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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman has been sentenced to three to seven years in prison for opening fire at a McDonald’s restaurant after workers twice failed to put bacon on her burgers. Authorities say 30-year-old Shaneka Torres became angry in February 2014 when the first burger she ordered at the restaurant’s drive-up […]
Roland Martin, Jeff Johnson and Pastor Jamal Bryant discuss the delay of Loretta Lynch’s nomination as the first black, female Attorney General of the United States. “After over a 165 days this is the longest time its taken. This is a qualified woman. This is a qualified legal professional. This senate needs to move to confirm […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge’s surprise acquittal of an off-duty Chicago police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed woman called into question prosecutors’ decision not to charge the man with murder, and set off protests for a second day Tuesday. That the officer shot Rekia Boyd, 22, was never in dispute. But the […]
Bruh! Who hurt you? Michael Eric Dyson wrote the longest read we’ve ever read for the New Republic. The subject matter that made him furiously…
The cop that allegedly gunned down Eric Harris is going on a Caribbean vacation before his next court appearance. After pleading not guilty to charges…
A weekend of violence hit the Windy City, as three people were shot near the University of Chicago campus. Thirty other individuals were also involved in separate…
A solider gave his 8-year-old son a yearbook photo to remember when he surprised him in the most adorable way possible. Army Corporal James Bass surprised his…
The Inkster, Mich. police officer caught on dash cam beating and dragging a Black man during a Jan. 28 traffic stop has been charged with…
A tree planted in memory of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was vandalized and destroyed the following day, according to a local news channel. A memorial stone placed at the foot of the tree is also missing. The memorial tree was planted Saturday in January-Wabash Memorial Park by members of the Black Caucus of the […]
Congress has at last compromised on something. After weeks of negotiations, the Senate on Tuesday reached an agreement on a bill to help victims of sex trafficking, finally paving the way for a confirmation vote on Loretta E. Lynch to replace Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general. Disagreement over a provision that would ban […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Alabama. The May 9 event is one of three graduation ceremonies the first lady will speak at this year. Mrs. Obama will also deliver remarks at Oberlin College and King College Prep, a high school in her […]
A number of police officers and city officials in one small Missouri town have resigned after a Black woman was elected mayor. The people of…
