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A man who called 911 to report a customer waving a gun in a store, resulting in a fatal police-involved shooting in 2014 in a Dayton, Ohio suburb, could now be charged with making a false alarm, reports The Associated Press.
Reportedly, police found a 25-year-old woman chained to a stripper pole with a padlock around her neck in the home of Ryon Travis. The 32-year-old father of seven has been arrested and charged with sex trafficking, collecting and producing child porn.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Friday that Catholics should look to their own consciences rather than rely exclusively on church rules to negotiate the complexities of sex, marriage and family life, demanding the church shift emphasis from doctrine to mercy in confronting some of the thorniest issues facing the faithful. In a major […]
ALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say an officer fatally shot a woman who attacked with a medieval-style ax. News outlets report 40-year-old of Gallatin became combative when Sumner County sheriff’s deputy Gary Pickard accompanied housing authorities to serve an eviction notice on her Wednesday. Gallatin police said in a news release it sent several […]
Thabiti Boone, President Obama White House Fatherhood Champion and Representative, talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the importance of fatherhood and the vital role they play in the live’s of their children. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
A Brooklyn teenage girl dies days after a group of teens beat her into a coma. The district attorney is expected to increase the initial charges against the main suspect.
MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — As marriage proposals go, Michael Banks’ was a cliff-hanger. Banks, 27, scaled 600-foot Morro Rock just off California’s Central Coast early Thursday morning to propose to his girlfriend, who was watching via FaceTime video. The good news: Banks’ girlfriend said yes, according to Morro Bay fire Capt. Todd Gailey. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks. Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a […]
Black Lives Matters protesters disrupted Bill Clinton’s speech in Philadelphia today – and the former POTUS ended up in a contentious exchange with the activists that lasted for about 10 minutes. Thursday’s protest appears to be about Clinton’s “three-strikes law.” A protester yelled that Clinton “should be charged with crimes against humanity.” “I love protesters,” […]
A White House initiative makes ebooks Available to kids from low-income communities. One million access codes already distributed.
People are upset with former NFL great Ray Lewis over comments he made regarding the Black Lives Matter movement in an impassioned video posted to his Facebook account. In the video, Lewis questions the group’s intentions, asking, “If Black Lives Matter, then how come they don’t matter when it comes to black-on-black crime?” Watch the video […]
You know you’ve made your mark in the world when public schools are named after you. Such is the case with First Lady Michelle Obama, who finds herself with public schools being named after her. Clutch cites various schools who have changed their names to honor President Barack Obama’s better half. Among the schools is […]
