By Ken MillerThe Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second set as the search for victims of […]
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Black youths suffer the most from gun violence in America
By Hazel Trice Edney (TRICE EDNEY NEWSWIRE) – Sierra Jenkins, a former news assistant for CNN and reporter with the Virginian Pilot newspaper, was headed for the peak of her […]
Ta’Kiya Young’s family urges officer’s arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman
By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Sept. 1 released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car […]
As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing
By staff of the Associated Press Four months after he was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell at the wrong house to pick up his brothers, Ralph Yarl […]
Sheriff provides first details of how a White man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store
By Russ Bynum and Aaron MorrisonThe Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old White man fatally shot three Black people in Florida with guns he bought legally despite once […]
White man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime
By John Raoux, Terry Spencer and Trisha Ahmed, The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked White man fatally shot three people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store […]
Shooting kills 2 men and a woman and wounds two others in Washington, DC, police chief says
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others hospitalized late Aug. 5, police said. Officers responded […]
Justice Department investigating Memphis policing methods, months after Tyre Nichols’ death
By Adrian Sainz and Jonathan MattiseThe Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said July 27 it is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force […]
Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre say their fight is not over
by Bria Overs, Word In Black The fight for reparations and justice isn’t over. The legal counsel and living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre plan to appeal after […]
Texas Walmart shooter gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
By Morgan Lee and Paul J. Weber, The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A White gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at […]
Public outrage sparks in France after Black teen killed by law enforcement
By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com Several nights of protest and public outrage have followed the police-involved shooting of teen driver Nahel M. in France. Anti-riot officers dispersed tear […]
Arrest made in killing of Ajike Owens, Florida woman shot by her neighbor through closed door
By AFRO Staff An arrest has been made in the killing of a Florida Black woman, allegedly shot dead as she attempted to address an altercation that occurred between her […]