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Webster Lucas was given only one napkin when he purchased a meal at a Pacoima, Calif., McDonald’s restaurant. When he went back to the counter…
TORONTO (AP) — Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford laughed off Jimmy Kimmel’s suggestion that he get help for his drinking problem and was reported to be upset about his appearance on the late-night TV talk show. Ford’s appearance Monday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in Los Angeles was the culmination of months of wooing by […]
ATLANTA (AP) – A disk jockey was wounded in a shootout with off-duty police officers early Monday behind a nightclub hosting an album release part for rapper Rick Ross, DeKalb County police said. The off-duty officers were working security at the Velvet Room and in full uniform when they responded to the sound of gunfire […]
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey honor student is suing her parents for financial support and to force them to pay for her college. A judge in Morristown has scheduled a hearing Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by 18-year-old Rachel Canning. Canning claims her parents threw her out of their Lincoln Park home […]
President Obama to Heckler: ‘What the Heck Are You Talking About?’ (Watch) President Barack Obama had to deal with a heckler during a speech Friday at, of all places, a meeting of the Democratic National Committee. After slamming Republicans for getting “all stirred up” over his plan to unilaterally act to “help middle class families,” […]
Religious leaders have a long history of convincing their church members to do unique things, this is no different in Kenya, where one pastor orders his female members to remove their undergarments in the name of Christ. NewsOne reports: Kenyan pastor Rev. Njohi has raised not only a few eyebrows but red flags with his […]
James C. Brown, 25, was convicted of first-degree murder Friday afternoon in the killings of four Detroit women he met through Backpage.com, reports USA Today. Brown—who…
The family of Renisha McBride (pictured) has suffered a setback, this after they were evicted from their rental property in Detroit. It appears that a management…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Snow began covering a thin layer of ice in the nation’s capital early Monday, driven by a […]
Marissa Alexander, 33, the Jacksonville mother of three who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband,…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It could all hinge on the toilet door. Oscar Pistorius goes on trial for murder on Monday, but some experts not involved in the case say the double-amputee runner could still be vulnerable to a homicide conviction even if he is acquitted of murdering his girlfriend. That’s because, they say, he violated […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Floridian with an IQ as high as 75 may be diagnosed as mentally disabled and be eligible for help getting a job. But on death row, the state says having an IQ higher than 70 categorically means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed. The Supreme Court […]
