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Only in Florida could a guy like Michael Dunn believe he can get away with killing an unarmed black teenager by saying he was scared. George Zimmerman, after all, almost did. Dunn, 45, was in Jacksonville last Friday when he and his girlfriend stopped at a gas station after his son’s wedding to purchase a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A nanny accused in the stabbing deaths of two children at their upscale Manhattan home pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a hospital where she’s been treated for self-inflicted stab wounds. Yoselyn Ortega, who was handcuffed to her hospital bed and wearing a blue hair net, entered the plea through her attorney. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at home in Mount Rainier, Md., his daughter […]
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A 24-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering four women whose bodies were found in the trunks of abandoned cars in Detroit last December. James Brown, who has been locked up on lesser charges relating to the case since May, said little during a brief arraignment hearing in Sterling […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at home in Mount Rainier, Md., his daughter […]
Her grandmother is a retired educator, her great aunt has toured the world as a model, and her great-uncle is a nationally known motivational speaker, who once netted 116 points in a pro basketball game, in Germany. But at age 10, Jayani Livingston is considered the genius in her accomplished family. In 2011, the student […]
The new education commissioner of the Texas school system’s over 1,200 districts is on record with plans of doing away with a statewide ratings formula that critics and educators alike term as “an all-or-nothing” doctrine that relies far too heavily on such variables as state-mandated tests and general performance. Instead, Michael Williams, the first African-American […]
A 27-year-old Annapolis woman has been charged with first-degree assault after allegedly stabbing her half brother in the neck during Thanksgiving dinner, the Baltimore Sun reports. Shenika Allsup, and her brother, Deonte Antionio Wallace, 23, had been arguing prior to the alleged attack. At some point, Allsup allegedly picked up a fork and stabbed her […]
Shannon Smith's story not typical. After moving cross-country in 2006 to explore new opportunities, the young woman seemed to have it all. In 2008, she became the mother of a son and soon became a pharmaceutical technician. And in 2010, Smith discovered her family would be expanding. She was expecting her second son. On December […]
It’s Thanksgiving and every year the president pardons a turkey. This year, PETA is demanding that President Obama stop the traditional ceremony, comparing a turkey’s rights to oppressed minorities. PETA composed a letter to the Obama administration saying that the turkey-pardoning ceremony “makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds.” […]
If you have your Christmas shopping list ready to go but you don’t know where to start, here is a list of stores opening their doors early for you. Many of the opening times may vary depending on store location. -Best Buy: 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday (Store Locator) -Bloomingdales: […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Jacksonville police officer has quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama. Sam Koivisto told the Florida Times-Union on Wednesday that his comments had been blown out of proportion and that he'd planned to retire in five months anyway. The 57-year-old retired earlier […]
