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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man while helping serve an arrest warrant last month is to be fired, the department announced Tuesday. “Officer John Lee has been issued a contemplated indefinite suspension for placing himself unnecessarily in a tactical situation wherein he felt compelled […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two remarkably similar murder cases that amplified concerns about campus safety are expected to end when a Virginia man enters a plea deal that will spare him a possible death sentence. Jesse LeRoy Matthew Jr. is expected to enter pleas resolving the Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington cases Wednesday, according to […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey. Their Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the central Asian steppes and ended a science-rich mission at the International Space Station […]
Every Wednesday in March on BlackAmericaWeb.com, we’re celebrating Women’s History Month with dedicated content celebrating all things #BlackGirlMagic, #Herstory or whatever clever term you want to insert that represents all the wonders which is womanhood. So let’s hear it for the women (and girls) who are kicking butt, whether it is launching a clothing line […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton claimed Super Tuesday victories in the Georgia and Virginia Democratic primaries, while rival Bernie Sanders carried his home state of Vermont. Republican races in those states were too close to call as polls closed. Super Tuesday marked the busiest day of the 2016 primaries, with the biggest single-day delegate haul […]
Texas police are questioning a handful of people after a gunman opened fire at the campaign headquarters of Zena Stephens.
An estimated 30 Black students were squired away from a Donald Trump rally in Valdosta, Georgia by Secret Service agents who said the Republican presidential candidate had requested the removal before he began speaking, reports USA Today.
CHICAGO (AP) — There have been about twice as many homicides and shootings so far this year in Chicago as compared to the same period in 2015, but the number of illegal guns seized has dropped, police said Tuesday. There were 95 homicides and more than 400 shooting incidents as of the end of February, […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has renewed a grant to fund the student newspaper at the Chicago high school he attended. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Hefner made the commitment to Steinmetz College Prep last week. He will continue to donate $7,500 a year for another 5 years to cover printing costs. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has received an honorary prize named for another Nobel winner, the late Saul Bellow. PEN America, the literary and human rights organization, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Morrison has been given the $25,000 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American fiction. Morrison, 85, is known […]
A North Carolina cop shot and killed a young black man wanted on felony drug charges during a foot chase Monday. ABC13.com reports: Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck Brown told reporters Monday afternoon that a gun was found near the man. Brown promised a thorough investigation which will “follow the available facts and evidence wherever they […]
Before she hosts her official Super Tuesday event in Miami tonight, 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, J. Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes. Click the link above to hear […]
