National News
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A former San Antonio teacher accused of directing students to hit a schoolmate for being a bully has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Cynthia Ambrose also was ordered Tuesday to serve two years’ probation after being convicted in June of official oppression. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old told her elementary […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the U.S. National Security Agency’s overseas spying operation, with data from billions of calls and emails swept up in Washington’s top secret surveillance program. Yet when it comes to the cloak and dagger effort of catching philandering […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith lost his cool in a preseason game, and it’s going to keep him out of the team’s season opener. Smith was suspended by the NFL on Wednesday for Week 1 of the regular season and the last two preseason games for hitting Miami guard Richie […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a new trial for a man convicted of raping and impregnating a 15-year-old member of his church, a case that gained national attention because she said the church’s pastor made her apologize to the congregation. Ernest Willis was convicted in May 2011 of raping […]
ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Microphone in hand, Republican Rep. Jim Renacci gave his constituents a grim report on Washington’s gridlock. House Republicans, he said, had passed a number of bills that would boost energy production, cut regulations and rein in spending. But, he added, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats haven’t done their part. “It’s […]
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Emergency dispatchers were told that the suspect in a shooting and standoff at a suburban Atlanta school was off his medication and he thought he should have gone to a mental hospital instead of a school. Michael Brandon Hill relayed messages to DeKalb County emergency dispatchers through a bookkeeper at McNair […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, has had a successful medical procedure in Texas, where he was being evaluated at a cancer center. Biden and his wife, Jill, say their son is in great shape. They say he will be discharged from the hospital on […]
With the tragic death of actor Lee Thompson Young, Jeff Johnson gives some shocking facts about suicide in the Black community in today’s 3 Things You Should…
In New Yorker story “After Bloomberg,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (pictured) says that when it comes to his legacy, he’d like to be…
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—A northern Indiana man who survived being hit by a high-speed train is recovering at a hospital. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department says 22-year-old Darryle See of Michiana Shores was walking on the train tracks near his home listening to music on headphones when he was hit Friday by an Amtrak passenger […]
<iframe width=”660″ height=”361″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/vTasx3icYmw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> A company High Rollers has debuted a new adult sized big wheel that is on the market for a whopping $600! The company is targeting men ages 35 to 45 but everyone is asked to take a roll on these childhood favorites. Check out the video above and let […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After a yellow cab jumped the curb and struck a New York City pedestrian, Dr. Oz was there. Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz heard the accident Tuesday morning outside Rockefeller Center and rushed to the scene to help out. The studio where he tapes his syndicated talk show is nearby. Oz says […]
