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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) � California has among the lowest rates of death nationally among pregnant women and new mothers. But the numbers for Black women tell a different story. The most recently available state and federal data shows Black women in California were more likely to die during pregnancy or within a year of giving

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) � A date has been set for the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer who was charged with murder after shooting a Black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door in 2019. Aaron Dean’s trial is scheduled to

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) � A suburban Chicago man has been arrested on a felony hate crime charge and aggravated assault after he allegedly hurled racial slurs and spit at a Black woman outside a grocery store earlier this month. Alberto Friedmann’s attorney denies that his 53-year-old client used any racial language during the Sept.

A federal civil rights lawsuit claims a Black woman who pulled off a road to change drivers during a trip with family members was attacked and knocked unconscious by two Northern California sheriff’s deputies. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges the deputies then lied about the encounter to paramedics and on official reports. Cameras worn by