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LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman‘s wife has called police to her father’s house, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun. Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell says Shellie Zimmerman called police shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. Bracknell says Zimmerman hasn’t been arrested and officers are […]
First Lady Michelle Obama was joined by celebrated sports figures in Washington Friday morning in an event, sponsored by sports apparel company Reebok, to focus on…
The awe-inspiring rise of Cathy Hughes, 65, the legendary Founder and Chairperson of Radio One (which owns TV One and Interactive One, parent company of…
A trustee for the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona wants to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin by naming an asteroid after him. William Lowell Putnam III told the Arizona Daily Sun he wants to place Martin’s name on one of the hundreds of asteroids discovered by the Lowell observatory in 2000. This is what […]
A 46-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly shot an 8-year-old boy in the face as he was playing in an apartment complex, CBS…
Feminist and human rights activist Aminata Touré is making history in Senegal! According to reports, the 51-year-old former justice minister was named Prime Minister last…
The 41-year-old New Jersey Transit bus operator who was caught masturbating on the job on June 24 had no words at his arraignment on Wednesday; instead,…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Falls by fans at stadiums in San Francisco and Indianapolis during NFL season openers have left one man dead and two other people injured, authorities said. At the 49ers’ game against the Packers at Candlestick Park Sunday, a man fell to his death from an elevated pedestrian walkway. The death came […]
A local FOX affiliate out of Birmingham, Alabama is reporting that two deaf men began arguing during a church service which lead to a stabbing. Church of the Reconciler‘s leader, Reverend Matt Lacey, told FOX-6, the two men fought by signing to one another, adding, that it escalated when one of the men picked up […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a Connecticut woman called police and asked to be arrested, telling them she had burned her boyfriend alive. The victim was transported to a hospital where he was listed Friday in critical condition with second-degree burns over 70 percent of his body. Police say the woman called them just […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Top-seeded Serena Williams won her fifth U.S. Open championship and 17th Grand Slam title overall by beating No. 2 Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 in a windy final. Sunday’s match was the toughest test these two weeks for the No. 1-seeded Williams, who also beat Azarenka in three sets in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign Sunday. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. The Baltimore-based […]
