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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a National Rifle Association video referencing President Barack Obama‘s daughters is “repugnant and cowardly.” Obama spokesman Jay Carney says most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as “pawns in a political fight.” Carney was referring to an online video from the pro-gun lobby. The […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica may be able to benefit from newly found deposits of rare-earth elements that are key ingredients for smartphones, computers and numerous other high-tech goods, the Caribbean island’s top mining official said Tuesday. Science, Technology, Energy & Mining Minister Philip Paulwell said Japanese researchers believe they have found “high concentrations of […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A passer-by found an abducted 5-year-old girl huddled beneath a playground slide in the pre-dawn cold Tuesday, nearly 20 hours after a stranger claiming to be her mother signed her out of her Philadelphia elementary school under the guise of taking her to breakfast. Nelson Mandela Myers said he found the freezing […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago City Council committee preliminarily approved settlements Tuesday in two police misconduct cases that would cost the city nearly $33 million, including $22.5 million for a California woman that apparently would be the largest payout to a single such plaintiff in the city’s history. The full City Council is expected to […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health care law, a surprising decision that could have an impact on other Republican governors weighing a similar decision. Brewer has opposed the federal health care law known as the Affordable […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deflecting criticism about a perceived lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Americans not to rush to judgment about who he will appoint to replace departing members of his team. In a declaration tinged with the rhetoric of his re-election campaign, Obama asserted: “We’re not going […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An autopsy shows that Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was legally drunk when he shot his girlfriend nine times and then killed himself. The Jackson County Medical Examiner released the results of autopsies performed on Belcher and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, following their deaths on Dec. 1. Police […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital is swarmed with women wearing crimson and cream, as one of the country’s largest African-American sororities gathered to celebrate 100 years of sisterhood. More than 12,000 members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. convened to mark the organization’s centennial this weekend with activities including community service, a rededication and […]
During a Friday press conference, Florida authorities announced that the remains of the body of Dontrell Melvin, who was 5-months-old when he disappeared in July…
A 32-year-old woman, Ulanda Williams, who weighs 350 lbs fell six feet through a NYC sidewalk. She was pulled out of the hole by authorities with a a crane. She sustained minor injuries and is listed in stable condition. According to the woman her size saved her life, she told news reporters, “Thank God, they […]
A new study finds black teens reared to have a higher sense of ethnic pride and awareness are more likely to have far greater academic success. They are also less probable to be vulnerable to the crippling effects of racial discrimination exuded by their peers or even teachers. Slated to be published in the Journal […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster’s anniversary Saturday with a simple ceremony. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton joined Martelly later in the day for a similarly quiet wreath-laying commemoration. “Haitian […]
