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Minnie Forbes (right) took over as owner of the Detroit Stars from her uncle Ted Raspberry (center) in 1956. Forbes, now 88, is the last living Negro Leagues team owner.
Courtesy of Minnie ForbesThe Negro Leagues showcased Black baseball players when they were banned from the big leagues. Now, Major League Baseball is planning to celebrate its centennial.
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Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Lawsuit Against Ghislaine Maxwell National News
The judge unseals hundreds of pages of documents related to a now-settled defamation suit brought against Maxwell by one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers.
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Ohio House Removes And Replaces Newly Indicted Larry Householder As Speaker National News
Householder had been indicted on a racketeering charge. Lawmakers elected three-term state Rep. Bob Cupp to replace him.
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Trump Keeps Criticizing Universal Vote By Mail. But The Nation Isn't Doing That National News
Trump also claimed that Republicans hate vote-by-mail, despite a recent poll showing half of all Republicans support allowing all registered voters access to a mail ballot.
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Latest Probe Ends In No Charges For Former Ferguson Officer Who Killed Michael Brown National News
The top St. Louis County prosecutor says Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges for the 2014 killing. Like previous investigators, Wesley Bell says he can't prove a crime was committed.
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High School Senior's Tool To End Food Insecurity Wins National Competition National News
Lillian Kay Petersen, 17, has won the Regeneron Science Talent Search, a top science and math competition for high school seniors. Her winning project: a tool to predict crop harvests.
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TRANSCRIPT: 'What A Gift John Lewis Was': Obama Eulogizes His Friend And Hero National News
"He believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage, that in all of us there is a longing to do what's right," former President Barack Obama says of his friend and mentor.
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How Portland's Racist History Informs Today's Protests National News
Oregon was founded on white supremacist principles. But it also has a long history of anti-racist protests, says Lisa Bates, who teaches urban studies at Portland State University.
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