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HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives and hometown supporters of the nation’s first black heavyweight boxing champion are turning to YouTube (watch on page 2) to convince President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 conviction for accompanying a white woman across state lines. Jack Johnson, nicknamed the “Galveston Giant” after his Texas hometown, was […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A man who did more than 40 years in prison in a Tucson hotel fire that killed 29 people broke down in tears Wednesday as he reflected on his case and described how he spent his first hours of freedom, including going on a hike and enjoying a burger from a fast-food […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs. In 1968, wages were so low that some workers had to stand in welfare lines to feed their families. Working conditions were so dangerous […]
Has a Saudi Court taken an eye for eye too far? A reported Saudi Arabia court ruling has sentenced a man to be paralyzed as retribution for having paralyzed another man. Rights group Amnesty International calls it “outrageous.” “Paralyzing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture,” said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children from across the nation will rub elbows with Michelle Obama and dine off fine china in the East Room of the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating. The first lady is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie, and the head of the New Jersey Assembly called for Rice […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado’s newly passed gun control laws as he applies public pressure on Congress to pass similar federal measures. Obama was visiting Denver Wednesday, stepping up his call for universal background checks for gun buyers as well as his demands […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Department of Driver Services employee has pleaded guilty to making fake identification cards. Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for the state Attorney General, says former DDS employee Frederick Lawson pleaded guilty Monday in DeKalb County Superior Court to six counts of bribery and six counts of false statements for allegedly supplying a […]
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio clinic is denying a woman’s allegations that doctors failed to successfully perform the abortion she sought, eventually leading to her child’s birth. Ariel Knights of Cuyahoga Falls is suing the Akron Women’s Medical Group and two doctors. The 22-year-old woman’s malpractice lawsuit filed last month alleges they were […]
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -State police say the 4-year-old son of a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy accidentally shot himself to death at the family home. The shooting happened Saturday in Liberty Township, about 10 miles south of Jackson. State police 1st Lt. Michael Krumm says the boy didn’t use his father’s service weapon and calls […]
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Officials say more than $40,000 in cash has been stolen from a suburban Detroit church following its Easter services. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reports the break-in occurred late Sunday or early Monday at St. Therese of Lisieux church in Macomb County’s Shelby Township. Officials say a number of […]
