April Ryan celebrates Black women's historic election wins while warning voters the fight for democracy isn't over—stay engaged and hold leaders accountable.
Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom flipped Forrest County, Mississippi, a county named after the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard, in his closely contested race against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Joseph Owusu, 24, was found dead inside a duffel bag abandoned on a Brooklyn sidewalk after surveillance footage captured two people removing the bag from a white sedan and leaving it behind. His family is demanding answers as police investigate his death.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole, citing concerns about capital punishment and the criminal justice system.
Jacqueline Kelly, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw investigations involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, will lead the criminal investigation into allegations that seven Cornell fraternity members sexually assaulted a former student in 2024.
Keisha Lance Bottoms made history as the first Black woman elected governor in the U.S. Her victory carries a personal connection to Georgia, where her great-great-grandfather was enslaved and valued at $1,400 in an 1860 inventory.
Scott Colom is a longtime Mississippi prosecutor seeking to become the state's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Get to know his background, legal career, policy priorities and historic Senate campaign.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will not call a special legislative session to redraw the state’s political maps or limit incoming Gov. Keisha Lance Bottoms’ executive powers.
Longtime Dallas pastor and civil rights leader Frederick Haynes III has won the election for Texas' 30th Congressional District. He replaces outgoing Representative Jasmine Crockett, maintaining Democratic control of the seat.
