In an incendiary obituary for her late husband, Nagy condemned the politicians and Texans whose response to the coronavirus and refusal to wear masks, she said, were responsible for his death.

Joshua Redman recently got his original quartet from 1994 back together to record “RoundAgain,” a CD released on July 10. The quartet features Redman on saxophone, Brad Mehldau on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Brian Blade on drums. The Banner caught up with Redman by phone in late

President Donald Trump's presidency, which has fueled racial divisions and appealed to white grievance, unleashed for some here an overwhelming urgency. Black women added their names to down-ticket ballots; they are canvassing, knocking on

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing improved again in July with a key gauge of activity rising further into expansion territory. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to

Some nursing homes have switched to treating only COVID-19 patients, who bring in more government money. But to make room for them, the original residents are forced out of places they’ve called home. In some nursing homes, 100% of the residents are positive for the coronavirus. That’s by

For the third time, Brenda Jones and Rashida Tlaib have faced off in an election as the two Democrats vie for a U.S. House seat representing Michigan's 13th Congressional

By PHIL MARCELO, CARLA K. JOHNSON and LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Big house parties and weddings, summer camps, concerts, crowded bars and restaurants, shopping trips without masks — Americans' resistance to curbs on everyday life is seen as a key reason the U.S. has racked up

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated Senate Republicans re-upped their complaints Tuesday that Democratic negotiators are taking too hard a line in talks on a sweeping coronavirus relief bill, but an afternoon negotiating session brought at least modest concessions from

Whitney Young Jr., born to president of the Lincoln Institute, Whitney Young Sr., was cut out for great feats and he showed an inkling when he graduated as his class valedictorian at the Lincoln Institute - a black high school. It was therefore tragic news when the Shelby County, Kentucky native