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HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro turned 87 behind closed doors Tuesday, with official tributes in state media serving as a reminder that the clock is ticking on his revolutionary generation’s grip on power. Castro stepped down as president following a near-fatal illness in 2006, and his successor, younger brother Raul, has said that his current […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African police spokesman says Oscar Pistorius will be served with an indictment now that police have completed an investigation into the shooting death of his girlfriend. Spokesman Lt. Gen. Solomon Makgale said Tuesday the investigation team is convinced Pistorius has a charge to answer. Pistorius will appear in a Pretoria […]
A Major League Baseball contest last Sunday between the San Francisco Giants and the visiting Baltimore Orioles turned ugly, according to a tweet from one…
A University of Iowa study suggests that African-American women have great odds of obtaining loans from lenders, and their rate of success is comparable to…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition although his health is gradually improving. In a statement Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said Mandela is making a “slow but steady improvement.” Zuma thanked South Africans for praying for the 95-year-old former president, who has been hospitalized since […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California company has voluntarily suspended production of salad mix at a Mexico processing facility that has been linked to an outbreak of stomach illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska. Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms announced Monday that Taylor Farms de Mexico has stopped production of salad mix and leafy greens at […]
JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — Police on Monday charged a man with killing his girlfriend and her adult daughter and then kidnapping her young son, touching off a search that ended when the 2-year-old was found wandering alone outside. Daniel Rodriguez broke into the home of Evelyn Burgos, 40, on Sunday before fatally shooting her and […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fair on Monday imposed a lifetime ban on a rodeo clown whose depiction of President Barack Obama getting charged by a bull was widely criticized by Democratic and Republican officials alike. The rodeo clown won’t be allowed to participate or perform at the fair again. Fair officials […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy, and an independent monitor is needed to oversee major changes, a federal judge ruled Monday in a stinging rebuke for what the mayor and police commissioner have defended as […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nation’s criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes, divert people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expand a prison program to allow for release of […]
An anti-Hillary Clinton super PAC refuses to remove their game “Slap Hillary” from their website, which allows people to virtually slap the former Secretary of State. Users have the option to press “Hillary speaks” or “slap Hillary”. Clinton is pictured outside of the White House. (see above) The Hillary Project created the game in 2000. […]
A South African man, Graham Ansley, is making headlines this week after he saved his dog, a Jack Russell terrier named Rosie from his sinking yacht before going back to save his wife, Cheryl.
