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May 14th, 2013
(Photo: AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim, File)
In today’s news, Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of murder; Detroit’s emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr, says the city’s fiscal health is worse than anticipated; and two waiters were arrested for the death of Malcolm X’s grandson.
Philadelphia abortion doctor guilty of murder in late-term procedures. [NY Times]
Detroit’s emergency financial manager paints a bleak picture. [BET]
Two waiters arrested in killing of Malcolm X’s grandson. [USA Today]
Plano, Texas, elects first African-American mayor. [Pegasus News]
Lawmakers criticize Justice Department over AP phone records grab. [Fox]
Obama attends fundraisers in NY to raise money for 2014. [NY1]
Detroit NAACP sues Michigan over emergency manager. [M-Live]
Thieves target Justin Beiber concert in South Africa. [BBC]
Civil rights groups say assault on voting continues in 2013. [BET]
Ghana’s state media gets infrastructure for digital migration. [Ghana Business News]
TAGS: 2014 Elections, Abortion, Advancement Project, Associated Press, Attorney General Eric Holder, Coting Rights, death penalty, Detroit, Digital Migration, Ghana, Harry LaRosiliere, Justice Department, Justin Beiber, Kermit Gosnell, Kevyn Orr, Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X, mexico, michigan, NAACP, New York City, philadelphia, Plano, President Obama, Rick Snyder, South Africa, voter ID
April 26th, 2013
(Photo: AP Photo/The Lowell Sun & Robin Young, File)
In today’s news, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing targeted Times Square; the Senate voted to end the furloughs of air traffic controllers; and the five living presidents gathered for the dedication of the Bush Library.
New York’s Times Square was next target for Boston suspects. [CNN]
Senate votes to end furloughs of air traffic controllers. [Washington Post]
George W. Bush honored by Obama and past presidents. [NY Daily News]
House Votes to Give Birmingham Bombing Victims Congressional Medals. [BET.com]
Philadelphia Mayor calls for federal commission on violent crime. [Philadelphia Tribune]
House Homeland Security chief said Boston bombings were “foreign inspired.” [Wall Street Journal]
Injured Derek Jeter vows to return in 2013. [ESPN]
Vibe Magazine is sold and likely to become online only. [NYTimes]
Top Somali legal officer shot dead. [BBC]
Skylar Diggins Signs With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports. [BET.com]
TAGS: 16th Street Baptist Church, Ahmad Shaykh Nur Maalin, Air Traffic Controllers, al-Qaida, Birmingham, Boston Marathon, Congress, Congressional Gold Medal, Derek Jeter, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, George Bush Library, Homeland Security, Ku zKlux Klan, Michael Nutter, New York City, philadelphia, President Bill Clinton, President George H. W. Bush, President George W. Bush, President Jimmy Carter, President Obama, Skylar Diggins, SpinMedia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, terrorism, times square, U.S Senate, Vibe Magazine
April 11th, 2013
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In today’s top news, Michelle Obama went home to Chicago to discuss gun violence; Ben Carson has withdrawn as Johns Hopkins Medical school’s commencement speaker; and Anthony Weiner hints that he may run for mayor of New York.
Michelle Obama traveled to her hometown of Chicago to give an emotional speech about gun violence and the need for youth programs. [BET]
South Korea, U.S. remain on edge over North Korea missile crisis. [Reuters]
Ben Carson, the African-American pediatric neurosurgeon, has withdrawn as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after negative reaction to derogatory comments he made about marriage equality. [The Washington Post]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg launches immigration lobby group. [The Guardian]
Django Unchained opening cancelled in China. [BBC]
After resigning from Congress in an internet sex scandal, Anthony Weiner is hinting that he is interested in running for mayor of New York City. [NYTimes]
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are displeased by the prospect of President Obama’s budget plans calling for reductions in entitlement programs. [BET]
Duke student wrote Kenya’s President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta’s victory speech. [NYAmsterdamNews]
Officials in Major League Baseball are looking for ways to increase the participation of African-American fans, whose support has sunk to a record low. [USAToday]
2,000 invited to Margaret Thatcher funeral, but not Argentina’s president. [Yahoo News]
A year after George Zimmerman was arrested for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman’s mother has written a letter of thanks to supporters of her son. [WESH.com]
The Midwest is being hit hard by storms, with tornadoes creating hazardous conditions in the St. Louis area. [USAToday]
TAGS: Anthony Weiner, Argentina, Ben Carson, CBC, chicago, China, Congressional Black Caucus, Django Unchained, duke, Facebook, George Zimmerman, Gladys Zimmerman, gun violence, Hadiya Pendleton, immigration, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Kenya, Major League Baseball, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Zuckerberg, marriage equality, Michelle Obama, New York City, North Korea, President Obama, Same-sex marriage, tornado, Trayvon Martin, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
April 10th, 2013
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In today’s top news, President Obama sent Congress his budget; former Illinois state legislator Robin Kelly will replace Jesse Jackson Jr.; and Jay-Z is selling his stake in the Brooklyn Nets.
President Barack Obama sent Congress his budget in an effort to tame deficits that have soared above $1 trillion. [NYTimes]
Democrat and former Illinois state legislator Robin Kelly will replace Jesse Jackson Jr. after winning a special election Tuesday night. [BET]
Sean “Jay-Z” Carter is selling his stake in the Brooklyn Nets and will move forward as a sports agent. [BET]
Dylan Quick will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after being charged in the Lone Star College stabbing in Texas. [Houston Chronicle]
The postal service’s board said that it will continue to deliver mail six days a week. [CNN Money]
A 6-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head by a 4-year-old playmate has died from his wounds. [Huffington Post]
A week after the death of “Buckwild” reality-TV star Shain Gandee, MTV has decided to cancel the series. [LATimes]
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after tweeting lewd pictures of himself, is considering a run for New York City mayor. [Reuters]
South Korea said there was a “very high” probability that North Korea would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength. [Al Jazeera]
Cuba handed over an American couple to U.S. officials who allegedly kidnapped their two sons and sailed to Havana. [CNN]
TAGS: 6-year-old slain, Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Basketball, boy slain, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nets, Buckwild, budget, budget deficit, canceled, chicago, Congress, Cuba, deficit, Democrats, Dylan Quick, florida, gop, Havana, jay-z, Jesse Jackson Jr., Kidnapping, lewd pictures, Lone Star College, mail, mail delivery, Missiles, mtv, nba, Nets, New Jersey, New York City, New York City mayor, North Korea, Politics, post office, postal service, president, pyschiatric evaluation, Reality TV, republicans, resigned, Robin Kelly, Roc Nation, saturday service, Sean Carter, series canceled, Shain Gandee, South Korea, Sports, sports agent, stabbing, television, Texas, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Postal Service
April 9th, 2013
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In today’s top news, Russell Simmons, other stars and elected officials are urging President Obama to reform the U.S. drug and criminal justice policy; North Korea issued new war threats; and families of Newtown, Connecticut, victims want Congress to revive gun legislation that has stalled for almost four months.
Russell Simmons, Will Smith, other stars and elected officials are urging President Obama to reform the U.S. drug and criminal justice policy. [BlackVoices]
North Korea issued new war threats on Tuesday. [CNN]
Families of Newtown, Connecticut, victims want Congress to revive gun legislation that has stalled nearly four months after the slaying at Sandy Hook Elementary School. [ABCNews]
The interest on U.S. Stafford student loans are set to double this summer. [NBCNews]
The Louisville Cardinals beat Michigan 82-76 to capture the NCAA men’s basketball title. [BET]
You can now follow former President Bill Clinton on Twitter @PrezBillyJeff. [NYDailyNews]
Organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are adding multiple-choice vocabulary tests to the annual competition. [ABCNews]
A fake Cookie Monster is being charged for reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a two-year-old tourist in Times Square Sunday. [USA Today]
A couple who kidnapped their two sons, who were in legal custody with their grandmother, have been found in Havana, Cuba. [CNN]
TAGS: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Capitol Hill, championship game, College Basketball, Congress, connecticut, cookie monster, criminal justice policy, Cuba, debt, drug policy, drugs, gun reform, Havana, interests, Kidnapping, Kim Kardashian, Louisville, Louisville Cardinals, michigan, NCAA Tournament, New York City, Newtown, North Korea, President Bill Clinton, President Obama, reckless endangerment, Russell Simmons, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary, Scripps National Spelling Bee, South Korea, spelling bee, Stafford loans, student loans, times square, tourist, tweeting, Twitter, U.S. Stafford, U.S. Stafford loans, University of Michigan, vocabulary, war threats, Will Smith
April 8th, 2013
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In today’s top news, the Obama administration requested $25.6 billion in its 2013 budget to spend on the drug war, Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a wrongful-death claim and the leading cause of death in young Black men is homicide.
The Obama administration in its 2013 budget requested $25.6 billion in federal spending on the drug war. [
HuffingtonPost]
Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a wrongful-death claim with the Florida homeowners association of the subdivision where their son was shot and killed. [
BET]
The leading cause of death in young Black men ages 15 to 24 is homicide, surpassing unintentional injuries, suicide, cancer, HIV and other diseases combined. [
NewsWise]
Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, is dead at the age of 87. [Telegraph]
The National Park Service celebrated a national monument honoring Col. Charles Young, the first African-American colonel in the U.S. Army. [Lancaster Eagle]
The maternal mortality rate has jumped dramatically among Blacks in New York City from roughly 40 per 100,000 live births in the 1990s to 79 deaths last year. [
NY Daily News]
The nonprofit Union of Minority Neighborhoods has been holding public story circles across Boston for minorities who were bused out of their communities as children. [AP]
Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old U.S. diplomat based in Kabul, Afghanistan, was killed by a suicide bomber. [
CNN]
Authorities found the bodies of two children buried under 20 feet of dirt at a home construction site in Stanley, North Carolina. [ABC News]
China announces the number of cases of bird flu has increased, and there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus. [
CNN]
TAGS: afghanistan, African-American men, African-American women, Anne Smedinghoff, Barack Obama, Benjamin Crump, Bird Flu, black women, bodies found, Boston, britain, budget, bused, busing, busing Boston, cancer, children found, China, Col. Charles Young, colonel, death, diseases, drug war, federal budget, florida, George Zimmerman, HIV, homeowners association, homicide, human-to-human transmission, interdiction, international efforts, Kabul, law enforcement, Margaret Thatcher, maternal mortality rate, minorities, national monument, National Park Service, New York City, nonprofit, north carolina, obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Stanley, suicide, suicide bomber, Sybrina Fulton, The National Park Service, Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin, U.S Army, U.S. diplomat, unintentional injury, Union of Minority Neighborhoods, virus, wrongful-death, young Black males
April 4th, 2013
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In today’s top news, the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored with a non-violence campaign; Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will sign a tough gun control bill; and North Korea could be planning a missile launch soon.
The 45th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored with the “50 Days of Nonviolence” campaign. [Reuters]
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will sign a tough gun control bill that will make over 100 weapons illegal. [CNN]
North Korea could be planning a missile launch soon, a U.S. official said. [CNN]
President Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the U.S. Treasury. [BET]
The man who gunned down TV personality DJ Megatron was sentenced to 21 years in prison. [BET]
Exonerated football player Brian Banks signed with the Atlanta Falcons. [AP]
Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, a New York State lawmaker, was arrested on federal charges of accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the state. [NY Times]
An Ohio judge sentenced Richard Beasley to death for the murder of three men who responded to an ad on the Craigslist website for a non-existent job. [Reuters]
Fast-food workers staged walkouts at McDonald’s, Burger King and other restaurants in New York City to protest wages that are “not enough.” [NBCNews]
TAGS: assassination, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, atlanta, Atlanta falcons, Barack Obama, Brian Banks, Burger King, connecticut, corruption, Craigslist, Craigslist killer, DJ Megatron, Eric A. Stevenson, exonerated, Exoneration, fast-food, fraud, Gov. Dannel Malloy, gun control, gun violence, lawmakers, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, McDonald's, Minimum, minimum wage, MLK, murder, New York, New York City, New York State, Newtown, NFL, non violence campaign, North Korea, ohio, politicians, President Obama, protest, Richard Beasley, salary, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary, South Korea, Taco Bell, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Department, wages, walkout, war, weapon ban
April 3rd, 2013
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In today’s top news, Rutgers University fired head basketball coach Mike Rice, Nelson Mandela is making progress in seventh day at hospital and former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools reported to jail and was released on bond in cheating scandal.
Rutgers University fired head basketball coach Mike Rice after ESPN broadcast a video showing him physically and verbally abusing players. [CNN]
Nelson Mandela is making progress as he spends the seventh day at the hospital. [BET]
The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools reported to jail on Tuesday for cheating scandal. She was released on bond on Wednesday morning. [CNN]
President Obama will attend this month’s dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas. [USA Today]
Rev. Al Sharpton kicks off the National Action Network convention in New York City. [BET]
D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry hospitalized after experiencing a drop in blood sugar. [AP]
President Obama and Michelle Obama were moved after viewing 42, a movie about Jackie Robinson. [AP]
Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that will regulate the production, processing and sale of marijuana. [USA Today]
North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill declaring that the state has the power to establish an official religion. [NBCNews]
Four sisters aged between 19 and 24 in north India received burns after two men on motorbike splashed them with acid. [Al Jazeera]
TAGS: 42, abuse, acid, Al Sharpton, atlanta, Atlanta public schools, Barack Obama, College Basketball, D.C., D.C. Councilman Marion Barry, Dallas, ESPN, Fist Lady Michelle Obama, George W. Bush, India, Jackie Robinson, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Marion Barry, men's basketball, Michelle Obama, Mike Rice, National Action Network, National Action Network convention, NCAA, Nelson Mandela, New York City, north carolina, north India, oregon, player abuse, President Barack Obama, President Obama, presidential library, public school scandal, religion, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rutgers, Rutgers University, South Africa, superintendent, washington
March 28th, 2013
(Photo: AP Photo, File)
In today’s top news, Nelson Mandela is hospitalized again, George Zimmerman’s lawyer Mark O’Mara believes Robert Zimmerman’s controversial tweets will harm defense and two Georgia teens have been indicted for the murder of a 1-year-old.
Nelson Mandela was hospitalized again for a lung infection. [BET]
George Zimmerman’s lawyer Mark O’ Mara believes Robert Zimmerman’s tweets about Trayvon Martin will harm the defense. [CNN]
Two Georgia teens have been indicted for the murder of a 1-year-old. [CNN]
A rally will be held in D.C. on Good Friday to increase national awareness of racial disparities in incarceration. [Afro American]
In the stop-and-frisk trial, a NYPD officer testified that he detained and taunted an innocent 13-year-old. [Wall Street Journal]
Search warrants say Adam Lanza killed 26 people and himself in five minutes in the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre. [USA Today]
Miami Heat’s winning streak ends with loss to the Chicago Bulls, 101-97. [ESPN]
Jamie Foxx will play the president in the upcoming action film White House Down. [The Grio]
TAGS: action film, activist, Africa, African-American men, arrests, baby killed, banks, Basketball, Bulls, chicago, Chicago Bulls, CNN, Cyprus, D.C., economy, employment, Euro, European economy, European Union, film, finance, George Zimmerman, georgia, Good Friday, government, gun violence, Heat, hospitalized, incarceration, infection, Jamie Foxx, jobs, Jr., Lebron James, lung infection, march, Mark O' Mara, Miami, Miami Heat, Movies, nba, Nelson Mandela, New York, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, officer, Piers Morgan, Police Brutality, racial disparities, racist, racist tweets, rally, Robert Zimmerman, Robert Zimmerman Jr., Sherry West, South Africa, stop and frisk, stop and frisk trial, Trayvon Martin, tweets, Twitter, unemployment, washington, White House, White House Down, winning streak
March 25th, 2013
(Photo: Myspace via New York Post)
In today’s top news, Timothy Dluhos, an FDNY employee, was suspended after being exposed for racist tweets, the U.S. Supreme Court will take on affirmative action and the Miami Heat won their 26th consecutive game.
Timothy Dluhos, a FDNY employee, has been suspended after being exposed for racist tweets. [NY Post]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new case involving affirmative action. [NYTimes]
The Miami Heat won their 26th consecutive game against the Orlando Magic. [AP]
A 14-year-old suspected of shooting a baby in Brunswick, Georgia, will appear in court. [CNN]
Jessica Upshaw, a Mississippi lawmaker, was found dead with a self-inflicted gun shot wound to her head. [MSNEWSNOW]
Residents of Newtown, Connecticut, said they are outraged over robocalls they’ve received from the National Rifle Association. [ABCNews]
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has become the second sitting U.S. senator in less than two weeks to endorse gay marriage. [CBS News]
A resident of New Jersey won the $338 million Powerball lottery ticket. [USA Today]
François Bozizé, the president of Central African Republic, fled to Cameroon after being overthrown by rebels. [ABCNews]
The U.S. has handed over to Afghanistan the only prison still under American control. [BBCNews]
TAGS: affirmative action, afghanistan, Africa, america, Brunswick, Cameroon, Central African Republic, connecticut, Democrats, employee, ems, emt, fdny, florida, François Bozizé, gay marriage, georgia, gun violence, House of Representatives, infant shot dead, Jessica Upshaw, Joseph Cassano, Lebron James, lottery, marriage, Miami Heat, Michigan state, Middle East, Mississippi, Mississippi lawmaker, missouri, National Rifle Association, New Jersey, New York City, Newtown, NRA, Powerball, prison, racism, rebels, Salvatore Cassano, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary, self-inflicted, Sen. Claire McCaskill, slain, suicide, teenager, Timothy Dluhos, Twitter, U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court, United States, winning streak
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