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A Black sergeant from New York is awaiting the announcement of a possible $198,000 settlement with the city after he was beaten by Yonkers police…
A Black female banker is coming forward after she was forced to spend over a week in a psychiatric ward — all because police officers…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown is pushing for the consolidation of police departments and municipal courts in the St. Louis area, and decreasing the use of police force. The Ferguson Commission, a 16-member panel appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in November, released a […]
LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman who was found pushing her dead son in a playground swing earlier this year has been indicted and charged with manslaughter and child abuse, authorities announced Monday. The Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Romechia Simms, 24, was arrested Saturday and faced an arraignment Monday morning. […]
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state trooper was killed in a shooting during a chase, and officers shot and killed the suspect when he refused to drop his weapon after an hours-long manhunt, police said Monday. Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, who was 31 and had been on the force less than a year, was […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson two years ago is set to stand trial in South Dakota. Joseph Patterson pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the 2013 death of Tyrese Robert Ruffin, who was the son of […]
Dr. Ben Carson is one of the many Republican candidates running for the presidential nomination in 2016. The acclaimed neurosurgeon has risen to the top of the polls with his conservative message, while alienating some Blacks who once believed his success was something to be proud of. Carson says that initially, he wasn’t interested in seeking […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The body of a 4-year-old boy who vanished during his first beach outing was found in the waters in San Diego’s Mission Bay on Sunday, police said. Divers recovered Wesley Hilaire’s body about 100 yards offshore, hours after police issued an Amber Alert for him amid fear that he had been […]
Flex Alexander is a man who wears many hats. He’s been a standup comedian, the star of a TV show, a husband, father and now, a reality TV star and graphic novel author. Sybil Wilkes talks to Flex about his life, career and family as well as his foray into graphic novels. On […]
Xavier University of Louisiana, located in a western neighborhood of New Orleans, produces the highest number of Black medical students in the nation, the New York…
Footage of James Blake being aggressively thrown to the ground by a New York police officer has surfaced on the web. The video was released by…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday that she will not seek re-election next year, nearly five months after the city erupted in rioting following the death of a man injured in police custody. Rawlings-Blake made the announcement Friday at a news conference called only 90 minutes earlier, a move that comes just […]
