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Nineteen-year-old Farida recalls weeping as she stood among 80 other girls in a large room as men—young and old—looked them over like chattel in Raqqa,…
In an effort to provide economic support to activists on the front lines of protests against police violence in Ferguson, Mo., rapper Talib Kweli on…
A Mississippi Republican judge has been indicted on an assault charge after striking a mentally disabled man and hurling racial slurs at him last spring…
The suspect who gunned down a young newlywed Muslim couple and the wife’s sister was indicted on murder charges on Monday, according to NBCNews.com. Craig…
A McDonald’s run may have proved to be lucky for nine kids traveling with Wichita, Kansas resident Edmond Gulley. Gulley, 32, who state records say has has his license suspended and revoked multiple times since 1998, was passed out in the drive-thru lane of a local McDonald’s with nine children in his SUV aged 5 […]
Sharon Starnes‘ mornings have gotten a little bit easier. For over a year, the Greensboro, North Carolina native has been using Amtrak to commute to her job training program. In the afternoons it got worse, sometimes she would have to take a bus, train or pay for a ride. But now that’s all changed because […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police are searching for a person they believe stole almost 800 pairs of panties from a Victoria’s Secret store. The missing underwear has a total value of about $10,000. Police say a woman entered the Victoria’s Secret store at Lenox Square Mall on Saturday. The retailer is known for its televised […]
Fox 5 San Diego is apologizing after displaying a photo of President Barack Obama as a rape suspect during an evening news broadcast. Mike Wille, assignment editor for the station did not immediately apologize for the error telling the Times of San Diego, “It wasn’t on purpose”. Check out the blunder below. The station went […]
02/16/15 – Roland Martin talks to 79-year-old Ms. Estella Pyfrom about her mobile learning center affectionately called Estella’s Brilliant Bus which serves as a tool to teach kids in under-served areas about computer coding and technology. Estella and her bus are hoping to reach a goal of $50,000 to embark on a road tour that […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Frank M. Conaway Sr., the longtime elected clerk of Baltimore’s circuit court who made waves last year when he switched allegiances to the Republican Party, has died. He was 81. Conaway’s lawyer, Tom Maronick, confirmed Conaway’s death Sunday. Maronick said Conaway died in his sleep overnight some time between Saturday night and […]
A teen is demanding an apology from the Los Angeles Police Department after he was shot Tuesday while standing next to a person who was…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a computer glitch got patched up, supporters of President Barack Obama‘s health care law were out in force Sunday trying to get uninsured people signed up by the official deadline for 2015 coverage. The effort had the trappings of a get-out-the-vote drive, with email reminders, telephone calls and squads of community-level […]
