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The Guardian columnist Orville Lloyd Douglas reveals in his latest piece that he hates being a Black man and that his skin color is his “personal…
Michelle Obama is not only fighting childhood obesity these days. She has a new initiative and it’s all about getting more students on track to…
PHOENIX — PHOENIX (AP) — A high school football player in Arizona died from an injury suffered in the fourth quarter of a blowout playoff game loss, serving as another tragic reminder of the dangers of head trauma in youth sports. Hopi High School senior Charles Youvella died of a traumatic brain injury Monday at […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – An 80-year-old North Texas woman has been charged with trying to kill her husband during an argument but police say the gun jammed. Mansfield jail records show Tempie Strickland of Fort Worth was being held Tuesday on an attempted murder charge. Bond was set at $100,000 for Strickland, who was […]
DALLAS (AP) — While NFL teammates and friends knew Sam Hurd as a hardworking wide receiver and married father, authorities say he was fashioning a separate identity as a wannabe drug kingpin with a focus on “high-end deals” and a need for large amounts of cocaine and marijuana. Two years later, Hurd will enter a […]
11/13/13- Roland Martin talks with Gerald Thurswell, the attorney representing the family of Renisha McBride. She is the 19-year-old who obtained a fatal gunshot to the face after seeking help in a Dearborn, Michigan neighborhood after being in a car accident. For iPad/iPhone users:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding pressure to fix the administration’s problem-plagued health care program, former President Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama should find a way to let people keep their health coverage, even if it means changing the law. Clinton says Obama should “honor the commitment that the federal government made to those people and […]
CNN is reporting that Marissa Alexander, the woman who was sentenced to twenty years in prison after firing a warning shot in the air, will learn today if she can get out of prison while she waits for a new trial. A judge will decide this afternoon whether or not Alexander will be released on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says two American mariners kidnapped last month off the coast of Nigeria have been released. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the U.S. welcomes the release of the two Americans, but said privacy concerns prevented her from disclosing any details about how they were freed. U.S. officials earlier identified […]
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Martin‘s meeting with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has been postponed until after the tackle talks with a special investigator about the team’s harassment scandal. Ross had planned to meet Wednesday with Martin in California. On Tuesday, the Dolphins said the NFL requested that the meeting be delayed until after […]
RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested outside Kansas City over the weekend on charges of speeding and possessing marijuana, throwing his status for a pivotal AFC West showdown against the Denver Broncos into question. Bowe was pulled over for going about 48 mph in a 35 mph zone, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from three former Duke University lacrosse players who were among those falsely accused of raping a stripper. The players, Ryan McFadyen, Matthew Wilson and Breck Archer, wanted the court to say their constitutional rights were violated by the Durham, N.C., police when officers made them […]
