BRAN CASTLE, Romania (AP) — Dracula’s castle will have overnight guests on Halloween, marking the first time since 1948 that anyone has slept in the Transylvanian fortress. The site’s actual name is Bran Castle, and two people will get to sleep there Oct. 31 thanks to a promotion by Airbnb. The guests will be wined […]
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A Penn. Town Council Voting on Republican Mayor’s Resignation Plan over Racist Posts
YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania town council is expected to vote on a resignation proposal by the mayor after an uproar over racist posts on his Facebook page, including two depicting apes with captions referring to President Barack Obama and his family. In this Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 photo, speakers voice their concerns about […]
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High School Graduation Rate Reaches New High
WASHINGTON (AP) — High school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all ethnic groups, the White House said Monday. President Barack Obama planned to talk about the gains when he visits a Washington, D.C. high school on Monday morning. President Barack Obama greets […]
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Replica of Historic Slave Ship Amistad Reopens in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A replica of the historic slave ship Amistad has reopened in Connecticut. WFSB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2djkDSv) that Gov. Dannel Malloy, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and others were among those in attendance during a ceremony Saturday in New Haven. In this June 21, 2007, file photo, a crew member works on […]
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In Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ Run, Reality Wasn’t What It Seemed
This is one in a series of stories looking at aspects of the lives of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. WASHINGTON (AP) — The skyline shimmers, the music pulses and Donald Trump’s helicopter swoops in for a landing. Oozing authority, the billionaire strides purposefully — in slow-motion, for added impact — toward some important matter […]
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Baltimore TV Tech Personality Launches New Venture with Al Roker
Baltimore native Mario Armstrong, Emmy Award–winning talk show host and digital lifestyle expert, has just signed a deal with Roker Media to co-produce and host the first ever interactive talk show to be live-streamed on Facebook Live. The “Never Settle Show” will feature a traditional live audience, but social media users will also be able […]
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FBI:149 Sexually Exploited Children Recovered-150 Pimps etc. Busted
A nationwide sex trafficking sting has resulted in the recovery of 149 sexually exploited children and the arrests of more than 150 pimps and other perpetrators, the FBI announced Oct. 13. Screenshot from raw video footage from Cross Country operations in Alexandria, Virginia. Operation Cross Country is a week-long, FBI-led enforcement action to address commercial […]
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Historic Civil Rights Warrior Jack Greenberg Dies at 91
Jack Greenberg, a towering figure in the American Civil Rights Movement who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court and the longest tenured leader of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF), died Oct. 12 at his home in New York. He was 91. Jack Greenberg, NAACP director-counsel of the Legal […]
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Texas State University Removes Confederate Memorial
Texas State University recently removed an 85-year monument honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its San Marcos campus. A statue of Jefferson Davis is seen on the University of Texas campus, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Austin, Texas. As University of Texas administrators consider a request to remove a statue that symbolizes the Confederacy, the […]
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3 Arrested in Alleged Bomb Plot Targeting Somalis in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment building filled with Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Curtis Wayne Allen, 49; Patrick Eugene Stein, 47; and Gavin Wayne Wright, 49, are members […]
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Frederick, Maryland Cleared to Remove Statue Linked to Slavery
In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney is displayed in front of City Hall, in Frederick, Md. The Maryland city has cleared what could be the last obstacle to its plan to rid the City Hall courtyard of the statue of the man who wrote […]
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Young Black Doctor: Racist Action of Delta Attendant….
Dr. Tamika Cross (Facebook Photo) ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it is investigating after a young, Black, female doctor complained that a flight attendant refused to let her help during an in-flight medical emergency. Dr. Tamika Cross is an obstetrics and gynecology resident who lives in Houston. In a Facebook post Sunday, she […]