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“When she got officially endorsed, I was like, ‘Thank God.’ I felt like we actually had a chance for something reasonable,” Pauldin of Fayette County, Ga., said earlier this month.Harris and her vice presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, began a two-day bus tour through the southern part of Georgia Wednesday in an attempt to energize more voters like Pauldin. Since her elevation, Harris has been working to erase former president Donald Trump’s advantage in the critical battleground state. Trump still leads Harris in Georgia, but she has begun to close the gap, according to an average of recent public…

Despite health warnings, eager holiday shoppers were out and about across Oahu looking to scoop up the best deals of the year. Holly Mactagone waited in line for 5-1/2 hours to get into the locally owned Hawaii’s Finest boutique at Ka Makana Alii in Kapolei. She and her family members arrived at 6 a.m., when the line already wrapped around the building. Under Oahu’s current COVID-19 safety rules, retailers are allowed to let shoppers inside stores at only 50% capacity. The state Health Department also urged people to shop online this Black Friday rather than in person to prevent coronavirus…

Three pilots with the Army National Guard were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training mission in southern Idaho on Tuesday night, authorities said.Chief warrant Officers Jesse Anderson, George “Geoff” Laubhan and Matthew Peltzer were on a UH-60 Black Hawk, Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard, said in a statement.The accident happened just south of Lucky Peak, which is a little more than 10 miles southeast of the state capital in Boise, shortly after 8 p.m. local time, authorities said.Anderson, 43, of Nampa, was a senior instructor pilot who had…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This spring, Waterloo, Iowa, became the site of one of the largest — if not the largest — COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in the United States. At the sprawling Tyson Foods pork plant on the eastern edge of town, at least 1,500 of the 2,800 workers have been infected with the virus, according to the county sheriff, who also heads the emergency management commission. Eight of those workers died, he said, and based on contact tracing, the cases tied…

Submitted photo Earlier this month, Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert, left, honored Judge Pamela R. Goodwine with a prestigious award during a recent Black History Month event in Frankfurt. Goodwine, a Youngstown native, is the first black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Between when she walked the halls of South High School and the halls of the Kentucky Supreme Court, Judge Pamela R. Goodwine made a bit of history along the way. Her 47-year path may have been strewn with several tragedies, but never lost was her determination, hard work and…

Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. On August 24, 2021, Kika Keith and Kika Howze unlocked the doors to their dream. The mother-and-daughter duo, known as The Kikas, had spent more than five years building out Gorilla Rx Wellness, a thoroughly modern marijuana dispensary — one founded by Black women who want to go beyond just selling you weed, to share a new vision for retail cannabis.With a massive black…

The business owner now admits she wishes she had handled the situation differently. PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine business owner recently refused to make a black lives matter yard sign.  The situation played out publicly on Facebook in a post that has since been removed by the person who requested the sign.  The business owner now admits she wishes she had handled the situation differently.  So, NEWS CENTER Maine is bringing them together for a conversation in hopes that it provides a deeper understanding for all. “I said ‘Hey, does anybody know anyone making Black Lives Matter signs?’ And people…

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Dr. Bernice A. King is part of a Black investor group seeking to acquire the $68 million-asset Holladay Bank & Trust in Utah. The transaction would mark the first time Black investors purchased a non-Black bank. DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG NEWS A Black-led investor group that includes Dr. Bernice A. King, a daughter of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., announced plans Tuesday to acquire Holladay Bank & Trust in Holladay, Utah. The group plans to build the $68 million-asset institution into a national Small Business Administration 7(a) lender.Ashley Bell, the group’s leader, labeled the proposed transaction “historic” Monday in…