A woman who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade.

A man wounded by police in a case that sparked protests around North Carolina’s capital city was raising a gun when he was shot, according to a preliminary investigative report, which comes as community activists press for increased police transparency and accountability.

MEMPHIS — Tam’s Underground Café didn’t debut in a neighborhood where most of the people looked like its owner, Tamra Patterson.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington is the sixth state to ban race-based discrimination against hair texture and hairstyles, under a measure signed Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four-term U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat in a reliably blue central Ohio district, is facing one of her stiffest challenges Tuesday, from a political newcomer positioned at the party’s far left.

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut police officer who fired through the windshield of a car coming at him and killed the 18-year-old driver was justified in using deadly force, a state prosecutor announced Wednesday.

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Roy Copeland knew he was dressed “shabbily” but he didn’t expect a group of people to avoid him.

Kim Foxx, the Chicago prosecutor criticized for her handling of actor Jussie Smollett's case, has virtually assured herself a second term with a victory in the Democratic primary.

SILVER SPRING, Md.  — A recent surge in white nationalism in the U.S. has led to a growing threat of violence by factions that embrace bloodshed and advocate for a race war, according to a report released Wednesday by an organization that tracks far-right extremists.

CHICAGO  — Sirjerathan Wilson never thought it was worth the trouble to vote and never had. But inside Cook County Jail, Wilson sees it differently: voting is a chance to remind himself that his opinion matters and to show his family that he's doing more than just letting one day bleed into …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum disclosed Sunday that he was entering a rehabilitation facility, saying he had fallen into a depression and alcohol abuse after losing his 2018 bid for the highest post in Florida.

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors hit R. Kelly with more criminal charges Friday, accusing the disgraced R&B singer of having unprotected sex with a girl in 2015 without disclosing he had herpes.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Seven Democrats are vying for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court once held by the high court's fist Black justice.