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Four people who cheered for family members at a Mississippi high school graduation ceremony are now facing charges for “disturbing the peace.” Fox 40 reports: Police at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where Senatobia High School’s graduation ceremony was held, said the superintendent asked the crowd not to scream and to hold their applause until the end. […]
A cafeteria worker in an elementary school in Denver has been fired for giving free food to students who didn’t qualify for the free lunch program. CNN Money reports: The mother of two admitted to KCNC-TV, which first reported the story, that she violated school policy by giving the free meals but said that she didn’t […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A white Wisconsin police officer was exonerated Wednesday by an internal investigation into his fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man, a move that follows prosecutors declining to file charges and clears the way for him to go back to work. The Madison Police Department issued a summary of its […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — STATES FEAR NEEDLES The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented a 364 percent increase in new cases of Hepatitis C in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. Of the four states, only Kentucky has passed legislation to allow for syringe exchanges. Such programs remain illegal in Virginia. West Virginia is […]
When last we heard from Creflo Dollar, he was saying that despite a backlash from those who thought his demands for a fourth plane were excessive, if God wanted him to get his $65 million private jet, then God would make a way. Well, it appears that the Almighty has spoken and Creflo and his […]
Nearly six months after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed on a playground by a Cleveland police officer, investigators have presented the findings of…
Neill Franklin, retired police officer and Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about the police slowdown in Baltimore.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Arlington National Cemetery says a Louisiana National Guardsman who was killed in a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico can’t be buried at the hallowed grounds because he was killed during a training exercise. The burial plots are only for service members who die on active duty and space is […]
BOSTON (AP) — A leader of Boston’s African-American community said Wednesday that a police video of the fatal shooting of a terror suspect makes clear he “was not shot in the back.” Darnell Williams, head of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, said after viewing the video that he could “150 percent corroborate” the police […]
Four people have been arrested in the beating of a 14-year-old teenage girl in Dallas after the girl said she was raped and impregnated by a relative. Reportedly, the family members attacked the girl to induce an abortion. WFAA.com reports: A fifth relative was arrested for sexually assaulting the girl. News 8 has chosen not […]
A woman died after a bizarre reaction to getting illegal butt injections. WFAA.com reports: Kelly Mayhew, 34, of Suitland, Md. died Saturday after getting the injection from an apparently unlicensed doctor. New York Police Department said there was “no indication” the woman who gave the shot had any kind of license to administer the injection. […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Turnout for Tuesday’s special election runoff to fill a vacant congressional seat in north Mississippi was sparse in some areas, but strong in the county that is home to the longshot Democratic candidate. Republican Trent Kelly and Democrat Walter Zinn are vying to serve most of a two-year term started by […]
