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Fast casual Mexican chain Chipotle is facing a lawsuit filed by a federal agency on behalf of a former employee who said she was subject “to a barrage of harassing conduct based on her religion by her supervisor” because she wore a hijab.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening.

Laphonza Butler, the woman selected by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is a longtime union leader and abortion rights advocate, who also will be the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress.

Butler will become the first lesbian Black woman to join Congress in US history, according to Newsom.

The court will still determine if it will hear oral arguments on issues such as medication abortion and transgender rights, just to name a few.

A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group’s request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.

The children we meet at Mexico’s southern border have hundreds of miles to go before they reach the United States. But they have already witnessed hunger, desperation and death.

In 2020, firearms became the No. 1 killer of children and teens in America, surpassing motor vehicles, which had long been the leading cause of death among America’s youth.

In 2020, firearms became the No. 1 killer of children and teens in America, surpassing motor vehicles, which had long been the leading cause of death among America’s youth.

Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados gave a thumbs up, smiled, and walked away. Unofficially, however, UN insiders say she’s a likely front-runner.