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NEW YORK (AP) — During a visit last Friday with a frail Morley Safer, Tom Brokaw exchanged memories with him about fellow journalists Ben Bradlee, Don Hewitt and others who had died. “All the great ones are gone,” Safer said quietly to Brokaw, the veteran NBC newsman recalled. “I said, ‘No, Morley, you’re still with […]
BALTIMORE (AP) – A judge’s intense line of questioning Thursday appeared to expose weaknesses in the state’s case against an officer on trial for assault in the arrest of Freddie Gray, but legal experts cautioned against drawing any conclusions. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams was bullish in interrogating prosecutors during closing arguments in the bench […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Hillary Clinton had some of her strongest words yet for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying Thursday that he is “not qualified” to be president of the United States. In an interview with CNN, the Democratic front-runner and likely nominee questioned Trump’s ability to handle complex foreign policy challenges, decrying […]
Sound the alarm -- Historically Black Colleges and Universities are under attack in North Carolina.
Customers who made their Sunday rounds at the Mariners Harbor Home Depot in New York City’s Staten Island community were taken aback by a 22-year-old staffer’s hat. What made it so controversial? The hat reads, “America was never great.” Krystal Lake started a social media firestorm after she wore the hat to work on Sunday, reports […]
On the last Monday of May, we celebrate Memorial Day. This American holiday began as a way of honoring all the men and women who died during the Civil War, but eventually, it was the day we honor all soldiers of all wars who fought to keep the United States free. Memorial Day is the […]
A mother and her 13-year-old daughter are in jail after they were charged with the first-degree murder of a popular 15-year-old track student named DeKayla Danberry, who was stabbed to death on Saturday evening. No one seems to know what caused the brawl that ended the teen’s life; only that it involved a huge group […]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado movie theater could not have prevented a 2012 shooting that killed 12 people, a jury decided Thursday after victims argued that lax security allowed for the attack. The six jurors concluded that Cinemark was not liable for the rampage, siding with the nation’s third-largest theater chain […]
It’s now a done deal, reportedly. The auction for the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin has closed and the winning bid was north of $120k, according to TMZ. We’re told roughly 7 verified users participated in the bidding war. Zimmerman has to verify the winner and his or her funds before the […]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has used the word “rape” in discussing past allegations of sexual misconduct involving former President Bill Clinton, further escalating his rhetoric on the subject. Clinton’s wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination and Trump’s likely opponent in […]
CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir jetliner bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday after a mysterious series of extremely abrupt turns, authorities said, and Egypt’s aviation minister said it may have been a terrorist attack. There were no immediate signs of any survivors. EgyptAir Flight 804, […]
On May 10, Symone Marshall died in police custody. Her family is demanding answers about what happened in the spaces in between.
