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CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, free of a job that forced him to move to Washington for eight years, showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty on Wednesday morning. The 44th president’s motorcade — considerably shorter than the one he had when he lived in the White House — left […]
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday began deliberating child rape allegations against the brother of superstar rapper Nicki Minaj. Jelani Maraj, 38, faces up to life in prison if jurors convict him of charges that he repeatedly raped an 11-year-old girl at his home in Baldwin, a Long Island suburb. Maraj’s lawyers said […]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed more than two dozen at a small-town Texas church briefly escaped from a mental health facility in New Mexico in 2012, police reports indicated. The reports also noted that Devin Patrick Kelley was once caught trying to bring guns onto a military base and threatened superior […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis has elected a black transgender woman to its city council, another national first in what advocacy groups have described as a banner night for transgender people in public office. Andrea Jenkins easily won the race Tuesday for an open seat in south Minneapolis, with roughly 73 percent of the […]
Dallas traffic reporter Demetria Obilor doesn’t allow the naysayers to bring her down. Instead, she spreads a positive message about self love and accepting yourself for who you are. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter! (Photo Credit: Thinkstock/ Demetria Obilor’s Instagram; Video:Demetria Obilor’s Instagram)
Six weeks after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico sustained horrible damage. With power outages and water shortages, the island is still ailing with many of its stores being closed. However, employees working for three stores, in particular, have still been receiving checks in the mail despite the storm’s damage according to ABC News Arizona. The TJX Company, […]
A Nevada man is behind bars for shooting and killing his 14-year-old son for being gay according to Channel 3 News in Las Vegas. 14-year-old Giovanni Melton got shot inside his apartment when his father walked in on him and his boyfriend according Sonja James Giovanni’s foster mom on November 2, 2017. Friends and family […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Plowing through objections in a drive to wrap up their tax overhaul, House Republicans have blocked Democrats’ efforts to get bigger tax benefits for the cost of raising or adopting children. As the feverish sprint toward a completed bill by week’s end unfolded Tuesday in the House’s tax-writing committee, the Senate’s tax […]
“Haircuts 4 Homeless’” was created by 29-year-old Brennon Jones in January 2017 to help homeless men on the street. Jones travels around Philadelphia giving haircuts to men according to the NY Daily News. Well, Jones has received a gift of a lifetime. He now has a space he can call his own to give haircuts […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for law enforcement: FBI agents are unable to unlock the gunman’s encrypted cellphone to learn what evidence it might hold. But while heart-wrenching details of the rampage that left 26 people dead might revive the debate over the balance of digital privacy rights […]
DENVER (AP) — Racial slurs posted outside the dorm rooms of five black students at the Air Force Academy were written by one of those students, the school said Tuesday. The announcement was a jarring turn in an episode that prompted the academy’s superintendent to warn students that racists were not welcome at the school […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno […]
