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WASHINGTON (AP) — A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms could affect one in five Americans on Wednesday as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds. Meteorologist are warning that the continuous line of storms may even spawn an unusual weather event called a derecho (duh-RAY’-choh), which is a massive storm […]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gary Neal may have dreamed it, though it was nothing Danny Green ever could have imagined. Not back when he was LeBron James‘ teammate in Cleveland, scoring fewer points in the 2009-10 season than James scored in some games. So the idea of outscoring the four-time MVP in an NBA Finals […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Houston oncologist with spiking her lover and coworker’s coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical used in antifreeze and medical research, causing serious health problems including renal failure. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a breast cancer oncologist at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, was charged last week with aggravated […]
HOUSTON (AP)— Officials say a Houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with a stiletto high heel told police she was trying to protect herself. Houston police say 44-year-old Ana Lilia Trujillo told investigators the man was attacking her and she acted in self-defense. Trujillo was charged with murder in the Sunday stabbing […]
The Memphis Grizzlies have decided to part with the winningest coach in the franchise’s history, telling Lionel Hollins they will not be renewing his contract as head coach coming off their first trip to the Western Conference finals. Hollins confirmed Monday night to The Associated Press that he had been told his contract would not […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was in serious but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital for the third day Monday with a recurring lung infection, and a foundation led by retired archbishop Desmond Tutu described the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero as an “extraordinary gift” to South Africa. As family members visited South Africa’s first black president […]
The women of Delta Sigma Theta are celebrating their centennial anniversary in a big way. According to reports2, the sorority will be opening an elementary…
Five years ago, Brian James Moudry (pictured), a self-avowed White supremacist, burned down a Black family’s Chicago home. Now the man who lived only five houses away…
The Susan G. Komen for the cure, the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the United States, has canceled their three-day…
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Shannon Richardson had been married to her husband less than two years when she went to authorities and told them her suspicions: He was the one who had mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg threatening violence against gun-control advocates. When investigators looked closer, they […]
A 19-year-old man almost died from drinking a quart of soy sauce after being dared by his friends. According to reports, the unidentified teenager experienced seizures immediately after consuming the soy sauce. The hospital was forced to put 1.5 gallons of sugar-water into the man’s body in order to flush the salt out of his […]
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) – A deer in the Florida Keys is breathing more easily after a deputy removed a Doritos bag from its head. The Monroe County sheriff’s deputy discovered the Key deer while on patrol late Saturday evening. Its entire head was stuck in the chips bag. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Becky Herrin says […]
