A runaway kangaroo shut down a stretch of interstate in Alabama on Tuesday.

U.S. government websites have gone dark as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

A newly unsealed federal complaint says a man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University admitted to firing his weapon during a weekend shooting, but denied shooting at anyone.

A New York-based philanthropy is apologizing for its role in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.

The clinic has yet to reach its maximum capacity for immunizing people in the mostly Black city, the site of the infamous "Tuskegee syphilis study," that ended in 1972. Now, the onetime mayor of the town immortalized as the home of the infamous “Tuskegee syphilis study” is wary of getting inoculated against COVID-19. AdThe coronavirus immunization campaign is off to a shaky start in Tuskegee and other parts of Macon County. Many people in this city of 8,500 have relatives who were subjected to unethical government experimentation during the syphilis study. The syphilis study and the COVID-19 vaccine are completely different, he said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As more people continue to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, there are growing concerns that many African Americans across the United States don’t want to get the vaccine because they don’t trust it. But despite that, many doctors across the United States are dealing with African American patients who say they won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine because they don’t trust it. Doctors say the distrust comes from remembering the events in Tuskegee, Alabama, where, for 40 years, untreated syphilis was secretly tested on African Americans. “Since then, we’ve been very focused on making sure that studies are set up to maximize the benefits of people to participate.”COVID-19 has been shown to disproportionately affect African Americans, which is why the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research is urging more African Americans to enroll in clinical trials for the Novavax vaccine. Cain says it’s up to doctors to explain to patients how the vaccine works on a level their patients can fully understand.

Peebles is one of roughly 40 million black Americans deciding minute by minute whether to put their faith in the government and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic. Ive just been conditioned not to trust, Peebles said. Black people already suffer disproportionately from chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease and are far more likely to be uninsured. Cities with large black populations like New York, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans have emerged as hot spots for the coronavirus. A 2016 paper found the fallout included mistrust of medicine among black men, along with fewer interactions with doctors and higher mortality rates.