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Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) sent a letter to President Obama raising concerns regarding what she feels is a lack of diversity in Obama’s recent cabinet selections. President Obama has filled ten vacancies over three months after several departures at the end of his first term. But with ten top positions filled […]
A girl scout troop in Portland, Oregon rebounded this weekend after an unidentified prankster ordered 6,000 boxes of cookies that left the troop with a tab of $24,000. Luckily, sympathetic townspeople heard the report on the news and helped out by purchasing over 3,000 boxes in a special sale this past weekend in Portland. Reportedly, […]
MACON, Ga. (AP) – Macon police say a 5-year-old, Anthony Ivey, was mauled by a pitbull. Police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet says the boy was attacked by a pit bull Thursday afternoon and suffered injuries to his scalp, arm, head, face and legs. Authorities say the dog has been euthanized. Police say they’re investigating the incident […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Authorities say an Israeli citizen and a Hoboken man made false bomb threats during separate incidents at Newark Liberty International airport. The Star-Ledger of Newark reports the first incident occurred just before 10 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say 44-year-old Evan Hess of Tel Aviv became angry upon learning there were no available […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a rural village in central Mexico, killing at least 13 people and injuring 154, authorities said. The blast Friday was set off when a firework malfunctioned and landed on the truck, igniting the fireworks it carried, officials said “They were […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The head of Albuquerque’s embattled police department says he’s retiring after an eight-year tenure marred by a spike in fatal police shootings and excessive force cases that critics blamed on a departmental culture that fostered brutality. Chief Ray Schultz‘s announcement on Friday comes five months after the U.S. Department of Justice […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man previously charged with having child pornography cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle before carjacking a woman, fatally stabbing her and raping her 10-year-old daughter, authorities said. David J. Renz abducted the school librarian and her daughter as they left a gymnastics class at a mall in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Where will President Barack Obama put his presidential library? Four years from the end of his presidency, Chicago and Honolulu are ramping up major campaigns to build the center that will house the records of America’s 44th president. In Illinois and Hawaii, the two states Obama calls home, universities and community groups […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela‘s ex-wife Winnie expressed “surprise and shock” that prosecutors are considering charges against her following the exhumation of bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. In a statement from her lawyer dated Saturday and received Sunday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said it is “difficult […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he “absolutely” trusts President Barack Obama — not that they don’t have their differences. Boehner tells ABC’s “This Week” that the two have a good relationship and that they’re “open with each other … honest with each other.” But the Ohio lawmaker says they’re trying to bridge […]
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case isn’t over, saying he is investigating whether coaches, parents and other students broke the law, too. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, were sentenced […]
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The head of the National Rifle Association is attacking President Barack Obama’s call for mandatory background checks for gun owners. The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre says those who favor mandatory background checks may be, quote, “insane.” LaPierre says background checks won’t make schools safer. Instead, he says, the checks will let […]
