News
"I've made my decision: Today, I will announce the person I believe is eminently qualified to sit on the Supreme Court," Obama wrote.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Ferguson City Council has unanimously agreed to accept a U.S. Justice Department plan to overhaul its embattled police force and municipal court system after a brief attempt to revise the deal led to a federal lawsuit. Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal police shooting of Michael […]
ADDISON, Texas (AP) — The attorney for an off-duty suburban Dallas police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old and wounded another juvenile said Tuesday that his client fired his gun because the officer feared for his life, but the attorney would not say whether either boy was armed. Attorney Chris Livingston said Farmers Branch police […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington area’s Metro subway system will force commuters to spend a day without their most reliable form of transportation — and the source of their constant complaints. Ridership on Metro has dipped as the system’s reliability has deteriorated, and gripes on social media occur daily. Still, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent an unmistakable message to Americans on Tuesday ahead of his historic trip to Havana: Cuba is open for business. Punching fresh holes in the generations-old U.S. embargo, Obama’s administration removed the last meaningful restrictions on travel, putting a Cuba vacation within reach for millions of Americans over the […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio and North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party nomination. But the contests brought little clarity to the Republican race, with Donald Trump winning big in Florida but falling […]
Mississippi's House passed legislation that would require teachers in failing schools to evaluate parental involvement. Opponents argue that it should be parents grading teachers.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four former New Orleans police officers asked a federal judge Tuesday to let them out of jail on bond as they await a second trial in deadly shootings that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Lawyers for former Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen and former officers Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was deeply disturbed by the “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” directed at women and minorities as well as the violence in the 2016 presidential campaign, a swipe at Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Without mentioning the GOP candidate by name, Obama used a unity luncheon at the Capitol […]
CHARLTON, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Massachusetts town are warning residents to be on the lookout for men challenging passers-by to rap battles. Charlton police told WCVB-TV that a black SUV containing a group of men in their late teens or early 20s pulled up next to three teenage boys Saturday afternoon. One of […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Young black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than black male students at the same schools — despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent […]
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participated in the Tom Joyner Morning Show roundtable with News One’s Roland Martin, Reverend Al Sharpton, CNN’s Don Lemon and Jacque Reid, along with TJMS hosts Tom Joyner, and Sybil Wilkes. Don Lemon: Do people trust you? HC: “I’ve gotten more votes than anybody running. I feel really good about […]
