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DENVER, N.C. (AP) — Authorities continued searching early Monday for the bodies of two children who were trapped when dirt fell on them while playing in a hole at a home construction site near Charlotte. A father of one of the children called 911 Sunday afternoon, according to Lincoln County Emergency Management officials. The Charlotte […]
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren asked members of his Southern California church for prayers as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son. The church said on Saturday that Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home. Matthew Warren struggled with mental […]
In the 21st century, it’s hard to realize the many racial barriers that have still not been broken down. There are many places that are still living in the 19th century…the early 19th century. According to the New York Daily News, Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia, has never had an integrated prom. Even […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have turned down an inmate’s bid to be cleared in the 1998 killing of a retired police officer, an exoneration effort championed by actor Martin Sheen. After an 18-month review of information including eyewitness recantations and a new claim that someone else confessed to the crime, the Manhattan district attorney’s […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The legacy of the “Scottsboro Boys” is secure: The nine black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America’s most infamous racial tragedies. Alabama is now moving to repair its own legacy, and correct past injustices, with a bill to allow posthumous pardons for the group. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her “the best-looking attorney general” at a Democratic fundraiser they attended together this week. A spokesman for Harris said she had a great conversation with Obama and strongly supports him but would not say […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A murder suspect shot a police detective who was interviewing him at police headquarters in Mississippi’s capital city, then shot himself, state authorities said Friday. Police had previously not disclosed who fired the shot that killed the suspect, 23-year-old Jeremy Powell. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said Friday that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who repeatedly used phony credentials to gain entry into New York City’s jails may get his wish to do more time. Prosecutors told a judge on Thursday that they want Matthew Matagrano to be locked up for 10 years. Matagrano, a former inmate, pleaded not guilty to felony burglary […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four months after acquiring “Star Wars” maker Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Co. is shutting down video game production at subsidiary LucasArts and laying off staff as it focuses on the less-risky, less-expensive path of licensing its characters and stories to other developers. A Disney spokesman confirmed the layoffs Wednesday, but didn’t […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers at a Target store in Brooklyn say a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as “manatee gray” was insulting. The label for the same dress in smaller sizes described it as “dark heather gray.” Target apologized for the label. Michelle Ho, shopping at the store at Atlantic […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy is heading into a weak spring. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate dipped to 7.6 percent, the lowest in […]
First Lady Michelle Obama is facing some heat after she mistakenly referred to herself as a “busy single mother” in an interview with CBS before she quickly adjusted her statement and referred to herself as a “busy mother.” After catching her mistake, she clarified her statement saying, “you know, when you’ve got the husband who’s […]
