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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prosecutors on Monday charged a former neuroscience graduate student with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie. James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but […]
Tuesday is the deadline for applications for band director at Florida A&M University, and university officials have a good idea of the kind of person they are looking for, following months of controversy related to the death of drum major Robert Champion following hazing. “We want an individual with outstanding experience in band management, the […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Southern Baptist leaders called Monday for a Mississippi church to reject racism after some congregants prevented a black couple from getting married there. Leaders of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention said Monday that preventing Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson from marrying at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs […]
So, BAW readers, precisely because no one asked me to, in this column I’m going to give my assessment of the Olympic Games, now in their first week. I have to ‘fess up: there are only a few sports I’m interested in watching when it comes to the Olympics. I’ll start off with men’s basketball. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A team of genealogists has found evidence that President Barack Obama could be a descendent of an African slave — but not through the lineage of his black father, the most likely route researchers had followed and exhausted. (Watch video of report below) The link, genealogists with Ancestry.com said Monday, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi couple says the church where they planned to get married turned them away because they are black. Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson say they had set the date and mailed invitations, but the day before their wedding they say they got bad news from the pastor of predominantly white First […]
Former ABC News Weekend anchor Carole Simpson has had a wide range of obstacles and victories throughout her illustrious career, many of which she recounted in her memoir “NewsLady.” But Simpson felt compelled to update the book after hearing that many young black journalists are running into many of the same racist and […]
A patron visiting Cincinnati, Ohio for a weekend of music and fun at the Macy's Music Festival was in for unexpected surprise at a local motel. According to reports, African- American patrons of a Sharonville Motel 6 were completely taken aback when they flipped on their TV to find the phrase "Hello N**gers" written across […]
A mother who lost her 32-year-old daughter in the Aurora Theater Shooting is gearing up to sue the theater where the shooting took place. Shirley Wygal of Colorado, has obtained a Los Angeles lawyer to represent her in the suit to be filed against the Century 16 Theater. Wygal's daughter, Rebecca Wingo, was at the […]
Chick-Fil-A made an incredibly bold move when the corporation made a public stance on gay marriage, which possibly resulted in lost revenue. But Antoine Dodson, the openly gay “hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife” gentleman continues to support the restaurant, saying there isn’t a real reason to discontinue patronizing the popular restaurant. He is well […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man suspected of killing his parents and taking his adopted 12-year-old sister to Memphis will be extradited to face capital murder charges, Little Rock police said Sunday. Meanwhile, detectives have picked up his sister in Tennessee and brought her back to Arkansas, where she is in Department of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The announcement that Jesse Jackson Jr. had been transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota pinned down his whereabouts for the first time in weeks and gave clear confirmation that the Illinois congressman is suffering from depression. It also was the first mention that he's now being treated for a "gastrointestinal issue," […]
