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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A lawsuit stemming from Flint’s lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city’s residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials and corporations. The federal lawsuit — which is seeking class-action status — alleges that tens of thousands of residents have suffered […]
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to death at their high school for rejecting his invitation to the junior prom pleaded no contest to murder Monday, and prosecutors said they will seek a 25-year prison sentence. Christopher Plaskon, 18, accepted a plea bargain during a brief appearance in Milford Superior […]
Known best for his roles in The Wire and The Walking Dead, Chad Coleman is the celebrity spokesperson for Date with Dad, an annual dads-and-daughters event taking place this weekend in his hometown of Richmond, VA. Coleman talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what to expect this year and his involvement in the community […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Pastors urged grieving family and friends to lean on their faith at Saturday’s funeral for a 58-year-old black man who authorities say was fatally shot by a white Montgomery police officer. Officer Aaron Smith shot Gregory Gunn in the early hours of Feb. 25, steps from the man’s home, according to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of slashing a woman in the face, fatally stabbing a store owner and setting a homeless man on fire has been shot and wounded by police in New York City, authorities said. The attacks began at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Queens when a 39-year-old woman was slashed […]
A young Florida couple were charged with using a taser on their children. NBC Miami reports: The News-Press reports Joshua Pierre Louis, 28, and Roxanne Paduani, 33, were arrested Thursday. The Department of Children and Families began investigating following a call to the Florida Abuse Hotline. A Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest reports says one […]
Charles Harrell says that racial profiling and harassment "is what we have to go through in Cincinnati.”
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Ratcheting up the rancor, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively in a Democratic presidential debate Sunday night over trade, Wall Street influence and more, with Clinton accusing him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countering that Clinton’s friends on Wall Street had “destroyed this economy.” It […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president â and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, has died. She was 94. The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles […]
Luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana isn't new to claims of cultural appropriation, but their latest fumble has reached a devastating new low.
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man accused of shaving his head and taking weight loss pills to convince people he had stage 3 brain cancer and collect thousands in donations has pleaded not guilty. Tyler Tomer, of Wallingford, entered the plea Thursday to charges of first-degree larceny and first-degree larceny by defrauding a public […]
