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Details: Written by By ADAM BEAM Associated Press; Published: 22 July 2022

Last month, California became the first state to commit to setting up trust funds for children who lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic.

Details: Written by ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press; Published: 22 July 2022

Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing for more hearings in September, and investigations persist in multiple jurisdictions and venues. New details will be unearthed.

Details: Written by By ALAN FRAM Associated Press; Published: 21 July 2022

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The right to use contraceptives would be enshrined in law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a conservative Supreme Court that already erased federal abortion rights

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 21 July 2022

Michael E. Langley’s name has been ringing bells since he was a young Marine in the 80s, showing out at flag football games, setting records for writing training courses, and getting tapped by higher-ups to mediate disputes.

Details: Written by By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press; Published: 21 July 2022

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

New variants of the highly contagious virus are challenging the nation's efforts to get back to normal after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.

Details: Written by By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 21 July 2022

(Photo/ Quino Al)

Federal officials are grappling with how local teams staffing the national 988 lines will contend with suspicion of the medical establishment.

Details: Written by By DON BABWIN Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2022

(Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 20 July 2022

(Photo/ Mississippi Valley State University via Facebook)

They’ll be able to earn four-year degrees!

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 20 July 2022

He’s been spearheading opportunities for Black and brown entrepreneurs!

Details: Written by Jessica R. Murfree, Texas A&M University and Natasha Brison, Texas A&M University; Published: 19 July 2022

Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images

The numbers are especially shocking when you consider that heat-related illnesses and deaths are entirely preventable.

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