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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) â The hospital treating victims of a deadly prison bus crash in West Texas said Thursday that relatives aren’t being allowed to visit the inmates because of a longstanding policy, despite demands from the inmates’ families to see them. Eight inmates and two veteran officers were killed when their bus skidded off […]
Marion Barry’s son wants to follow in his footsteps – but he’s not choosing the right ways to do it. Washington D.C. police say Marion Christopher Barry, who is running for his father’s Ward 8 D.C. Council seat, is a suspect in a bank vandalism in D.C.’s Chinatown earlier this week. The Washington Post reports: […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â A former substitute teacher who showed a movie featuring graphic sex and violence to a high school class has been convicted of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Sheila Kearns showed the film, “The ABCs of Death,” during five periods of a Spanish class at East High School in Columbus in April […]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is in the hot seat this week after ousting fire chief Kelvin Cochran for handing out copies of his Christian self-help book…
President Barack Obama’s “America’s College Promise“ plan seeks to make two years of community or technical college “as free and universal as high school.” Students would need…
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) issued a stern rebuke to members of the Republican Party Wednesday after a top leader said…
Many politicians expressed outrage after President Barack Obama didnât show up to an anti-terror march in Paris this past weekend. Rep. Randy Weber (pictured), R-Texas,…
Complete list of 87th annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1.Best picture: “American Sniper”; “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”; “Boyhood”; “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; “The Imitation Game”; “Selma”; “The Theory of Everything”; “Whiplash.” 2. Actor: Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”; Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”; Michael Keaton, “Birdman or (The Unexpected […]
St. Louis County, Mo., police are still looking to arrest looters who took to the streets in November after a grand jury failed to indict…
Jamal Rutledge (pictured center) will be honored by the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida police department for helping to save the life of Officer Franklin Foulks, who…
CHICAGO (AP) â A Chicago strip club has received an award for its efforts at dressing up the neighborhood. The Admiral Theatre on Chicago’s northwest side received one of Albany Park Neighbors’ six “Block Star Business” awards this week. The group’s website says the honor is meant to spotlight businesses that work to keep the […]
A very tragic car accident claimed the lives of the driver, pregnant 30-year-old Zarissa Ayres, her 24-year-old sister Regina Ayres, Regina’s boyfriend 25-year-old Travis Stratton, Regina’s 7-year-old daughter Jordan…
