Sports
James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first Black coach to guide a team to a College Football Playoff final.
California
Attorney Dermot Givens alleges a search of his home earlier this year was part of a broader campaign of intimidation and harassment against LAPD critics.
Jurors found that two Los Angeles police officers were not liable for their response to a reported hostage situation that turned out to be a false alarm.
The filing comes several weeks after a Los Angeles County jury ruled against Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter-L.A. co-founder and college professor, in her lawsuit against the LAPD.
An LAPD police sergeant testified that he ordered officers to approach Melina Abdullah’s home with guns drawn despite being ‘70%’ certain the hostage situation was fake.
World & Nation
Texas governor pardons a man convicted of murdering an armed demonstrator during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests; conservatives urged the governor to intervene.
Opinion
In the short stories of Erika Krouse’s ‘Save Me, Stranger,’ attempts to help lead to conflict and a powerful, at times uncomfortable, moral ambiguity.
The Hughes fire is a painful reminder that Southern California is not yet out of the woods.
One pardon application was rejected despite evidence. One was all but approved before it was even submitted. Both send a clear message.
The Democratic nominee’s visit to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest was part of a campaign encouraging Black churchgoers to vote.