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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C.’s mayor has named a new fire chief to take control of a department roundly criticized for poor service, including its response to a fatal subway accident in January. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser named Gregory Dean at a news conference Monday following a monthslong nationwide search. Dean has been […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The three officers who fired their weapons in a videotaped struggle that left a homeless man dead were veterans of the beat on Los Angeles’ downtrodden Skid Row who had special training to deal with the homeless and mentally ill, police leaders said. Police Chief Charlie Beck said the officers had […]
March is National Nutrition Month but these cities haven’t gotten the healthy living memo just yet. According to CBS Detroit: Top Metro Areas with the Biggest Weight Problems Shreveport, LA New Orleans, LA Mobile, AL Columbia, SC El Paso, TX Myrtle Beach, SC Greensboro, NC Greenville, SC Jackson, MS Youngstown, OH Top Metro Areas with the […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An underground “body sculptor” charged in the death of a London dancer has tangled with a prosecutor who believes her ever-changing names, addresses and business ventures are the work of a classic con. But the hip-hop artist and onetime escort-service entrepreneur known as the “Black Madam” insists she never tried to defraud […]
It’s undeniable that emotions run high during major sporting events; but when fans go beyond rooting for a particular team and start involving race then…
Author Allyson Hobbs joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss her new book, “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.”…
Little Silas Phillips (pictured) was determined to enter this world by any means necessary, even if he was still completely encased in his amniotic sac, also…
Remember Charlo Greene, the former Alaskan reporter who said “f*** it” while quitting her job on live television? Well, the president of the Alaska Cannabis Club finally got her wish. Marijuana is now legal in Alaska. Alaska is currently the third state to legalize marijuana in the U.S. after Washington and Colorado. Washington D.C. is […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved Loretta Lynch a little closer to becoming the next U.S. Attorney General. The panel voted to confirm the nominee on…
A Tennessee GOP member is raising eyebrows over a comment she made on her Facebook. Rep. Sheila Butt of Maury County made many jaws dropped over…
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest person got even richer this year. Forbes said Monday that Bill Gates‘s net worth rose to $79.2 billion in 2015 from $76 billion last year. That put him at the top of the magazine’s list of the world’s billionaires for the second consecutive year. The co-founder of Microsoft […]
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A husband and wife thought to be one of the oldest married couples in New York have celebrated their birthdays — and their combined ages will be 212. The Journal News reports Duranord Veillard turned 108 on Saturday. His wife, Jeanne Veillard, won’t turn 105 until May. The couple celebrated […]
