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WASHINGTON (AP) — Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a newspaper interview published Sunday that the devastated reaction of a victim's husband made him feel like "the worst piece of scum." Malvo expresses remorse in the interview with The Washington Post (wapo.st/SrLk9I) and urged the families of victims to try and forget about […]
Kiana Howell (pictured left) and her cohort Makeeba Graham (pictured right) were arrested Sunday morning at New York’s JFK International Airport, when customs officials discovered more than two pounds of cocaine that had been secured in to their hair weaves, reports The Daily Caller. The women had just arrived from Georgetown, Guyana, and according to […]
A former TSA agent who was fired for stealing more than $800,000 in items from passenger’s bags at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey told ABC News that thievery was common in the agency during his employment. Pythias Brown says that a culture of indifference lead to a widespread culture of stealing everything in […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have launched an internal investigation after a video was posted online that shows an officer striking a woman twice in the face at a neighborhood party associated with Philadelphia's annual Puerto Rican Day parade. The 36-second video uploaded to YouTube and titled "Philadelphia Police Brutality" shows the woman crumpling to the […]
One by one, men whom much of society had long ago condemned and castigated as unworthy and unrepentant strolled to the front of a crowded classroom to share their visions and wisdom. The radiant sunlight and bustling midtown NYC street corners gave the at-first-glance impression it was just any other Saturday in one of […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Ku Klux Klan leader from North Carolina has been convicted on weapons and explosive charges related to a plot to blow up his county sheriff. A jury convicted Charles Robert Barefoot Jr. of Benson on six felony counts this week, including conspiracy, possession of stolen guns and receipt of explosives […]
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's former state budget director told jurors Thursday that she was "angry" when she learned that public grants approved in 2000 at the urging of Kwame Kilpatrick ended up in the hands of the former mayor's wife. Kilpatrick is on trial for alleged corruption, mostly committed at City Hall from 2002 through […]
A new report released Thursday by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that African-American youth are exposed to more alcohol advertisement. According to the study, black youth ages from the ages of 12-20 are seeing more advertisements for alcohol in magazines and on TV […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts chemist accused of faking drug test results and forging paperwork at a state police lab has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and falsely pretending to hold a degree. The judge set bail at $10,000 for Annie Dookhan after her arrest Friday. She was expected to post […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has given final approval to a $37.5 million settlement between companies that made government-issued trailers after hurricanes in 2005 and storm victims who claim they were exposed to elevated levels of formaldehyde while living in the shelters. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt heard testimony Thursday before ruling from […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — If the IRS really wants to find tax scofflaws, it should look at the federal government. That's right — the federal government owes about $14 million in unpaid taxes. A Treasury Department watchdog office says that 70 federal agencies owed taxes at the end of last year. Federal agencies are exempt from […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in impoverished schools. The Department of Education says the funds will flow to almost 1,000 schools in 18 states plus the District of Columbia. The program is intended to encourage school districts […]
