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LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s lawyers resubmitted a Nevada Supreme Court appeal Wednesday seeking a new trial on grounds that the imprisoned former football star was misled by his lawyer and didn’t get a fair trial in his Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery case. The 102-page document asks the seven justices to reconsider […]
A 43-year-old woman is being charged with assault after allegedly making threatening comments on a United Airlines flight when told to turn off her phone. According to a court affidavit obtained by The Huffington Post, Lashonda Lee Williams was asked to shut her phone off shortly after takeoff on a flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to […]
A private memorial service will be held this Saturday, June 7, at Wake Forest University for late poet and literary icon Dr. Maya Angelou, and while it’s hard to imagine who could deliver words to do her rich life justice, according to reports, her good friend Oprah Winfrey will do the honors. Angelou died last Wednesday , May 28, at her home […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a corruption case after an FBI sting recorded him accepting thousands of dollars in cash and airline tickets from undercover agents posing as businessmen, according to court documents. Cannon agreed to plead guilty to a single count of honest […]
Pastor Jamal D. Bryant is coming under fire for a sermon he preached that referenced a popular Chris Brown song. In the song Brown says: When a rich n***a want ya And your n***a can’t do nothing for ya These hoes ain’t loyal These hoes ain’t loyal Yeah, yeah, let me see Bryant is the […]
A high school track and field coach was arrested after having an alleged sexual relationship with a student and knowingly exposing the 16 year old male with the AIDS virus. WLBT reports: According to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, the investigation was launched on Friday, May 9 after a complaint was lodged against Derrick Nesby, […]
It pays to go to church. That’s what a Toronto area couple found out when their lottery ticket worth $50 million went missing for months only to be found and returned by a person at their church. Here’s what HuffPost Canada is reporting: Hakeem Nosiru won the Jan. 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from […]
Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. steps out in defense of President Lyndon Johnson’s legacy in his weekly commentary in the Chicago Tribune: Fifty years later, former President Lyndon Johnson got the tribute he more than earned. Four presidents praised his contribution. The Great Society, the War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act opened […]
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as other notable events during the Civil Rights Movement,…
Kevin Jordan had been with the Griffin Police Department in Atlanta, Georgia for four years before he was fatally shot by an intoxicated suspect at Waffle House this weekend. Today his fellow officers are mourning his loss. Jordan, 43 , was assisting three intoxicated people that he had asked leave the restaurant outside during the […]
Besides V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling now has another black female problem. Would you believe the LA Clippers owner is being sued by a woman who he fired her after she rejected “a stream of racist and sexist taunts.” TMZ, which obtained a copy of the lawsuit is reporting this: Maiko Maya King says in her […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is expanding into home and health management as the company tries to turn its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers into an interchangeable network of devices that serve as a hub of people’s increasingly digital lives.The new tools for tracking health and controlling household appliances are part of updated operating systems […]
