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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A private Pennsylvania college expelled three students over a campus radio broadcast in which they made racist comments and used a slur. Bucknell University president John Bravman met with about 1,000 students and staff about the matter on Tuesday, a day after sending a late-night email revealing the expulsions. “Their conduct […]
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the drive-thru line at a fast-food restaurant. Odessa police say Michael Chico was arrested after an off-duty officer spotted a truck with law-enforcement trappings. Cpl. Steve LeSueur (luh-SWEER’) […]
A new report from MetricMaps details a shocking statistic — in 16 states in the nation, there are more people locked up in correctional facilities than those…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man was found dead Tuesday in the Hollywood Hills home of oil fortune heir Andrew Getty, and the Getty family confirmed that it was the 47-year-old grandson of J. Paul Getty. A woman calling to report that someone had died sent officers to the gated home on Montcalm Avenue shortly […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, including eight serving life in prison, in an act the White House said continues Obama’s push to make the justice system fairer by reducing harsh sentences that were handed down under outdated guidelines. The effort could lead […]
Aaron Hernandez‘s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, told the jury at his murder trial in Fall River, Mass. that he told her to dispose of a mystery box, according to ABC News. The former New England Patriots star, 25, told her to “go downstairs in our storage and remove a box from our home” in which she […]
The New York Police Department officer cleared in Eric Garner’s chokehold death is being sued over a 2010 car crash that left a man with…
If law enforcement officers stop you, do you know what you should do to make sure the encounter does not turn into a deadly confrontation?…
Four San Francisco sheriff’s deputies were placed on administrative leave and are currently under investigation after a public defender accused them of forcing Black and Latino…
In 1987 there were 91 African American owned banks in America. Today there are only 24. Many Black financial institutions are struggling to stay afloat…
18-year-old Blake Brockington died after an apparent suicide last Monday. Brockington was crowned homecoming king at East Mecklenburg High School, where he attended last year, making…
A 18-year-old and 15-year-old are in custody after being caught on camera assaulting a man on the St. Louis MetroLink. FOX 2 Now reports: St. Louis police have announced arrest in connection to an assault on a MetroLink train a week ago. Police say they have taken into custody a 15-year-old male juvenile and 21-year-old male. […]
