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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine’s new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where nearly 100 anti-government protesters were gunned down by police last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is on the way. Kerry met in Ukraine with the new government’s […]
Cheaper versions of the most popular form of emergency contraceptive pills have been made more accessible, thanks to the government. The Food and Drug administration…
Google Doodles have become the new honorary postage stamps. Launched in 2001, the illustrations and animations that replace the Google logo to celebrate national holidays…
Many young Black men are in jail, unemployed, or victims of violence. President Barack Obama launched his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative in hopes to resolve these issues within…
TORONTO (AP) — Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford laughed off Jimmy Kimmel’s suggestion that he get help for his drinking problem and was reported to be upset about his appearance on the late-night TV talk show. Ford’s appearance Monday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in Los Angeles was the culmination of months of wooing by […]
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey honor student is suing her parents for financial support and to force them to pay for her college. A judge in Morristown has scheduled a hearing Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by 18-year-old Rachel Canning. Canning claims her parents threw her out of their Lincoln Park home […]
Religious leaders have a long history of convincing their church members to do unique things, this is no different in Kenya, where one pastor orders his female members to remove their undergarments in the name of Christ. NewsOne reports: Kenyan pastor Rev. Njohi has raised not only a few eyebrows but red flags with his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Snow began covering a thin layer of ice in the nation’s capital early Monday, driven by a […]
Marissa Alexander, 33, the Jacksonville mother of three who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband,…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It could all hinge on the toilet door. Oscar Pistorius goes on trial for murder on Monday, but some experts not involved in the case say the double-amputee runner could still be vulnerable to a homicide conviction even if he is acquitted of murdering his girlfriend. That’s because, they say, he violated […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Floridian with an IQ as high as 75 may be diagnosed as mentally disabled and be eligible for help getting a job. But on death row, the state says having an IQ higher than 70 categorically means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed. The Supreme Court […]
MIAMI (AP) — For LeBron James, the mask was distinctive. His effort, that was basically the same as usual. So, too, was the outcome for the New York Knicks. Playing with a dark carbon-fiber mask to protect his broken nose — a “menacing” look is how Heat coach Erik Spoelstra described it — James scored […]
