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The FBI has arrested six Philadelphia Police narcotics officers as part of a corruption probe into the department. The group is accused of stealing over $500,000…
President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out…
“What is feminism to you and are you a feminist?” It was a question posed by some of the women in my sister…
One woman is crying foul after a popular New York Club refused to let her and another friend inside to party. A former college athlete,…
The bystander who captured the fatal arrest of Eric Garner on his cell phone video, was himself arrested Saturday (Aug. 2) on charges of weapon possession, according to authorities. Silive.com reports that 22-year-old Ramsey Orta and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were cuffed just before 10 p.m., in Long Island in […]
EMT’s in New Jersey broke a car window to save what appeared to be a lifeless child, what they found instead, was a toy doll. UPI reports: HOBOKEN, N.J., Aug. 1 (UPI) — Emergency responders in Hoboken, N.J., broke a car window to save what they thought was a lifeless-looking child left in the backseat, […]
D.C. Mayor for life, Marion Barry was involved in a car accident over the weekend. WUSA 9 reports: WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — It happened at around 9:13 a.m., on 30 Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast, police said. WUSA9’s Bruce Johnson spoke to Marion Barry on Saturday night. Barry says he crashed because he became disoriented after he […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A second American medical missionary stricken with the often deadly Ebola virus is expected to fly Tuesday to the U.S. for treatment, following a colleague admitted over the weekend to Emory University Hospital’s infectious disease unit. U.S. public health officials say treating Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly in the U.S. poses […]
The teenage daughter of a flight attendant whose body was found in the trunk of her car has been charged with murder, reports CBS Chicago. Alyssa Barrett, 17, has been charged with the murder of her mother DeCarol Deloney-Cain, and robbery, according to the station.Damarius Rashard Wren, Barrett’s 18-year-old boyfriend, was charged earlier this month. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A chokehold used by a white police officer on a black New York City man during his arrest for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes last month caused his death, the medical examiner announced Friday, ruling it a homicide. Eric Garner, 43, whose videotaped confrontation with police has caused widespread outcry and calls […]
Why did a Lockport, New York police department describe a Black shooting suspect as “negro?” Shamir Allen, 19, was identified as such in a police form that asked…
In a 225-201 vote, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted to sue President Barack Obama, giving Americans even more reason to intensify their ever-expanding disapproval of Congress.…
