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Dandre Moore and his front-seat passenger Dartavious Moore were arrested on drug charges after Mobile, Al police stopped their car for “double-texting.” Police spotted 15-year-old Dandre Moore driving with his knees and texting with two different phones, one phone in each hand. The police also found 386 oxycodone pills left over from a pill bottle […]
INKSTER, Mich. (AP)- The oldest woman in the U.S. is pushing off questions about her longevity to a higher power. When Jeralean Talley was asked why she thinks she has lived so long, the 113-year-old from suburban Detroit lifted her arm and pointed to the sky. “Don’t ask me,” she said. “Ask Him.” Talley, who […]
NEW YORK – The man who gunned down radio and TV personality DJ Megatron in New York City will spend 21 years in prison. The Staten Island Advance says William “Billy” Williams was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in January. Authorities say DJ Megatron was shot in the chest while resisting robbers near […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he would consider drafting Baylor All-American Brittney Griner. Cuban told reporters before Tuesday night’s game between the Mavericks and the Lakers that if Griner is the best player available, “I will take her.” The 6-foot-8 Griner finished her college career as the NCAA leader in […]
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 […]
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) — 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 […]
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 […]
I guess when it comes to cracking down on takers, apparently Tennessee lawmakers like Stacy Campfield and Vance Dennis can’t see the greedy corporations for all the needy kids. But chances are their warped lenses on reality are obstructing their view. Not long ago Campfield, R-Knoxville, and Dennis, R-Savannah, introduced legislation that would tie families’ […]
