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According to CBS, Nodaway County Prosecutor, Robert Rice recently announced that he’s requesting a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the alleged…
CLEVELAND – A review of a deadly police chase in Cleveland nearly a year ago has led to suspensions for 63 patrol officers who violated…
DETROIT (AP) The father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for a tax crime. The sentence ordered Thursday was at the bottom of the guidelines. Prosecutors had initially sought a longer punishment, but that was before Judge Nancy Edmunds calculated the guidelines. Bernard Kilpatrick wanted probation […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling back a trusted counterterrorism adviser from his first term by nominating former top Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson as secretary of homeland security. Obama plans to announce Johnson’s nomination Friday. He must be confirmed by the Senate before taking over the post most recently held by Janet Napolitano, […]
Activist, TV and radio host Reverend Al Sharpton’s latest book “The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership” has landed on the New York Time’s Best Sellers list! The book was released on October 8, 2013 and it currently sits at #21 on the NYT list. Listen to Rev. Sharpton discuss his […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two men convicted on murder charges were mistakenly released from a Florida prison with forged documents. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker were released separately from a prison in the Florida Panhandle in late September and early October. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement […]
It started out quite simply. Dobbie Herrion was driving his SUV around St. Louis. He noticed a basketball court without a net. He went to the store and bought a $3 net. The next day he returned to that court with his ladder and hung the new net. It was a small gesture that made […]
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — A western Ohio woman charged with petty theft for allegedly stealing $2.87 from a courthouse fountain says she is jobless and took the change to buy food. WBNS-TV in Columbus reports the woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday. A police report alleges she stole the change Oct. 7 from the Logan County […]
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The “Black Pete” tradition in the Netherlands is under fire from opponents who believe the figure is a racist caricature and who asked Amsterdam officials Thursday to revoke the permit for a popular children’s festival because of it. “Sinterklaas,” the Dutch version of Santa Claus, is portrayed as a tall white man […]
Garret Wright (pictured) took being upset over a child’s poor grades to an entirely off-the-chart level! The Tempe, Ariz., man was arrested and booked on…
Graduating Magna Cum Laude is a fete worth celebrating all its own, but what about when three sisters do it at the same damn time?!…
Grambling State University‘s football players are taking a stand. According to various reports, GSU players walked out of a Tuesday meeting with university President Frank Pogue, interim head coach George Ragsdale, athletics director Aaron James, and student government President Jordan Harvey. The meeting was set to discuss the firing of Doug Williams and the use […]
