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BOSTON (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, the Boston Red Sox reversed The Curse. Now they’re even getting key calls turned around in the World Series, leaving them on the verge of an opening Fenway Park sweep for the third time in 10 seasons. And not even a need for instant replay. The umpires overturned […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 150-year-old U.S. Capitol dome will be sheathed in scaffolding for about two years during its first major restoration since 1960, officials said Tuesday. Stephen T. Ayers, the architect of the Capitol, said the structure may look good from a distance, but up close, more than 1,000 cracks and other structural problems […]
Barneys is being sued by an African American student from Queens who was detained following a large-item purchase – for no other reason than the color of his skin, he claims. In April, 19-year-old Trayton Christian was arrested after buying a $349 Salvatore Ferragamo belt at the store. After completing the purchase with his debit […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four female officials will be working a game between Division II Miles and Lane, in what appears to be a first for a college football game. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an Atlanta-based league comprised of historically black schools, said Thursday night’s game at Miles will mark the first time a […]
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Facebook page seeking to preserve the “Black Pete” clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language page ever, receiving 1 million “likes” in a single day. The mushrooming popularity of the “Pete-ition” page reflects the depth of emotional attachment most Dutch […]
DETROIT — Prosecutors have filed charges against a Detroit man they say abducted, raped and killed, then burned the body of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old niece…
Love Olatunjiojo was walking with two friends along a Brooklyn street in late June when three New York City policemen descended upon them. The officers suspected drug possession and…
Racism runs rampart in every part of the world, as is apparent by this 21-year-old Australian woman who decided to have an African party called,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s some good news on college tuition. Yes, the cost has gone up — but not as much as in the past. For in-state students at a four-year public college or university, published tuition and fees increased this year on average $247 to $8,893. That’s a 2.9 percent increase — the smallest […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Northern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a replica assault rifle after repeatedly telling him to drop it, sheriff’s officials and family members said. Two Sonoma County deputies on patrol saw the boy walking with what appeared to be a rifle around 3 p.m. […]
BOSTON (AP) — Slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was named as a participant in an earlier triple homicide by a man who was subsequently shot to death while being questioned by authorities, according to a filing made by federal prosecutors in the case against his brother, surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. According to […]
When a Miami cop responded to a call of a woman shoplifting at a grocery store, she did something that most officers would not have…
