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DETROIT (AP) — When Mike Duggan recites the oath of office in January as Detroit’s first white mayor in four decades, he may — in a way — give the eulogy to a period of racial divide that has defined much of the city’s past. Unofficial general election results Tuesday night showed Duggan defeating Wayne […]
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — The 2016 overtones were clear in this year’s two most high-profile elections. Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s resounding re-election victory in Democratic-leaning New Jersey sets the opening argument for a possible White House run while Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial victory gives fellow Democrats — if not his confidante Hillary Rodham Clinton, herself […]
National Action Network (NAN) & Rev. Al Sharpton will hold NAN’s Inaugural Health Care Award Luncheon Honoring Health Care industry leaders serving communities of color. WHO: Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network Janaye Ingram, National Executive Director, National Action Network Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States George Halvorson/Chairman, […]
TORONTO (AP) — The mayor of Toronto is saying he smoked crack “probably a year ago” when he was in a “drunken stupor.” Rob Ford‘s admission to reporters Tuesday follows months of accusations during which the embattled mayor refused to step down. The allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack surfaced in […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Texans coach Gary Kubiak has been released from a Houston hospital after suffering what the team says was a mini-stroke during Sunday night’s loss to Indianapolis. The team said the 52-year-old Kubiak suffered an transient ischemic attack at halftime. He is expected to make a full recovery, but the Texans said they […]
GALLMAN, Miss. (AP) — The bodies of a man, woman and young boy believed to be members of a family that went missing were found Tuesday in Mississippi, not far from where investigators recovered their burned car last weekend, authorities said. Sheriff Harold Jones in Mississippi’s Copiah County said the bodies were discovered in an […]
Marissa Alexander, the Florida woman who fired a warning shot at her husband and was sentenced to 20 years in prison as a result, will…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson Police have found a wallet and other items linked to three members of a Jackson-area family reported missing after a car crash. WLBT reports police found the items in a Dumpster at a Shell gas station in south Jackson just before noon Monday. Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones told WJTV […]
PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A 20-year-old gunman intent on dying fired multiple shots inside New Jersey’s largest shopping mall, trapping hundreds of customers and employees for hours as police scoured stores for the shooter, who was found dead early Tuesday of a self-inflicted wound, authorities said. There were no other injuries. Investigators don’t believe the […]
Lawmakers in Opa-Locka, Fla., have an ordinance in place for its male residents who sag their pants. Now they have decided to include females in…
DENVER (AP) — Denver police have detained two individuals who they say entered an empty school building late Monday armed with two long rifles. Police Chief Robert White says the two juveniles were apprehended inside the school early Tuesday. Police had earlier surrounded Noel Middle School and a bomb squad was called to the scene […]
11/05/13- “Seriously Ignorant” correspondent Damon Williams gives us the most ignorant headlines of the week including a man who claimed he earned $40,000 from mowing grass and another man who tried to impersonate his brother and ended up arrested. For IPAD/IPOD users:
