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The truth is definitely stranger than fiction most of the time. This is one of those cases. A nine-month-old boy in Pakistan is being charged…
The National Urban League‘s 38th annual “State Of Black America” report highlights that job creation in the country is of smaller benefit to Black and…
With the release of the National Urban League‘s 38th annual State Of Black America Report, a panel discussion involving key figures of NUL opens up an examination…
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas jury that convicted a Houston woman of fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5 1/2 -inch stiletto heel of her shoe is set to hear more testimony before deciding on a sentence. The punishment phase in the trial of Ana Trujillo (troo-HEE’-yoh) is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in Houston. […]
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — An official says four students were believed to be seriously injured at a high school near Pittsburgh, where a student with a knife stabbed or slashed others, injuring as many as 20. Westmoreland County emergency management spokesman Dan Stevens says not all of the 20 injured were cut by the knife, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Returning once again to a grief-stricken corner of America, President Barack Obama is reprising his role as chief comforter, mourning with families of those killed last week at Fort Hood and offering solace to the nation. It’s a duty that Obama has had to fulfill far too often. Tucson. Aurora. Oak Creek. […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — An engineer driving a speeding commuter train that derailed last year, killing four people, had a sleep disorder that interrupted his rest dozens of times each night and said he felt strangely “dazed” right before the crash, according to federal documents released Monday. Asked if he was clearheaded enough to […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Testifying in his murder trial on Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius said he and girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp sometimes had troubles in their relationship but that they sorted them out, were in love and were planning a life together. Prosecutors say Pistorius was often jealous and overbearing in his relationship with Steenkamp and […]
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A concentrated air and sea search was underway in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after an Australian ship detected faint pings deep underwater in what an official called the “most promising lead” yet in the search for Flight 370. Up to 14 planes and as many ships were focusing on a […]
The “lack of parental involvement” is the biggest issue affecting black students’ quality of education. That is one of major findings in a new national survey of African-Americans on factors in their quality of life. The survey, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) and Ebony magazine, polled 1,005 African Americans on their mood and […]
A Nigerian man beheaded his father then ate his neck. The New York Daily News reports: Police in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria, say that Nwode Chukwudi attacked his father with a machete. When police were called he also threatened to attack anybody who tried to apprehend him before being overpowered by officers. It is not […]
The Justice Department announced Thursday morning the creation of a new center that ties in with President Barack Obama‘s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative. The National…
