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When high school senior Marshon Sanders first showed up to school in a Jesus costume, he was kicked out of class and sent to the Dean’s office. However, after Sanders’ mother, Angenetta Friso, contacted the media with her son’s story; the school has had a change of tune. The school released a statement on their decision […]
(AP)- Senate Republicans blocked President Barack Obama‘s nominees to lead an influential federal court and a housing agency on Thursday, despite Democratic warnings of a return to last summer’s partisan brawl over who wields power in the Senate. In rapid succession, Democrats failed to overcome GOP delaying tactics against Patricia Millett to join the U.S. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a judge’s order requiring changes to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program and removed the judge from the case. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the decisions of Judge Shira Scheindlin will be stayed pending the outcome of an appeal by […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas doctor convicted in the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson is suing the state for stripping his right to practice medicine, and his attorney said Thursday that the cardiologist has former patients eager for him to work again. Conrad Murray, who was released from a California jail this week […]
Ohio teacher Dr. David Spondike, 51, was suspended with pay Monday after posting a racist Facebook rant about Black trick-or-treaters, reports the Daily Mail. Spondike, a former…
On November 4, the Advancement Project, a multicultural civil rights organization, will team with pro bono legal counsel Arnold & Porter to challenge Wisconsin’s voter…
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin has left the team to receive professional assistance for emotional issues, and he won’t play in Thursday night’s game against Cincinnati. The person said Thursday that Martin was with relatives, and that his issues didn’t involve any problems with […]
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Thursday that he is conducting a formal review of facts and evidence in the death of a teenager whose body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in his high school gym. U.S. Attorney Michael Moore said that if he uncovers sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The pastor of a Charlotte church says his large home is a gift from God. Take our poll at the bottom…
One of the White teens who posted a picture dressed in Blackface because she’s a “n***er” for Halloween, responded to criticism by saying that Black…
TERRELL, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing his mother, aunt and three other people before police arrested him early Tuesday following a high-speed chase has a long criminal history that includes a conviction for assaulting a family member. Court records don’t indicate which family member Charles Everett Brownlow Jr. was convicted of assaulting […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker, who became a rising star in the Democratic Party as mayor of Newark, N.J., has come to Washington. Booker, 44, will be sworn in as a U.S. senator at noon Thursday. He won a special election Oct. 16 to fill out the term of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Vice […]
