Category: National News

NEW YORK (AP) — Speaking in a halting voice, a Chicago-area woman accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted to provide “a face and a voice” to support other accusers who have so far remained anonymous. “Come clean,” […]

Latest Update – “Woman: Cain Reached Under Skirt for Her Genitals, Pulled Her Head Toward His Crotch” WASHINGTON (AP) — One of Herman Cain’s accusers alleged “several incidents of sexual harassment” in a formal complaint more than a decade ago, her lawyer disclosed Friday a fresh allegation that could complicate the Republican presidential hopeful’s determined […]

Latest Update – “Woman: Cain Reached Under Skirt for Her Genitals, Pulled Her Head Toward His Crotch” The Republican Party’s leading candidate is on the defensive after it was reported that a third woman came forward Nov. 2 alleging that GOP front-runner Herman Cain sexually harassed her. According to a report published by The Politico […]

President Barack Obama continued to tout his jobs agenda Nov. 3 as Senate Republicans dealt him another defeat, stopping a $60 billion infrastructure bill. The bill, which was defeated by a 51-49 vote, fell short of the 60 votes needed to continue work on the measure, according to the Associated Press. Before the vote, Obama […]

Streets across America have become the sounding board for the majority that refuses to remain silent in such turbulent economic times. The cry is for jobs, for economic justice, for a fair shake at making a decent living. AFRO reporters hit the streets of Baltimore and the D.C. metro area to engage those who are […]

The U.S. District Court approved a settlement in the ongoing saga between Black farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) providing an additional $1.2 billion for housands of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit. The Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, decided Oct. 27 by Judge Paul L. Friedman, was derived from a class action suit […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A third woman considered filing a workplace complaint against Herman Cain over what she deemed aggressive and unwanted behavior when she and Cain, now a Republican presidential candidate, worked together during the late 1990s, the woman told The Associated Press on Wednesday. She said the behavior included a private invitation to his […]

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit Tuesday that claimed the city of Detroit and ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a convicted felon, impeded a police investigation into the shooting death of a stripper. U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen said in his opinion that the attorney representing Tamara Greene’s three children failed to prove […]

If you want to take advantage of the Texas law that allows adults to carry a concealed handgun, Crockett Keller will be happy to help you learn how to handle your sidearm—as long as you didn’t vote for President Obama or are a Muslim. Keller, a licensed gun dealer authorized to train and certify handgun […]

The nation’s highest court could decide whether to review President Barack Obama’s health care reform law as soon as Nov. 10, Politico reports. Five opponents of the law and the Obama administration have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the law’s requirement for all Americans to buy insurance is constitutional. Five of the […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As the Virginia Supreme Court’s first black female justice was sworn in Friday, she paused to remember generations who went before her. Cleo E. Powell — accompanied by her husband and her mother — placed her left hand on her late father’s Bible and Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser administered the […]

LOS ANGELES – After serving 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Obie Anthony walked out of a Los Angeles County Jail Oct. 4 and joined the ranks of many men and women across the U.S., who were incarcerated on the basis of flawed or false eyewitness testimony. “It’s really overwhelming […]