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A young girl and her mother visit a temporary art installation, called Bear the Truth, on June 28, 2020, at the Los Angeles City Hall. The installation honors Black children who have lost their lives to racial injustice and senseless violence.

Black Kids In California More Likely To Be Hospitalized For Police-Related Injuries

Black boys and girls ages 10-14 are injured at 5.3 and 6.7 times, respectively, the rate for white boys and girls, the study says., a new study shows.

Mounted police officers patrol around the edge of Sydney Harbor on Friday as the Australian city has been locked down amid a new surge in coronavirus infections.

Australian Troops Will Help Enforce A Coronavirus Lockdown In Sydney

About 300 unarmed soldiers are joining local police in the city of 6 million to enforce coronavirus restrictions as authorities try to quell a new outbreak linked to the delta variant.

MLK - Activism and the Arts on WBGO

This year’s discussion focuses on how Dr. King leveraged the influence of artists and athletes in the civil rights movement and how that legacy of activism in the arts and sports continues today. Saturday, January 15 at 6pm on WBGO 88.3 FM and online at WBGO.org.

This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a missing tabernacle and damaged angel statue in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood in New York, which was stolen between Thursday and Saturday.

A tabernacle was stolen and an angel statue was beheaded at a Brooklyn church

The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, known as the "Notre Dame" of Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.

The Music Tapes: 'The Minister of Longitude'

The solo LP from the Elephant 6 collective member is dense, but its antique nostalgia is beautiful.

Marriott International became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

People walk in front of stores in New York's Herald Square on Jan. 8, 2021.

Shoppers Splurged In January As New Stimulus Checks Arrived

Retail sales soared 5.3% last month compared to December, much more than anticipated, as U.S. families began receiving new federal coronavirus relief checks.

National Guard members examine a terrain model of Capitol Hill on Thursday. U.S. Capitol Police requested the guardsmen stay another two months after threats of further violence emerged.

Capitol Police Call For Extension Of National Guard Help

The Capitol Police is alert for a possible attack from militia members. There are currently 5,200 Guard members in the Capitol following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building.

A row of parking meters lines O'Farrell Street in San Francisco. The city issues 1.5 million tickets a year.

What Do Jerry Brown, Steve Jobs And Kamala Harris Have In Common?

The California governor, late Apple co-founder and state general attorney are among the people the San Francisco transit agency owes some $6.1 million in overpayments for parking citations.

In the U.K. the Delta variant, or B.1.617.2, is now the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 and is causing surges of COVID-19 in parts of the country.

The Highly Contagious Delta Variant Is On The Rise In The U.S.

The variant accounts for more than 6% of all infections in the U.S. and in some Western states is responsible for more than 18% of cases.

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