(CNN)Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to and It is the first of its kind in the country. Alderman and the Evanston City Council developed plans to direct revenue from a 3% tax on legalized cannabis into assistance for home loans. "We had to do something radically different to address the racial divide that we had in our city, which includes historic oppression, exclusion and divestment...…(CNN)Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to and It is the first of its kind in the country. Alderman and the Evanston City Council developed plans to direct revenue from a 3% tax on legalized cannabis into assistance for home loans. "We had to do something radically different to address the racial divide that we had in our city, which includes historic oppression, exclusion and divestment...WW…

(CNN)Some federal buildings in Louisville, Kentucky, will be closed this week and police will operate under a state of emergency as the city awaits an announcement by state Attorney General Daniel Cameron about his office's investigation into the .The Gene Snyder United States Courthouse will be closed to the public through Friday, September 25, according to an , the chief US District Court judge for Western Kentucky. All scheduled in-court appearances will be continued or converted to videoconference proceedings at the discretion of the presiding judge, the order says. The courthouse's...…(CNN)Some federal buildings in Louisville, Kentucky, will be closed this week and police will operate under a state of emergency as the city awaits an announcement by state Attorney General Daniel Cameron about his office's investigation into the .The Gene Snyder United States Courthouse will be closed to the public through Friday, September 25, according to an , the chief US District Court judge for Western Kentucky. All scheduled in-court appearances will be continued or converted to videoconference proceedings at the discretion of the presiding judge, the order says. The courthouse's...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A college graduate from Maryland has been admitted to Harvard Law after continued adversity nearly made him abandon school altogether.After graduating high school, financial issues, illness and a major sports injury left 18-year-old Rehan Staton frustrated and exhausted as he worked to support his brother and father.However, neither his family nor his co-workers at the Bates Trucking & Trash Removal sanitation company could watch him give up on himself.Today, Rehan is not only a college graduate, but is heading to Harvard Law School this...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A college graduate from Maryland has been admitted to Harvard Law after continued adversity nearly made him abandon school altogether.After graduating high school, financial issues, illness and a major sports injury left 18-year-old Rehan Staton frustrated and exhausted as he worked to support his brother and father.However, neither his family nor his co-workers at the Bates Trucking & Trash Removal sanitation company could watch him give up on himself.Today, Rehan is not only a college graduate, but is heading to Harvard Law School this...WW…