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Details: Written by KEVIN FREKING Associated Press; Published: 28 May 2023

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation's borrowing authority and avoid a default. Negotiators are working on finalizing the bill's text and McCarthy said the House will vote on the legislation on Wednesday, giving the Senate time to consider it ahead of the June 5 deadline to avoid a default

Details: Written by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press; Published: 26 May 2023

(Collin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Rhodes is the first person convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to receive his punishment, and his sentence is the longest handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 26 May 2023

Although the origins of Memorial Day trace back to the period following the Civil War, when some 620,000 soldiers lost their lives, the precise origins remain a source of controversy.

Details: Written by LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, SEUNG MIN KIM and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press; Published: 26 May 2023

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Republicans pushed debt ceiling talks to the brink Thursday, displaying risky political bravado in leaving town for the holiday weekend just days before the U.S. could face an unprecedented default hurling the global economy into chaos.

Details: Written by MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 26 May 2023

This is an undated booking photograph provided Thursday, May 25, 2023, by the Hinds County Sheriff's Department shows former police officer Kenya McCarty. (Hinds County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Keith Murriel is Black and is seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year’s Eve arrest. The city released hours of body-camera footage detailing the encounter.

Details: Written by Charlene Crowell; Published: 25 May 2023

Charlene Crowell

Treasury Secretary warns the nation is running out of credit and cash

Details: Written by STEVE PEOPLES, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press; Published: 25 May 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. DeSantis has filed a declaration of candidacy for president, entering the 2024 race as Donald Trump's top GOP rival (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

DeSantis tried to announce his bid in a special Twitter feed that turned disastrous. Listeners could hear almost nothing distinguishable for nearly half an hour. He never mentioned Trump in the session that lasted about an hour but said he was ready to fight. “Buckle up when I get in there,” he said.

Details: Written by KAT STAFFORD Associated Press; Published: 25 May 2023

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Black children are more likely to live near polluting plants, and in rental housing with mold and other triggers, because of racist housing laws in the nation’s past

Details: Written by BILL BARROW Associated Press; Published: 24 May 2023

(AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

Jimmy Carter announced that after a series of brief hospital stays, he would forgo further medical intervention and spend the remainder of his life in the same house in Plains where they lived when he was first elected to the state Senate in 1962

Details: Written by KAT STAFFORD Associated Press; Published: 24 May 2023

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Black people are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than white people in the United States. They are less likely to be correctly diagnosed, and their families often struggle to get treatment from a medical system filled with bias against them.