WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — Mortuaries overflowed with bodies Sunday from a church collapse in southern Nigeria that killed at least 160 people, and worshippers said construction of the building had been rushed. In this image taken from video people stand at the scene after the roof of The Reigners Bible Church International collapsed onto worshippers […]
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Louisville’s Lamar Jackson Wins Heisman Trophy
NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Jackson was trying to remember the last time he cried. He was pretty sure it involved losing a little league football game. On Saturday night, Louisville’s spectacular sophomore quarterback found out winning can get a guy choked up, too. Louisville’s Lamar Jackson holds up the Heisman Trophy after winning the […]
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Ku Klux Klan: “We’re Not White Supremacists…” Who are They Lying to Now ?
PELHAM, N.C. (AP) — White supremacy is a label that’s too hot to handle even for groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Standing on a muddy dirt road in the dead of night near the North Carolina-Virginia border, masked Ku Klux Klan members claimed Donald Trump’s election as president proves Whites are taking back America […]
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Heroin Overdose Victim’s Cell Phone Leads to Arrest, Plea of Baltimore Drug Dealer
A Baltimore man pleaded guilty on Dec. 9 to the distribution of heroin after police located him through the cell phone of another man who overdosed on drugs he provided. According to U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod Rosenstein, Lamar V. Kaintuck, 28, was arrested May 16 after police traced his identity and […]
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Prince George’s County Liquor Commission Chair Charged with DUI
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Prince George’s County Police say the chairman of the liquor license commission has been arrested on a DUI charge. Liquor License Commission Chairman Charles W. Caldwell III. (Courtesy Photo/ Prince George’s Co. Government) Police spokesman Cpl. Lamar Robinson tells The Washington Post that 72-year-old Charles W. Caldwell III was arrested […]
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Funeral Service Held for 1994 Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former teammates joined family and friends to say goodbye to 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam on Friday, remembering his warm heart and peaceful spirit. Khalada Salaam, center, the mother of the late Heisman Trophy winner and former Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam (inset photo), mourns at her son’s funeral at […]
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Dylann Roof Laughed During Charleston Church Slaying Confession to FBI
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated Black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he picked a historic Black church in Charleston he had learned about online. In this June18, 2016 file photo, […]
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WE MAY NEVER KNOW
TriceEdney — When I ran for the US Congress in Louisiana’s former 8th District, the late Congressman Mickey Leland spoke of the “audacity” of my endeavor. At that time, Louisiana had at least one majority Black district, but no members of Congress who were Black. Dr. E. Faye Williams I didn’t run in a majority […]
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Man Convicted of Shooting 2 Officers During Ferguson Protest
LOUIS (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of shooting two police officers during a 2015 protest in Ferguson amid fallout over the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown months earlier. FILE – This file photo provided March 15, 2015 by the St. Louis County Police Department shows Jeffrey Williams. A jury deliberated […]
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Obama Orders Review of Election-Season Hacking
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at MacDill Air Force Base in […]
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Governor Larry Hogan Announces Project C.O.R.E. Awardees in Baltimore City
BALTIMORE, Md.– Governor Larry Hogan today announced awardees for demolition funds through Project C.O.R.E., or Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise, a multi-year city-state partnership to demolish vacant and derelict buildings in Baltimore and replace them with green space or create the foundation for redevelopment in Baltimore City. The governor was joined by Baltimore City […]
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Black Sportswriter Trailblazer, Claire Smith Honored with Prestigious Baseball Journalism Award
Sports media trailblazer Claire Smith has been named the recipient of the 2017 J.G. Taylor Spink Award. Claire Smith, ESPN’s news editor of remote productions, poses during Major League Baseball’s winter meetings, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Oxon Hill, Md. Smith is the first woman to win the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions […]
