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Students select their meals during lunch break in the cafeteria on Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz. A bill that would provide free meals for all public school students in Virginia passed the Senate Education and Health Committee last week. The proposal would cost an estimated $346 million over the next two years.

Students select their meals during lunch break in the cafeteria on Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz. A bill that would …

Published on January 25, 2024

Justin Pearson celebrates Wednesday with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Memphis, Tenn. Republicans expelled Rep. Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a Nashville school shooting left three children and three adults dead.

Justin Pearson celebrates Wednesday with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Memphis, Tenn. …

Published on April 13, 2023

Sam Collins III, left, and others celebrate at the Juneteenth historical marker on June 17, 2021, in Galveston, Texas, after President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Communities all over the country will be marking Juneteenth, the day that enslaved Black Americans learned they were free. Yet, the U.S. government was slow to embrace the holiday.

Sam Collins III, left, and others celebrate at the Juneteenth historical marker on June 17, 2021, in Galveston, Texas, after President Biden signed the Juneteenth …

Published on June 15, 2023

Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Erin Wilcox speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse on March 10, 2021, in Alexandria, Va., where her organization filed a lawsuit against Fairfax County’s School Board, alleging discrimination against Asian Americans over its revised admissions process for the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at the elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.

Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Erin Wilcox speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse on March 10, 2021, in Alexandria, Va., where her organization …

Published on May 25, 2023

PEACEMAKER The debate over the Iran deal brings to mind President Jimmy Carter, center, and the crucial role he played 36 years ago in brokering a lasting peace treaty between two implacable enemies, Egypt and Israel. This iconic photo was taken March 26, 1979, on the White House lawn after the treaty was signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Sadly, we learned Wednesday that Mr. Carter, 90, has liver cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. We pray for peace and comfort for this world peacemaker and his family.

PEACEMAKER The debate over the Iran deal brings to mind President Jimmy Carter, center, and the crucial role he played 36 years ago in brokering …

Published on August 13, 2015

Arthur Ashe became the first African-American player to win at Wimbledon when he defeated his rival Jimmy Connors.

Arthur Ashe became the first African-American player to win at Wimbledon when he defeated his rival Jimmy Connors.

Published on July 9, 2015

Sophia Danner-Okotie first saw the potential for scaling her clothing brand when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the boutiques and fairs that carried her designs.

Sophia Danner-Okotie first saw the potential for scaling her clothing brand when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the boutiques and fairs that carried her designs.

Published on January 18, 2024

A nurse in Amman, Jordan, draws blood from a patient at Jordan’s National Center for Diabetes. The center is particularly busy ahead of Ramadan, when many Muslims seek advice on whether they can observe the sunrise to sunset fast during the holy month.

A nurse in Amman, Jordan, draws blood from a patient at Jordan’s National Center for Diabetes. The center is particularly busy ahead of Ramadan, when …

Published on June 26, 2015

Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation community toy drive at kelly and Nina’s Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Mckees Rocks, Pa. Hamlin wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two years. Then came Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, when the Buffalo Bills safety was critically injured during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He instantly became one of the biggest stories in sports, and thousands of people found his GoFundMe page. The result: Roughly $3.7 million donated in the first 12 hours.

Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out …

Published on January 5, 2023

Cyntoia Brown smiles at family members during a May 2018 clemency hearing at Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville. She was serving a life sentence for killing a man in 2004 when she was a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim.

Cyntoia Brown smiles at family members during a May 2018 clemency hearing at Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville. She was serving a life sentence …

Published on January 17, 2019

Ms. Franklin, wearing a signature hat, performs “My Country ’Tis of Thee” at President Obama’s first inauguration in January 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Ms. Franklin, wearing a signature hat, performs “My Country ’Tis of Thee” at President Obama’s first inauguration in January 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in …

Published on August 26, 2018

Beyonce at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in March 2021. Beyoncé is nominated for nine Grammy Awards, including record and song of the year for “Break My Soul,” along with album of the year for “Renaissance.”

Beyonce at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in March 2021. Beyoncé is nominated for nine Grammy Awards, including record and song of …

Published on November 17, 2022

Community members, including Walmart employees, gather for a candlelight vigil at Chesapeake City Park in Chesapeake on Monday for the six people killed at a Walmart in the city, when a manager opened fire with a handgun before an employee meeting last week.

Community members, including Walmart employees, gather for a candlelight vigil at Chesapeake City Park in Chesapeake on Monday for the six people killed at a …

Published on December 1, 2022

Ms. Franklin acknowledges the cheering crowd as she stands to receive an honorary degree at Harvard University during the May 2014 commencement ceremony.

Ms. Franklin acknowledges the cheering crowd as she stands to receive an honorary degree at Harvard University during the May 2014 commencement ceremony.

Published on August 26, 2018

Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside in July 1963 as she moves among a crowd of demonstrators in Cambridge, Md.

Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside in July 1963 as she moves among a crowd of …

Published on July 22, 2021

A member of CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C., is arrested on Nov. 23 after she and other members and supporters accompanied Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an undocumented Mexican national who had taken sanctuary in the church, to an appointment with immigration officials.

A member of CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C., is arrested on Nov. 23 after she and other members and supporters accompanied Samuel Oliver-Bruno, …

Published on December 9, 2018

Tiger Woods holds the championship trophy wearing the green jacket donned by winners after coming from behind to claim victory Sunday at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga.

Tiger Woods holds the championship trophy wearing the green jacket donned by winners after coming from behind to claim victory Sunday at the Masters Tournament …

Published on April 19, 2019

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. Jeffries announced his own history-making bid Friday to become the first Black American to helm a major U.S. political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. …

Published on November 23, 2022

Sanya Richards-Ross, front center, and Allyson Felix, back left, celebrate winning gold in the women’s 4x400 meter relay final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the Summer Olympics in London in 2012. Ms. Richards-Ross revealed that two weeks before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she had an abortion while in a relationship with her then-fiancé Aaron Ross.

Sanya Richards-Ross, front center, and Allyson Felix, back left, celebrate winning gold in the women’s 4x400 meter relay final during the athletics in the Olympic …

Published on August 11, 2022

Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan, center, is escorted as she places a candle in memory of those who died at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. She returned to the camp this week for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the camp.

Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan, center, is escorted as she places a candle in memory of those who died at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz …

Published on January 31, 2020