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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A homeless man has gone from the proverbial penthouse to the big house after he was found sleeping in the presidential suite at one of Pittsburgh’s swankiest hotels. Jeffrey Lennon Watson, 48, told police he was from Los Angeles and was passing through the city to return to California when he was […]
MIAMI (AP) — After raising a shackled right hand and swearing to tell the truth, U.S.-to-Cuba airline hijacker William Potts told a judge Thursday he had an objection at his first federal court appearance to face decades-old air piracy charges. “I would like to — I’m new at this stuff,” Potts told U.S. Magistrate Judge […]
DETROIT (AP) — A convicted felon who was wearing body armor when police arrested him in a Detroit suburb will be questioned in an investigation into the fatal shooting of three men in a back gambling room of an east side barbershop. Detroit Police Chief James Craig described the man as a person of interest […]
Because these days, raping girls and bragging about it on social media has become a thing…I’ve got to report something that turns my stomach merely…
Writer, poet, editor, political strategist and feminist Chirlane McCray, 58, becomes the second Black First Lady of New York City with the exhilarating election of her…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job. The FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually phase out artificial trans fats, saying they are a threat to people’s health. […]
Legal Breakdowns Of The hottest Entertainment & Celebrity Drama A New York District Judge ruled that unpaid interns are not protected from sexual harassment as…
Rev. Al Sharpton is set to make his first literary debut in over 10 years with his third upcoming book, The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton And…
When Isaiah Smith (pictured) was allegedly bullied for being Christian and gay and carrying a Bible to school with him, the 18-year-old senior at Birdville…
CNN is reporting that the new video surveillance released Wednesday regarding the Kendrick Johnson case stirred up more questions than it did to answer any. According to the news site, the Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Ga has 36 cameras inside and outside of the school’s gym where Johnson’s body was found. They are reporting: […]
After years of bullying and racist jokes, 19-year-old Keisha Austin decided to ditch her Black-sounding name for something more neutral. According to reports, the Kansas…
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a bus driver is hospitalized after a man threw a liquid believed to be bleach in his face. Officer Adam Madera tells The Associated Press the driver was attacked after pulling up Sunday at a stop near the former state fairgrounds along Woodward Avenue, the city’s main north-south thoroughfare. […]
