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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A severely malnourished 10-year-old Kansas City girl who was found locked in a closet remained hospitalized Monday and likely faces an extended recovery after an initial "failure to thrive" diagnosis, experts said. Police found the 32-pound girl Friday after responding to a call from a child abuse hotline. She was […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney says the jailed neighborhood watch volunteer poses no threat to the community and should be released a second time on bail. The attorney asked in a motion released Monday that Zimmerman be granted bond for a second time as he awaits a second-degree murder charge for fatally shooting […]
It is time for a radical change in the way African Americans, particularly black men, are portrayed in the news media, three journalists told an audience of their peers. “This is an entrepreneurial time and we’ve gotta find the storytellers and the people out in the community because I don’t think our newsrooms are going […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives of a man who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a noisy party tell jurors he was not an abusive person and always stressed the importance of gun safety. Raul Rodriguez, 46, faces up to life in prison for […]
DENVER (AP) — A 21-year-old man was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder after a veteran Denver policewoman who was raising her 12-year-old daughter alone was shot and killed during a free jazz festival, police said Monday. Suspect Rollen Oliver was taken into custody late Sunday after witnesses gave a description of the gunman. Police […]
Civil rights advocates and black lawmakers praised Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down key provisions of Arizona’s controversial 2010 immigration law but expressed fears that the justice’s decision that upheld a provision that requires police to check the status of people who might be in the country illegally will spur an increase in racial […]
The portrayal of Trayvon Martin as an out of control thug doesn’t square with the youthful looking teenager who was loving and well-loved and who put his family first, according to the parents of the slain teenager. “Where they’re getting it from, I really don’t know,” Martin’s father, Tracy Martin, told the National Association of […]
Have you ever heard of MIAKA? That acronym stands for Men Interested in Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA). Reportedly, they are homosexual men who want the right to pledge and join the ranks of the sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha. But apparently, there’s a problem with that idea…they’re men. No matter how sensitive to women’s issues […]
DETROIT (AP) — A judge accused of misconduct in a dispute over the estate of Rosa Parks says he won't step aside from the case. Wayne County Probate Judge Freddie Burton Jr. says an attorney who wants him disqualified has offered nothing but "insulting" and "malicious" allegations. His response was filed last week. Steven G. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of beating up another man in a Los Angeles freeway road rage battle that was caught on video. California Highway Patrol Officer Ming Hsu (Shee') says the men turned themselves in to a CHP office in Hollywood on Wednesday evening. He says 21-year-old David […]
The Montgomery, Alabama City Council issued a statement Tuesday night apologizing to the family of black man, mistakenly gunned down by police 37 years ago, but the family of Bernard Whitehurst says the statement is not enough. “They read something off of a sheet. That’s not the kind of apology I’m talking about,” his widow […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both House Republican officials and Attorney General Eric Holder say they're willing to negotiate an end to a potential constitutional confrontation in a dispute related to the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation. The conflict turned nastier Wednesday, when a House committee voted to hold the attorney general in contempt and President […]
