WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A couple of hours after reaching her seventh Wimbledon final, Serena Williams returned to Centre Court with sister Venus to secure a spot in the semifinals of the doubles tournament. The Williams sisters routed Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-1, 6-1 in less than an hour Thursday. The Williams sisters are […]
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Yvonne B. Miller, Va’s First Black Female Legislator Dies at 78
Yvonne B. Miller, the first African-American woman elected to Virginia’s state legislature, has died. She was 78. Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Don McEachin said Miller died at her Norfolk home. She was a career educator and an outspoken advocate for Virginia’s poor and minorities in the General Assembly. Miller broke the combined gender and color […]
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Police: 2 Suspects Arrested in Oklahoma Shootings
Police backed by a helicopter arrested two white men early Sunday and said they would face murder charges in the recent shootings that terrorized Tulsa’s black community and left three people dead and two others critically wounded. Police spokesman Jason Willingham said the two men were arrested at a home just north of Tulsa at […]
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Bobby Brown arrested on suspicion of DUI
Officials in Southern California say Bobby Brown has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Harris says Brown was arrested around 12:20 p.m. Monday in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. He failed a field sobriety test and was booked on suspicion of DUI. Harris says […]
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Lil Jon Receives Honor for ‘Apprentice’ Earnings
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — When Lil Jon was fired from Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” the rapper-producer fell short of the amount of money he wanted to raise for his charity. That charity thought his efforts were just enough, though. On Tuesday, he was honored by the United Methodist Children’s Home for raising $80,000. The proceeds […]
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Service Honors Officers in D.C. Area Killed on Duty
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers who have died in the line of duty have been honored along with their families at an event in Washington. Dozens of officers attended the memorial service Monday morning outside the headquarters of the District of Columbia police department. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray also spoke. The service honored officers from […]
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Experts Question Accuracy of DC School Test Gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — A newspaper investigation published Monday questions whether dramatic gains at some D.C. Public Schools, held up as a model for national school reform, were driven by cheating on standardized tests. Documents obtained by USA Today show some high-scoring schools touted by former Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee had extraordinarily high numbers of erasures […]
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DC Police Charge Girl, 15, in Shooting Death
WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. police say a teenage girl has been charged in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old high school student in southeast Washington. Police say the shooting happened in the 2600 block of Stanton Road on Sunday afternoon. Authorities say responding officers found the victim, Gary Gordon, suffering from a gunshot […]
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Alleged Racist Arrested in MLK Day Bomb Case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Investigators have arrested a man they say planted a sophisticated bomb along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane – a failed attack but one that raised concern, because he has ties to a white supremacist organization. A federal complaint provided no details of the investigation or what […]
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Steele On Thin Ice at Helm of Republican Party
WASHINGTON (AP) – A significant bloc of Republican National Committee members wants embattled chairman Michael Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members. More than four dozen interviews with members of the 168-member central committee found fear that […]
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Solomon Burke Dies At Amsterdam Airport At 70
(Amsterdam) – Solomon Burke was born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church and went on to become one of the greatest soul singers of the 1960s, renowned as among music’s premier vocalists. Yet his popularity never matched that of those he influenced, contemporaries including James Brown and Marvin […]
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Hundreds of medical workers strike in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hundreds of medical technicians, nurse’s aides and other support staff at Jamaica’s major public hospitals went on strike Monday to demand pay raises and allowances they say haven’t been paid by the government. The walkout left public hospitals and clinics across the Caribbean island short-handed for such duties as taking X-rays […]