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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will likely lose Monday’s Senate showdown over halting federal aid to Planned Parenthood. Yet the political offensive by abortion foes has just started, prompted by a batch of unsettling videos that has focused attention on the group’s little-noticed practice of providing fetal tissue to researchers. Conservatives have long targeted Planned Parenthood, […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Most tables are empty at Walter Martin’s coffee shop in San Juan’s colonial district. His brow is furrowed with concern and glistens with sweat in the sweltering Caribbean morning. He’s turned off the air conditioning to lower his power bill. With fewer customers, he’s cut staff hours and tried […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee police officials on Sunday identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer, and an intense search for the man is underway. Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Officer Sean Bolton, 33, on Saturday night, Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said […]
The two University of Cincinnati police officers who were present at the scene of Sam Dubose‘s death will not be facing any charges. According to reports,…
An off-duty New Jersey state trooper is under review after firing at three unarmed teenagers who mistakenly knocked on the door of his Sparta home…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal magistrate entered not guilty pleas on 33 federal charges, including for hate crimes, for a white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston. During Friday’s hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, his attorney told U.S. Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant that his client wanted to […]
HBO today announced among its upcoming documentary slate “3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets,” about the shooting death of Jordan Davis by a middle-aged white man over loud music. Following an angry exchange of words, Michael Dunn fired multiple times into the car where Davis was sitting outside a convenience store. The film, winner of a […]
The journey for justice never ends. Back in June, Cornell Brooks and the NAACP announced they would be embarking on a 860-mile march from Selma, Alabama to Washington DC in an effort to protect and fight for our civil liberties. Led by NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks, America’s Journey for Justice – a […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of murder and was ordered jailed on $1 million bail. Fired UC officer Ray Tensing later posted 10 percent of that amount and was released, the Hamilton County Court clerk’s […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The man accused of slaying nine parishioners as they worshipped at a South Carolina church was expected in court Friday to face dozens of federal charges, including hate crimes and obstructing the practice of religion. Dylann Roof, 21, was scheduled to be arraigned in Charleston. The hearing, which was expected to […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An announcement by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan that he is closing the Baltimore City Detention Center marked a milestone in long-standing problems with the state’s dangerously decrepit correctional facilities. The Republican governor said Thursday that the state would save $10 million to $15 million a year by closing the state-run complex, […]
Man wrongly imprisoned for 17 years shot dead on Near West Side: "The streets are so vicious" http://t.co/SfbUZ4PUsa pic.twitter.com/JotgowwQ65 — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) July 30,…
