Archive for "President Barack Obama"
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]
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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 29th, 2013
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In today’s top news, Nelson Mandela is recovering positively in hospital; President Obama urged the nation and Congress into action against gun violence Thursday; and both suspects pleaded not guilty in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton.
Nelson Mandela is recovering positively after being admitted to the hospital yesterday for a lung infection. [BBC]
President Obama is shaming the nation and Congress into action against gun violence Thursday. [CNN]
Both men pleaded not guilty in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton. [BET]
The EPA plans to unveil a proposal that aims to clean up automobile emissions, a plan that may lead to higher gas prices. [Fox News]
7,000 patients who visited a Tulsa, Oklahoma, dentist may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis. [CNN]
Rep. Don Young of Alaska said he “meant no disrespect” when he used the term “wetbacks” to refer to the migrant laborers who worked on his father’s farm. [ADN]
A woman says she was roughed up by two LAPD officers and has filed a lawsuit against them. [
KTLA]
Rapper Lil Wayne reveals he is epileptic. [
Today]
Charles Barkley is defending CBS sports analyst Doug Gottlieb’s “white man’s perspective” joke during NCAA coverage. [
AP]
A 16-story building collapsed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing three people and injuring 17 others. [
Al Jazeera]
TAGS: Air, alaska, automobile emmissions, Barack Obama, building collapsed, california, CBS Sports, Charles Barkley, chicago, connecticut, Dar es Salaam, dentist, enviromental, environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, epilepsy, epileptic, ethnic, gangs, Gas, gas emissions, gas prices, gun policy, gun reform, gun violence, guns, Hadiya Pendleton, Health, hepatitis, HIV, homicide, injured, killed, lapd, lawsuit, Lil Wayne, lung infection, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, Nelson Mandela, Newtown, Oklahoma, patients, Police Brutality, pollution, President Barack Obama, President Obama, racism, racist, rapper, recovering, Rep. Don Young, republican, seizure, seizures, slurs, South Africa, sustainability, Tanzania, Tulsa, violence, wetbacks, woman
March 18th, 2013
In today’s top news, President Obama nominates Tom Perez as next labor secretary; hundreds of New Yorkers will testify in trial challenging NYPD’s stop and frisk procedures; and Black farmers have still not been paid $1.2 billion from a 2010 settlement.
President Obama nominated Tom Perez to be his next labor secretary. [Politico]
Hundreds of New Yorkers will testify in a trial beginning Monday that will challenge the NYPD’s stop and frisk procedures. [AP]
Black farmers have still not been paid their $1.2 billion discrimination settlement from the USDA. [Monroe News Star]
Prosecutors are considering murder charges against Winnie Mandela following the exhumation of bodies of two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. [AP]
CNN is under fire for coverage of the Steubenville rape trial that was biased towards the convicted rapists and not the victim. [Huffington Post]
Dr. Conrad Murray, who was Michael Jackson’s personal physician, is refusing to testify in trial for a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother. [CNN]
An ex-Oklahoma QB was killed in a plane crash Sunday that claimed the life of one other person. [Chicago Tribune]
Police in India’s Madhya Pradesh state say they have arrested six people in connection with the gang rape of a Swiss tourist. [
BBC News]
Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia. [
Al Jazeera]
TAGS: AEG, Africa, Al Jazeera, Barack Obama, Black farmers, bombs, cabinet, Catherine Jackson, censorship, CNN, Conrad Murray, deaths, discrimination, dorm room, Dr. Conrad Murray, Ethiopia, gun violence, India, indiana, jet crash, labor secretary, lawsuit, Madhya Pradesh, Media, Michael Jackson, murder, murder charges, New York, nominations, NYPD, Pigford II, president, President Barack Obama, president cabinet, President Obama, racism, rape trial, settlement, South Africa, South Bend, Steubenville, stop and frisk, stop and frisk trial, suicide, Swiss tourist, Tom Perez, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Central Florida, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie Mandela, wrongful-death
March 13th, 2013
(Photo: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
In today’s top news, Florida’s lieutenant governor Jennifer Carroll has resigned for ties to a company linked to illegal gambling, two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, go on trial for rape charges and a study states new voter ID laws have discriminated against young Black and Latino voters.
Florida’s lieutenant governor Jennifer Carroll has resigned because of her ties to an Internet cafe company that is now under federal investigation. [AP]
In Steubenville, Ohio, two high school football players go on trial on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl last summer. [NY Times]
A new study says that new voter ID laws disproportionately impacted young Black and Latino voters. [International Business Times]
House Republicans are sending mixed signals in an agreement to meet with President Barack Obama for talks over the budget. [AP]
The search continues for Terrilynn Monette, a New Orleans teacher, who has been missing for two weeks. [CNN]
A Chicago man has launched a social media campaign to end gun violence. [NBC Chicago]
Johnny Williams of Oakland, California, is free after spending 14 years in prison for a rape he never committed. [NBC Bay Area]
Dennis Rodman is in Rome supporting Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to be the first Black pope. [AP]
The London Teaching Pool is complaining about inquiries from schools appearing not to want teachers of color. [BBCNews]
Cardinals will begin another round of voting to select the next pope. [Washington Post]
TAGS: Bay-Area, Black pope, Black teachers, Black voters, budget, california, campaign, Cardinals, chicago, conclave, Dennis Rodman, education, federal investigation, florida, Football, Ghana, gun violence, high school, House Republicans, illegal gambling, Internet cafe, Jennifer Carroll, Johnny Williams, Latino voters, lieutenant governor, London, missing, New Orleans, oakland, ohio, Peter Turkson, pope conclave, President Barack Obama, racism, rape, rape charges, resigned, Rome, search, sequester, social media, social media campaign, Steubenville, study, teacher, teenagers, Terrilynn Monette, The London Teaching Pool, Vatican, Vatican City, violence, voter ID, voter ID laws, young voters
February 20th, 2013
In today’s top news, President Obama warned that hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose jobs unless Congress takes action soon, mentally impaired Georgia inmate Warren Hill was spared from execution and four are dead after a California man went on a shooting spree.
President Obama warned that hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose jobs unless Congress takes action before March 1. [BET]
Mentally impaired Georgia inmate Warren Hill was spared from execution by final-hour stays from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals. [CNN]
Four are dead after a California man went on a shooting spree during a series of carjackings before taking his own life. [Reuters]
A natural gas explosion caused a massive fire in Kansas City, Missouri, injuring 14. [NBCNews]
Real Husbands of Hollywood star Kevin Hart will host Saturday Night Live. [BET]
Tracey Edmonds and BET founder Robert Johnson will launch a faith-based digital network. [Grio]
Quincy Jones has launched a music education app. [AP]
A member of the Navy Seal Team Six crew that killed Osama bin Laden says he listened to Game’s “Red Nation” before killing the terrorist leader. [BET]
France is urging its citizens to leave Cameroon after seven French tourists were kidnapped. [BBC]
The U.N. warned that four million Syrians are in need of assistance amid civil war and a typhoid outbreak. [AJE]
TAGS: Barack Obama, california, Cameroon, Congress, death penalty, France, gun control, gun violence, Kansas city, Kevin Hart, missouri, Navy Seal Team Six, Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Quincy Jones, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Robert Johnson, Saturday Night Live, sequestration, suicide, Syria, Tracey Edmonds, typhoid, United Nations, Warren Hill
February 19th, 2013
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In today’s top news, funeral arrangements are set for Janay McFarlane, the Chicago teen who was shot and killed just hours after her sister attended President Obama’s speech on gun violence, President Obama says his leaked immigration plan is a backup measure in the event Congress doesn’t come to an agreement and advocates are pleading with Georgia to stay the execution of a man deemed mentally retarded.
Funeral arrangements have been set for Janay McFarlane, the Chicago teen was shot and killed just hours after her sister attended President Obama’s speech on gun violence. [CNN]
President Obama says his leaked immigration plan is a backup measure in the event Congress doesn’t come to an agreement. [NBCNews]
Advocates are pleading with Georgia to stay the execution of convicted murderer Warren Hill because of his mental state. [CNN]
Forest Whitaker was falsely accused of stealing from a New York City deli. [BET]
An Idaho man was fired from his job after slapping a Black toddler and using the n-word. [Grio]
South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorious says his girlfriend’s murder was unintentional. [CNN]
The U.N. says man-made chemicals in everyday products are to blame for some cancers, fertility problems. [Reuters]
The Best Man sequel is slated for a Christmas release. [BET]
Actor Anthony Anderson has expressed his willingness to play fugitive Christopher Dorner in movie adaptation of the story. [BET]
The European Union lifted sanctions on banned Zimbabwe officials. [AJE]
TAGS: Anthony Anderson, Barack Obama, chicago, Christopher Dorner, Congress, crime, death penalty, European Union, Forest Whitaker, georgia, gun control, gun violence, Idaho, immigration, Janay McFarlane, Oscar Pistorious, President Barack Obama, President Obama, racism, South Africa, The Best Man, United Nations, Warren Hill, Zimbabwe
February 15th, 2013
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In today’s top news, the charred body found amid the ashes of a cabin fire was positively ID’d as Christopher Dorner, two Black cops wrote statements about racism in the LAPD and an Illinois legislator wants to propose a gun safety bill named after Hadiya Pendleton.
The charred body found amid the ashes of a cabin fire was positively ID’d as fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner. [CNN]
Two Black cops wrote statements about racism in the LAPD. [BET]
An Illinois legislator wants to propose a gun safety bill named after Hadiya Pendleton. [ChicagoTribune]
President Obama participated in a Google “Fireside Hangout” where he took questions on the State of the Union speech. [BET]
FOX News mocked 102-year old Desiline Victor, who waited three hours to vote during the presidential election. [MediaMatters]
Philadelphia 7-year-old Zora Ball became the youngest person to create a mobile video game app. [Grio]
Chris Brown and Drake are suing each other over their infamous club brawl. [BET]
A meteor fell near a town in Russia’s Ural Mountains and injured more than 900 people. [BBC]
Five days after losing power due to an engine fire, the stranded Carnival cruise ship finally docked in Alabama. [NBCNews]
South African President Jacob Zuma spoke out against rape in his State of the Nation speech. [AJE]
TAGS: Alabama, Barack Obama, chicago, Chris Brown, Christopher Dorner, cruise ship, Desiline Victor, Drake, Fireside Hangout, Fox News, google, gun safety law, gun violence, Hadiya Pendleton, illinois, Jacob Zuma, lapd, meteor, obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, racism, rape, Russia, South Africa, State of the Union, Zora Ball
February 14th, 2013
In today’s top news, police say they are “reasonably sure” fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner died in a cabin fire, Black leaders say they were happy to hear President Obama address urban issues in the State of the Union address and the CDC says there is an “ongoing, severe epidemic” of STDs in the U.S.
Police say they are “reasonably sure” fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner died in a cabin fire. [CNN]
Former L.A. cop Christopher Dorner has a bevy of online supporters. [NYDN]
Black leaders say they were happy to hear President Obama address urban issues in the State of the Union address. [BET]
The CDC says there is an “ongoing, severe epidemic” of STDs in the U.S. [NBCNews]
A controversial lyric of Lil Wayne’s has been condemned by the family of Emmett Till. [BET]
Three men were charges for the brutal, broad-daylight beating of a New Jersey man. [Grio]
Many African-Americans hailed President Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9. [BET]
South African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorious was charged with murder after his girlfriend was found dead in his apartment. [AJE]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says Michigan’s state government is also to blame for the city’s decline. [Reuters]
Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the International Criminal Court to delay his crimes against humanity trial. [Reuters]
TAGS: Barack Obama, cdc, Christopher Dorner, crimes against humanity, Dave Bing, Detroit, Emmett Till, human rights, International Criminal Court, Kenya, lapd, Lil Wayne, michigan, minimum wage, New Jersey, Oscar Pistorious, President Barack Obama, President Obama, South Africa, State of the Union, STD, Uhuru Kenyatta, violence
February 13th, 2013
In today’s top news, President Obama urged lawmakers to help him create jobs in last night’s State of the Union address, police believe rogue ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner was burned to death after a shootout and two men held for the death of Hadiya Pendleton say they mistook Pendleton and her friends for rival gang members.
President Obama urged lawmakers to work with him on creating jobs in last night’s State of the Union address. [BET]
Police believe rogue ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner was burned to death after a shootout with police in Big Bear Lake, California. [BET]
The two men held for the death of Hadiya Pendleton say they mistook Pendleton and her friends for rival gang members. [CBS]
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake are planning to co-headline a 10-city tour this summer. [BET]
The Senate voted to renew the Violence Against Women Act. [AP]
Barry Bonds is asking a federal appeals court to throw out his felony conviction. [AP]
An Ohio mother was charged with helping her teen daughter beat up a girl at school. [HuffPo]
Stranded passengers on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship face an extra day at sea. [NBCNews]
South Sudan says Sudan is suspiciously bulking up its military along the countries’ contentious border. [AJE]
Canada will not send troops to Mali over worries that the country may become “another Afghanistan.” [Reuters]
TAGS: afghanistan, Africa, Barack Obama, Barry Bonds, baseball, canada, Carnival Triumph, Christopher Dorner, economy, gun violence, Hadiya Pendleton, jay-z, Justin Timberlake, lapd, Los Angeles Police Department, Mali, ohio, President Barack Obama, President Obama, South Sudan, State of the Union, Sudan, VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, Women and Girls
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