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Police have confirmed that an arrest has been made in the death of Jasmine Benjamin, a freshman at Valdosta State University. 18-year-old Darien Meheux of Lawrenceville, Ga. turned himself in to authorities after a warrant for murder was issued for his arrest. Benjamin was found dead on the campus of the school on November 18. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charting the course for a war’s end, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the U.S. role in Afghanistan and the 66,000 American troops in harm’s way. The two leaders planned a joint afternoon news conference following a private Oval […]
As it turns out, part superhero, part Newark, New Jersey mayor, Cory Booker, hasn’t always been the progressive, all-encompassing politician that he is today. In…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness. The agency said Thursday that new research shows that the drugs remain in the bloodstream at […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie running back Chris Rainey has run out of chances with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers cut the troubled 24-year-old following his arrest on a battery charge in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday, the latest in a series of off-the-field incidents that have threatened his career. Gainesville police officers charged Rainey with a single […]
DETROIT (AP) — A former aide to Kwame Kilpatrick ended the first leg of his testimony Thursday by saying he delivered a $10,000 bribe to the then-Detroit mayor in a restaurant bathroom. The testimony came the same day that Michigan prison officials ordered Kilpatrick to wear an electronic tether and live with his mother while […]
Behind Brenda Robinson’s name in history will be recorded a number of “firsts.” Perhaps most impressive is the fact that she was the first black female pilot in the Navy. She grew up in North Wales, Pa., a half hour outside Philadelphia. Her father was an assembly worker at a truck manufacturing plant and her […]
A Chicago man has vowed to hold law enforcement officials accountable in the death of his son who, the man said, was crying out for help and instead was given a death sentence. Philip Coleman died in police custody on Dec. 13 after being tasered twice by police a day after he was arrested near […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible but on two — one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln. The inclusion of King’s Bible is […]
Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday. Results of an NIH study of Seau’s brain revealed abnormalities consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). “The brain was […]
The Advocate has compiled its annual list of the “gayest cities in America” for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, & Transgender) community. Surprisingly, the cities that you think might top the list, like Atlanta and San Francisco, have slipped down the list or didn’t even make the top 15. Here’s the full list below: 1. […]
Same-sex acts are illegal in the conservative west-central African country of Cameroon, which explains why Jonas Kumie and Frankie Djome were convicted in November 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison for “looking gay,” reports the BBC. The two men who have already served over a year’s time in prison were arrested for allegedly […]
