(Updated 4/26/2014) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anger, frustration and calls for action echoed around the NBA on Saturday after an audio recording surfaced of a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. Everybody except for the embattled Clippers owner, who has a decades-long […]
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National Commission on Voting Rights Hearing Baltimore, MD
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Commission on Voting Rights (NCVR), is holding a hearing in Baltimore for voters, activists, elections officials and all with a stake in Delaware, Maryland and Washington, DC elections. The Baltimore event, organized by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), is part of a series of nationwide hearings held […]
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Nevada Rancher Labeled ‘Hateful Racist’ Had Limited Sympathy in the West
BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — For a while, in certain quarters, Cliven Bundy was celebrated as a John Wayne-like throwback to the Old West — a weathered, plainspoken rancher just trying to graze his cattle and keep the government off his back. But that was before he started sounding more like a throwback to the Old […]
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Yankees’ Pineda Says He’ll Learn from Ejection for Pine Tar
BOSTON (AP) — The pine tar glistened on Michael Pineda’s neck, improving his grip and inviting trouble. He got both. The Yankees’ right-hander spoke quietly after being ejected in the second inning of the Red Sox’ 5-1 win over New York on Wednesday night. And less than two weeks after appearing to get away with […]
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Nevada Rancher Condemned for Racist Remarks
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada rancher who has become a conservative folk hero for resisting the federal government’s attempts to round up his cattle faced sharp criticism Thursday for racist comments published in a New York Times article. Politicians from around the country who have rallied to Cliven Bundy’s defense in recent weeks denounced […]
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Pineda Banned 10 Games for Pine Tar, Won’t Appeal
BOSTON (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games Thursday after being caught using pine tar. He said he won’t appeal the penalty that will cost him two starts. “I accept it,” Pineda said before Thursday night’s game at Fenway Park. “I know I made a mistake.” The commissioner’s office […]
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How They Stand
This is the second in a series of seven articles that examines Maryland gubernatorial candidates’ positions on major issues. ANNAPOLIS- Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates all agree that alternative energy resources are important for growing a sustainable economy. But Attorney General Doug Gansler and Del. Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery, are calling for the state to develop more […]
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Fly Girl Network Helps Teens Soar
It takes a village to raise a child. It takes greater effort for that village to raise our young women. Not every family has the resources or support needed and provided by a village to help a child become mature and well rounded. Children with supportive parental figures – both biological and social – usually […]
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School Girls Abducted in Nigeria Still Missing
CHIBOK, Nigeria (AP) — A week after Islamic extremists stormed a remote boarding school in northeast Nigeria, more than 200 girls and young women remain missing despite a “hot pursuit” by security forces and an independent search by desperate fathers who headed into a dangerous forest to find their daughters. At Chibok, the scene of […]
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SUPREME COURT DECISION — Quote from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law — Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is a step backward for racial inclusion by allowing voters to overrule the decision of Michigan university officials to consider race in admissions to achieve diversity,” stated Jon Greenbaum, chief counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “The Court has disregarded long-standing precedent which prevents the majority from […]
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Affordable Care Act only Chips Away at a Core Goal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Swan Lockett had high hopes that President Barack Obama’s health overhaul would lead her family to an affordable insurance plan, but that hasn’t happened. Instead, because lawmakers in her state refused to expand Medicaid, the 46-year-old mother of four from Texas uses home remedies or pays $75 to see a doctor […]
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Man Attacks Witness & Gets Shot During Trial at Federal Courthouse Later Dies
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A defendant died after being shot by a U.S. marshal on Monday during an attack on a witness during a trial in a new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, the FBI said. Siale Angilau, 25, died at a hospital after he was shot in the chest as he rushed […]