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The Boston Red Sox just made history by hiring Bianca Smith, the first Black woman to coach in US professional baseball history. Smith will serve as a minor league coach within the organization and will work mainly with position players, according to MLB.com. "I think it's a great opportunity also to just kind of inspire other women who are interested in this game," she said on MLB Network. "This is not something I thought about when I was younger and I kind of fell into it being an athlete, so I'm excited to get that chance to show what I can do."⁠ ⁠ (📸: Carroll University Athletics)

Half of Teachers Did Not Return to Chicago Public Schools as Ordered on Monday, District Says

Newark police: No officer fired a single shot in 2020, thanks to de-escalation program

FBI found Ghislaine Maxwell using mobile-phone data

Judge bans Proud Boys leader from nation's capital after arrest on vandalism, weapons charges

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Is Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines for Those Who Speak Native Languages

Kenosha Co. DA says no criminal wrongdoing in police shooting of Jacob Blake

Boğaziçi University academics protesting Erdoğan's newly appointed rector

China blocks entry to WHO team studying Covid's origins

Arizona has highest rate of COVID-19 in the world, latest data shows

Starting this year, every child born or adopted in Illinois will have $50 deposited into a college savings account. That small investment is part of a new law that establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program, which lawmakers hope will encourage families to start saving for their child's education early and allow that money to grow. The money can be used at traditional four-year colleges, vocational schools, two-year colleges and other institutions.⁠ (📸: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)⁠

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Former Walmart Pharmacists Say Company Ignored Red Flags As Opioid Sales Boomed

Presidents of the parties who united to defeat Orban in 2022

Rusten Sheskey will not face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday. Sheskey shot Blake seven times in the back in August leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Ahead of the decision, officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prepared for potential unrest, including mobilizing 500 National Guard troops.⁠ (📸: Benjamin Crump via AFP/Getty Images and Wisconsin Department of Justice)