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This updated photo courtesy of The New York Public Library shows an undated copy of The Travelers' Green Book from 1960. Black travelers for decades needed a guide known as the Green Book to help located the few motels and restaurants that would serve them. Now a writer is hoping to bring attention to the businesses along the historic Route 66 that once provided safe havens for black travelers who braved the road for simple family vacations. (The New York Public Library via AP)

Traveling While Colored: Reflections of a Colored Girl by Martha Bireda, Ph.D.

In my life, I have found myself as a colored, a negro, a Black, an African American, and a person of color. This story is my reflection as a colored girl. Traveling as a colored child was my greatest adventure, while also experiencing unlimited inconveniences. The colored travel experience during Jim Crow could involve frustration, indignities, and even danger.

'No Casinos' targets deal for Florida-wide sports betting

A group that spearheaded a 2018 ballot measure to make it harder to expand gambling hopes to help sway the Florida Supreme Court to reject a deal that would give the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state.

A federal judge rules again that California's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional

The judge conceded that weapons like AR-15s are commonly used by criminals, but said the guns are importantly also owned by people who obey the law and feel they need firearms to protect themselves.

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport on June 10, 2020, in Denver. Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they were excluded from working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of their race, age, religion and appearance.

2 flight attendants sue United Airlines for discrimination on Dodgers charter flights

Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada had spent more than a decade trying to join the airline's program that staffs the Los Angeles Dodgers' flights.

A federal judge has postponed Trump's March 4 election interference trial

A judge postponed Donald Trump's trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in the courts. A new date was not set.

Organizers say that more than 1,000 people were in attendance at a rally for abortion rights in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday, April 13.

Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some are saying

The campaign to amend Florida's constitution to protect abortion rights kicked off in Orlando, attracting voters on both sides of the issue. The ballot question needs 60% approval to pass.

Shutdown Threatens To Stall Recovery In Wildfire-Ravaged Paradise, Calif.

A federal grant for basic infrastructure projects is stalled. There is concern that, if fire survivors don't see evidence that recovery has begun, they could give up hope and leave the region.

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling on 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots

A federal appeals panel said mailed ballots arriving on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters shouldn't be counted. Civil rights groups are now appealing the ruling.

Fort Myers Beach after Ian update: Moore About Business

The Fort Myers Beach recovery is well underway. Publisher Karen Moore recently got the latest updates at a gathering of local business owners and professionals.

James Crumbley, father of school shooter, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

A Michigan jury found James Crumbley was criminally responsible for the four murders his son, who was 15 at the time, committed at Oxford High School in 2021.

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