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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Organizers have dropped the name “slave auction” from an annual charity event in Alaska, after the NAACP complained that the term was offensive. The Sunday night auction in the town of Sitka involved people bidding in an auction on volunteers’ time, with the winning bidders putting the volunteers to work doing […]
Brelyn Freeman, now Brelyn Bowman, the daughter of Maryland Pastor Dr. Mike Freeman, got married recently. It looked like a beautiful Black society wedding from the photos posted on social media. But its not the wedding itself that has people talking. It’s what happened before the ceremony. Brelyn Bowman decided to give her father a special […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Now confirmed as the permanent police commissioner for Baltimore, Kevin Davis is tasked with ushering a city still reeling from protests, rioting and a record-breaking spike in violence through one of the most high-profile criminal cases in the city’s history. Six months since Freddie Gray’s death, the City Council on Monday confirmed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two GOP presidential hopefuls, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, have requested protection from the U.S. Secret Service, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. The taxpayer-funded agency said the two campaigns have submitted requests, which kick off an evaluation period during which Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson […]
Fort Myers police released a vague description of a suspect who shot into a crowd during a zombie festival over the weekend, causing people dressed in ghoulish costumes to scream and sprint down the streets. Some of the revelers wondered whether the bloodshed was real or fake. Authorities have not given a motive or made […]
In FB post, Fairfax FOP urges boycott of Cox Farms after off-duty officer offended by #BlackLivesMatter sign. @WUSA9 pic.twitter.com/ciaCc9E9BH — Mola Lenghi (@MolaReports) October 15,…
News that a Black child was suspended for staring at a White classmate highlights an age-old debate about race, as well as the underlying notion of discrimination in schools when it comes to non-White students.
A drummer from Florida was fatally shot by a plainclothes officer on Sunday, leaving his family with many questions about his death.
The Georgia Legislature is likely to review a proposal that would end some of the special privileges Georgia police harbor if they shoot and kill someone and the case goes to a grand jury for possible charges.
New Life Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis became the fifth Black house of worship to burn in the past 10 days when it was scorched in a blaze Saturday, throwing arson investigators into high gear in an effort to determine who is setting fire to the religious structures.
The case of the man accused of killing a student at Texas Southern University earlier this month is moving forward. ABC 13 Houston reports: The suspect, Jartis Leblanc, Jr., did not appear in-person at probable cause court Sunday afternoon. The judge in the case set bonds of $50,000. LeBlanc, 22, is charged with murder and aggravated […]
