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Grambling State University student Corban Bell had an amazing month. He celebrated his birthday, colleague students approved his campus recycling initiative recently and he won the Toyota Green Initiative contest. University President Frank G. Pogue made it official Wednesday when he announced the news to the campus community. âOn behalf of this universityâĤ the faculty […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) â A top literary journal founded in 1925 has hired a Library of Congress director to be its new editor. The Virginia Quarterly Review announced Wednesday that W. Ralph Eubanks will take over as editor, effective June 3. Eubanks is director of publishing at the library and becomes the Review’s first black […]
If all goes well for President Barack Obama, there will be three African Americans in the presidentâs White House Cabinet. Obama will have three black Cabinet members if Congress confirms the nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation. Foxx will be the first black nominee among Obamaâs selections for open […]
Ever since Adam Lanza, egged on by insanity and an itchy trigger finger, slaughtered 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. last December, the National Rifle Association and frightened parents have been calling for more police officers in schools. I say be careful what you ask for. I say […]
Kiera Wilmot, 16, is by all known accounts an excellent student with impeccable behavior. She is also — now — a marked woman who will be tried as an adult for discharging a weapon on school grounds in what was allegedly a bungled science experiment,” reports WSTB.com. On the morning of Monday, April 20, Wilmot mixed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Barack Obama intends to nominate Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said Tuesday. If confirmed by the Senate, Watt, D-N.C., a 20-year veteran of the House, would replace Edward DeMarco, an […]
San Antonio, TX — It’s hard to believe that the decision for strippers to wear bikinis or pasties is real a court case, but apparently it is. According to WOAI.com, a U.S. district court judge in San Antonio is ruling in case has named this particular case: “The Case of The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Bikini […]
According to the Chicago Tribune, at least three people were killed and 17 injured in shootings across Chicago on April 29, 2013. The ages of the victims range from 16-years-old to 30-years-old. (Watch the full report above)
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) â State and local police are expected to continue a search for an Eastern Connecticut State University student who has been missing since last weekend. Authorities say they plan to resume the search for 20-year-old Alyssiah Wiley on Friday morning. Police have been searching the campus area in Willimantic with dogs and […]
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) â A Houston man who admitted shooting his daughter outside a Texas courthouse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder for the death of a 79-year-old bystander. Bartholomew Granger, 42, testified in his own defense that he didn’t shoot Minnie Ray Sebolt last March when he opened fire on his daughter outside the […]
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) â Boston Celtics players are voicing support for Jason Collins. The Celtics practiced for the first time Tuesday since their former teammate said he was gay on Sports Illustrated’s website Monday. Kevin Garnett says he’s happy Collins can be himself. Jason Terry says it seems like a tremendous weight has been lifted […]
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) â The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys’ decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law. Under questioning from Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, Zimmerman repeatedly said “yes” to a series […]
