By CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said Friday that her upcoming memoir “Becoming” is a “re-humanization effort” that shares the “ordinariness of a very extraordinary story” that she hopes will give voice to people who feel voiceless. Obama made the remarks as she helped kick off the […]
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3 Maryland Schools to Revoke Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degrees
BALTIMORE (AP) — The University System of Maryland says three universities in the state are rescinding honorary degrees awarded to comedian and actor Bill Cosby. The Baltimore Sun reports the System’s Board of Regents announced the revocations Friday. The board says it received requests to revoke the degrees after Cosby was convicted in April of […]
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Oldest Member of Corrupt Baltimore Police Unit Gets 18 Years
By DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The most veteran member of a deeply corrupt Baltimore police unit was sentenced Friday to 18 years, becoming the sixth member of the disbanded squad to head to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake handed down the punishment to former Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel […]
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Police Officer Placed on Leave After Maryland Shooting
SEVERN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland police officer has been placed on leave after firing twice at a man he suspected had a gun but never displayed a weapon. The Capital reports that Anne Arundel Police Cpl. Daniel M. Reynolds, a six-year veteran of the force, is under investigation after firing his weapon Thursday night […]
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Louisiana State Senators Want National Guard to Leave Border
By The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic state senators pushed legislation Friday asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to recall Louisiana National Guard troops at the Texas border until separated families who entered illegally are reunited with their children. A Senate committee advanced the legislation sponsored by New Orleans Sen. J.P. Morrell with […]
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Atlanta Mayor Stops Immigration Cooperation Over Separations
By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s Democratic mayor on Wednesday called the forced separation of migrant families at the country’s Southern border “despicable” and said the city won’t accept any new immigration detainees until she’s certain the separations have stopped. The city has long had an agreement to house U.S. Immigration and […]
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Lawyer: No Apparent Justification for Antwon Rose Fatal Shooting
The Associated Press EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — A 17-year-old Black boy fatally shot by a police officer in Pennsylvania seconds after he fled a traffic stop did not pose a threat to anyone, a lawyer for the family of the teen said. Civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt said late Wednesday that he doesn’t […]
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DC Sniper Gets New Hearing
By The Associated Press A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled June 21. The 3-0 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies an appeal by prosecutors who said they already complied with […]
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Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of XXXTentacion
By The Associated Press Florida authorities say they’ve arrested a man in the shooting death of rapper XXXTentacion. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release sent June 21 morning that 22-year-old Dedrick Devonshay Williams of Pompano Beach was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday. A photo of rap singer XXXTentacion lies amongst flowers […]
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Attorney Faults Parole Process for MOVE Members Still Jailed
By The Associated Press A defense attorney for three members of the radical group MOVE said June 19 he’s confused why one was paroled and two others were denied parole despite having similar records and recommendations for release from the new Philadelphia District Attorney’s office. Debbie Africa, who left a state prison Saturday after serving […]
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Police Fatally Shoot 17-Year-Old Fleeing Traffic Stop
By The Associated Press A police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old Black boy just seconds after he fled from a traffic stop June 19 in a confrontation partly captured on video from a nearby home. Investigators said Wednesday that the car stopped in the town of East Pittsburgh matched the description of a vehicle being […]
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Bucks’ Sterling Brown Sues Milwaukee Over Stun-Gun Arrest
By The Associated Press Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown filed a lawsuit June 19 against the city of Milwaukee and its police department, claiming unlawful arrest and excessive force when officers used a stun gun on him during his arrest for a parking violation. Brown’s attorney Mark Thomsen filed the lawsuit in federal court. Milwaukee […]