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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
DAYTON — A Dayton man has been indicted on charges of child endangering, corporal punishment, after police said he beat his daughters. Police said Greg Horn, 35, is accused of whipping his daughters in the legs with a video cable that connected his TV to his DVD player. The alleged abuse happened at Horn’s home […]
Police in Jackson, Miss., were reeling Friday from the killing of a decorated homicide detective inside the police department’s headquarters as he was interviewing a suspect in a recent killing. Authorities said Det. Eric Smith, a tall, fit investigator who had been with the department since 1995, was gunned down inside an interview room late […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The body of a missing North Carolina woman was found inside her wrecked car, three days after it was ordered by a state trooper to be towed away from the crash scene. Carolyn Ann Watkins, 62, of Clayton was reported missing by her son early Monday after she failed to show up […]
Chicago ABC7 News is reporting that moving trucks were outside of former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.‘s home in Chicago. Reportedly, Jackson’s wife Sandi, was emptying out the family home in preparation for a move to Washington D.C. She used the Medley’s Movers and Self Storage company. Currently, the Jackson’s two children are attending school in […]
Attorney General Eric Holder joined Tom Joyner Morning Show correspondent Roland Martin to discuss various pressing topics affecting the nation; including the current gun control initiatives, overspending in the prison system, voting rights and more. Read the entire interview below. ———————– ROLAND MARTIN : … Tonight the National Action Network will have their gala dinner […]
ATLANTA (AP) – Brian Banks has signed with the Atlanta Falcons after the former Southern Cal recruit’s football dream was derailed when he was convicted of rape and kidnapping charges a decade ago. The linebacker will participate in Atlanta’s offseason workouts with a chance to resume his career. Banks has been trying to get back […]
