The case is nearly identical to a case the court ruled on two years ago from Alabama, though the outcome could make it more difficult for minorities to prevail in redistricting cases.

First Corinthian Baptist Church founded a separate nonprofit that employs therapists to bring mental health care to a community where stigma remains a high barrier to healing.

Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.

A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like "gay," leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

Articles, photos and videos that are seen as promoting DEI will be removed under the new approach.

An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, allowing the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.

Previous attempts to pass the legislation banning hair discrimination have stalled in Congress.

At First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, a therapist was fielding 10 calls a week from parents of teens who needed mental health help. Now the church is part of a national pilot intervention and study to address suicide risk among Black teens.

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.