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HAVANA (AP) — Adela Hernandez, a biologically male Cuban who has lived as a female since childhood, served two years in prison in the 1980s for "dangerousness" after her own family denounced her sexuality. This month she made history by becoming the first known transgender person to hold public office in Cuba, winning election as […]
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday. Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A prosecutor tells jurors a Texas woman doomed the children in her home day care when she left them alone to go shopping before a deadly fire broke out. Jurors in Houston began deliberating the sentence of Jessica Tata after closing arguments in her trial's punishment phase Monday. Tata could be sentenced […]
Obama re-election backlash, Chicago's "heat list," and purple drank. Check out this week's hot topics in the news. Purple Drank If you have a teenager, chances are you know what this popular beverage is. Writer Gregory Kane discusses a fad that has teens and NFL players alike flirting with danger. Click here to read more […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw is in custody after being accused of shooting into a woman's car after using a bat to break its windows. Atlanta police said Thursday that the incident happened Tuesday after the Olympic gold medalist followed 29-year-old Jennifer Lacy to her car. Lacy plays for the Tulsa Shock. […]
Dez Bryant’s domestic violence charge may disappear on one condition; he must stay out of trouble for a year. The Cowboys wide receiver received grace from a Texas judge after he was charged with attacking his mother in July. Bryant’s attorney said that the charges will be dismissed after he undergoes court-ordered family counseling sessions.
Do you recycle? If not, Thursday, November 15 is your chance to get started as its National Recycling Day. Damon Wayans Jr. of that famous Wayans family and the hit sitcom “Happy Endings” will be on hand at the Bud Light Recycling Zone in Los Angeles to inform the public about the importance of recycling. […]
The bands will not battle Saturday at half time during the Florida Blue Florida Classic clash between Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University. The FAMU Marching 100 was suspended shortly after last year’s game when drum major Robert Champion Jr. died following a hazing incident on a band bus/ This year’s halftime show at the […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former police lieutenant caught on video punching a woman in the face while responding to a disturbance at a Puerto Rican Day parade festival was charged Thursday with simple assault, prosecutors said. Jonathan Josey, a veteran supervisor who has since been fired, was charged with the misdemeanor count after prosecutors carefully […]
Purple drank? PURPLE DRANK? I have to admit, before this week, I’d never heard of the stuff. But when you’re surfing the Internet you can learn all sorts of things. Here’s what I learned about “purple drank” from the Web site ivillage.com, in a story about dangerous teen fads. Yes, “purple drank” […]
Earlier this week it was reported that residents in 23 states had filed petitions to secede from the United States after President Barack Obama was re-elected on November 6th. The states that filed were Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, North Dakota, […]
It’s getting pretty dangerous on the public transit system these days. Bus drivers are having some “postal” issues and going berzerko on their riders. Of course the Cleveland bus driver, Artis Hughes, is known all over the world by now for the infamous upper cut he gave one of his riders and, as we reported […]
