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Hannah Stouffer (pictured right), who was adopted at birth, has wanted most of her life to meet the woman who gave birth to her. One day…
NEW YORK (AP) — Used car dealership chain CarMax says it is ending its sponsorship of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of racist comments attributed to team owner Donald Sterling. Sterling is alleged to have made the comments in a recorded conversation with a woman. Portions of that conversation were released over […]
President Obama is making a lot of progress in his second term. Jasmine Sanders reports the justice department is making a change that will hopefully keep more…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jurors at the trial of a Tampa military wife accused of killing her two teenagers will see many disturbing images and hear hours of troubling evidence. They will see several sides to Julie Schenecker, a former military linguist who prosecutors say fatally shot her 16-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son. They will […]
CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama‘s hometown of Chicago plans to name a high school after him. Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced plans to…
Criminal charges have been filed against Felicia Smith, a 42-year-old Middle School teacher who said students egged her on, and convinced her to perform a Lap Dance on camera for one of her male students. Smith, 42, was a teacher at Stovall Middle school in the Houston area. She has now been charged with having […]
According to Jasmine Sanders the Canadians just took over a title that once belonged to Americans. Listen to the latest Jazzy Report in the audio player to hear what…
An unarmed pizza delivery was shot by two Philadelphia police officers who profiled him as a shooting suspect, reports NBC Philadelphia. Philippe Holland, 20, was…
Rodney Bryce, who made his mark on hip-hop under the name DJ E-Z Rock, died Sunday, a spokesperson for Bryce’s friend and collaborator Rob Base confirmed to Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone reports: Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock released their first single, “DJ Interview,” in 1986, but the 46-year-old Bryce cemented himself into the hip-hop […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 16-year-old student faces arraignment on murder charges in the stabbing death of a classmate at their high school on the day of the junior prom. Police haven’t released the suspect’s name, but people who saw him taken into custody identified him as Chris Plaskon, a friend of the victim, 16-year-old […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Citing the progress, researchers are projecting a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. Their report, based on Education Department statistics from 2012, was being […]
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — Crews were searching the northern part of San Francisco Bay for a pilot after two small planes collided while heading home from a show, sending one aircraft crashing into the water while the other one safely reached its destination. Debris was found in San Pablo Bay after Sunday afternoon’s collision near […]
