DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man was freed from jail Wednesday after a judge tossed his conviction in a double-murder case tried 21 years ago by the prosecutor who was later disbarred for lying and misconduct in the Duke University lacrosse rape case. The judge threw out the convictions and ordered Darryl Howard’s […]
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Poet Maya Angelou Remembered at Memorial Service
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and smart black woman, joining other famous admirers and friends in a private memorial service Saturday that was filled with tears, laughter, poetry and song. Former President […]
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Civil Rights Sit-in Pioneer Franklin McCain Dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Franklin McCain, who helped spark a movement of nonviolent sit-in protests across the South by occupying a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, has died, his son said Friday. He was 73. McCain died of respiratory complications late Thursday, Frank McCain of Greensboro said Friday. Franklin McCain was one of four […]
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Mamie Rearden, Oldest Living US Citizen, Dies at 114
A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died. Two daughters say Mamie Rearden of Edgefield, who held the title as the oldest person in the country for about two weeks, died Wednesday at a hospital in Georgia. Sara Rearden of Burtonsville, Md., said Saturday that her mother broke her […]