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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them to prison for 25 years: that detectives framed them to solve a high-profile case. During a civil trial that starts Wednesday in Des Moines, […]
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor in the case of a former neighborhood watch leader accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager in central Florida called the conduct of the defense lawyer "a slippery slope" in pleading with the judge Friday to impose a gag order on all attorneys. Assistant state attorney Bernie de la […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries […]
Shi'dea Lane joined the TJMS this morning to defend her part in the altercation with Cleveland bus driver Artis Hughes. She was involved in one of the most watched internet videos of 2012 when she was hit with an uppercut by Hughes. Read full transcript below. Click here to hear audio of the interview. — […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In her bid to become the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, Mia Love is the party's emblem of diversity this campaign year. She's reluctant to embrace the role, saying she doesn't let race or gender define her politics. The 36-year-old mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, points to her […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor celebrated with a cigar on Friday and pledged to concentrate on his "broken life" after a jury rejected a woman's claims that he assaulted her by failing to recognize her distress when he had sex with her in a hotel room when she was 16 […]
Volte-face. It’s a French term, one that comes from the Italian word “voltafaccia.” The definition, according to the Web site www.thefreedictionary.com, means “a reversal, as in opinion or policy.” Or in situation. Twenty-one years ago, Rodney King, a black resident of Los Angeles, got the most famous beat down ever administered by members […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The man accused of killing a volunteer at an Atlanta megachurch was previously charged with shooting a man at a Maryland mosque. Police documents say Floyd Palmer was working security at a Baltimore mosque in June 2001 when he shot another man working security. The initial police report did not say why […]
When she was 12, Michelle Saucedo would put her nephew Emanuel Prince on her hip and walk around the projects, while his mother, Shauna Hill, a drug user, roamed the streets of Rockford, Illinois. Saucedo and little Emanuel created a bond like no other. As he got older, she would encourage him during his hardships […]
Sandra Walsh has had breast cancer twice. The first time was in 2005. The news left her breathless with disbelief. She was an active mom with a husband and three daughters, 11, 8 and 5. She worked as a mortgage agent and ran five miles a day. In retrospect, Walsh, who lives in Gwinnett, Ga., […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Dental floss may prevent toothaches, but it's given jailers plenty of headaches. When a group of New York prisoners sued last month to demand access to dental floss, officials said they had to consider "security issues." As it turns out, jail — and jailbreak — history is tightly tangled with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL great Lawrence Taylor, reliving a night to forget, admitted on Wednesday that he paid for sex with a "very, very pretty" prostitute in 2010 but denied accusations that he ignored obvious signs she was a teen runaway in distress. Taylor, 53, told a Manhattan jury at a civil trial that […]
