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HOUSTON (AP)- Texas Southern University has suspended, revoked scholarships and permanently kicked out of the school's renowned band 10 students involved in hazing. A university task force headed by President John M. Rudley announced the penalties on Tuesday. Spokesman Kendrick D. Callis says the students were in the band's trumpet section. A university statement says […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday in a case that could lead to new limits on affirmative action. The court heard arguments in a challenge to the program from a white Texan who contends she was discriminated against when the university did […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's election chief said Tuesday he will appeal a ruling by a federal court that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state. Secretary of State Jon Husted is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the state Legislature or federal courts should set Ohio election laws. […]
A number of NBA stars have given President Barack Obama a huge assist in his reelection campaign with a new video in which they pledge support. “I believe America is still the greatest country in the world,” Alonzo Mourning says in the spot. “And I am voting for President Obama.” Also featured in the video: […]
Count NBA commentator Greg Anthony in the Mitt Romney column. No stranger to politics, the Nevada native and former UNLV and NBA player is featured in a new ad for the Republican presidential nominee “I really lost faith in [Barack Obama],” Anthony says in the 30 second ad, which was uploaded to You Tube Friday. […]
New York City police stops of hundreds of thousands of people each year are in the spotlight as city lawmakers consider setting new rules for the stop-and-frisk practice and even appointing an inspector general to monitor the police department. It is too soon to say what laws, if any, will result from City Council hearings […]
Patrick Gallagher is suing a Philadelphia “gentleman’s” club after an overzealous stripper allegedly burst his bladder during a lap dance, reports KTLA.com. In 2010, Gallagher and his friends were enjoying his bachelor party at the Penthouse Club when things took a painful turn. He was laying on the stage, excitedly waiting for the dancer to […]
Maine isn’t a state that you’d think would have much to offer a brother. Its winters are bitter cold. There’s no hip, urban-style nightlife to be found. And with 94 percent of the population being white – next to Vermont it’s the nation’s whitest state – I imagine many black visitors there would feel like […]
Click here to listen to the Kelley Williams-Bolar update with Roland Martin. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kelley Williams-Bolar, of Akron, served nine days in jail earlier this year for falsifying information on records that she used to send her daughters to Copley-Fairlawn schools. She said her conviction on two felony records tampering counts had threatened […]
The only eyewitness to the brazen, early-morning shooting death of an unarmed 22- year-old National Guardsman on a crowded New York City highway claims he never had a chance to comply with officer’s brief demands to show his hands during what was initially thought to be a routine traffic stop and instead was the victim […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky will learn what penalty a judge considers appropriate for the 45 counts of child sexual abuse for which the former Penn State assistant football coach was convicted in June. The sentencing hearing before Judge John Cleland on Tuesday was scheduled to begin with a ruling on whether or not […]
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's police chief stepped down Monday after a week of embarrassing revelations about a sexual relationship with a subordinate, forcing the city to search for a fifth leader in four years for a department dealing with one of the nation's highest violent-crime rates. During a news conference, Mayor Dave Bing said he […]
