on the 55 Freeway when a bullet struck him in the…
Clarence Williams III, the man who played the undercover cop Linc Hayes on “The Mod Squad” has passed away at the age of 81. According to his manager, Allan Mindel, he died in his Los Angeles home after battling colon…