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Lake Mary, Fla., police chief Steve Bracknell has distanced himself from comments he made in a response to an email from a town resident who was upset that George Zimmerman has not been charged with any crimes following an altercation Monday with his estranged wife and her father. In a Sept. 10 response to Lake […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds‘ obstruction of justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating performance enhancing drug use among elite athletes. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bonds’ testimony was “evasive” […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Basketball star Lamar Odom has been charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, nearly two weeks after his Mercedes-Benz was pulled over on a Southern California freeway. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Friday that the charges stem from Odom’s Aug. 30 arrest in the San Fernando […]
WOODBURY, N.J. — A New Jersey teenager called his actions “a big mistake” as he was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in state prison for…
A Detroit step-father says his step-daughter stun gunned him six times during a domestic dispute between she and her mother, Fox 2 News reports. The…
Homeowners Shelly Owens (pictured), her fiance, Kevin Durham (pictured), and their children had their Council Bluffs, Iowa, home vandalized and then set ablaze in what…
YORK HARBOR, Newfoundland (AP) — A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons landed short of his goal in Newfoundland. Jonathan Trappe reported that he was having trouble controlling his balloons before landing Thursday evening just south of York Harbor, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He […]
With the sudden resignation of NAACP president Ben Jealous, the search is on for a new leader. BlackAmericaWeb.com’s Senior Political Correspondent, Michael H. Cottman, recently weighed in on the issue and suggested a huge change in leadership. In the NAACP’s 104-year history, there has never been a female at the helm as president. If you […]
This month marks six years that Charlene Mabins has lived without her beloved son, Christopher. On September 16, 2007 Christopher, 18, committed suicide. He was a smart kid whose behavior began to change around age 13. Mabins tried everything—doctors, counselors, mentors, hospital. Finally, at age 16, Christopher was diagnosed with depression. And still, Mabins could […]
New video has surfaced appearing to show George Zimmerman smashing an iPad that is said to contain proof he punched his father-in-law during an alleged altercation. According to TMZ, the footage was captured on a home security system moments after the alleged altercation at the Florida rental home where George and his estranged wife Shellie […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune will be honored with an elaborate funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecticut. Fortune’s remains will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda in Hartford on Thursday before taken by state police escort to Waterbury […]
Ty’Aisa Jackson, 14, rejected a plea deal Wednesday and will now face life in prison for stabbing her 2-year-old sister to death, reports the Atlanta…
