At just six years old, Tessie Prevost was key in the desegregation of New Orleans schools, when she, along with classmates Gail Etienne and Leona Tate attended McDonough 19 Elementary School in 1960. Prevost died at the age of 69 on July 6.
On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Awda school in eastern Khan Younis, killing more than 20 Palestinians. Israel says the strike was targeting Hamas fighters in the area and will investigate the situation.
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June, reinforcing many economist views that inflation is again dropping there and drawing the Federal Reserve another step closer to cutting interest rates.
Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft had a helium leak before it even blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the way to the International Space Station. Then more problems arose. While many are comparing Boeing to SpaceX in a most unflattering way, it may not exactly be fair.
