Son of Slain Police Officer Fatally Shot in N.W. Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — The son of a Baltimore police officer killed in 2007 was fatally shot in Northwest Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports (http://bsun.md/2odsRSg ) that 22-year-old Trayvon Chesley was...
View ArticleJudge Halts Arkansas Plan to Execute 8 Inmates in 11 Days
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge dealt another blow Saturday to Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug...
View ArticleWhy Black Workers in DC Need Paid Family Leave
Political leaders and think tanks in DC talk about ways to alleviate racial disparities. Others explore how to reduce infant mortality. We hear calls for men to be more engaged fathers. From time to...
View ArticleA REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
TriceEdney— I’ve been left to wonder which hurts more. Does it hurt more to have a disappointment occur without expectation or does it hurt more to be able to anticipate a disappointment and see it...
View ArticleCNN Commentator Lord Attempts to Defend his Likening of Trump to King
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord tweeted clips of speeches from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the overnight hours Friday, capping a strange day where he stepped on a third rail of...
View ArticleMike Tyson Thanks Christie for Work on Prisoner Re-Entry
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accepted a champion’s belt from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Thursday for his efforts on prisoner re-entry. “You took the punches,...
View ArticleHip-Hop Artist Tory Lanez Faces Gun, Pot Charge in Florida
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say hip-hop artist Tory Lanez has been arrested on a weapons charge in South Florida. The Sun Sentinel (https://goo.gl/wAbV0e) reports that Miramar police pulled over...
View ArticleItaly Plucks 2,000 Migrants from the Mediterranean Sea
ROME (AP) — Italian rescue ships have plucked some 2,000 migrants from unseaworthy smugglers’ boats off the coast of Libya, with hundreds of them arriving Saturday in southern Italian ports. One rescue...
View ArticleJay Pharoah Says He Had Rocky Relationship with ‘SNL’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Pharoah said he had a rocky time on “Saturday Night Live” because he refused to keep quiet and follow orders. Pharoah, who was dropped from “SNL” last year after six seasons,...
View ArticleBowie State Professor Wins Literary Award for Debut Book
Bowie State University professor Rion A. Scott is the 2017 winner of a prestigious literary award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Scott, who teaches English at the Maryland HBCU,...
View ArticleSon of Slain Police Officer Fatally Shot in N.W. Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — The son of a Baltimore police officer killed in 2007 was fatally shot in Northwest Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports (http://bsun.md/2odsRSg ) that 22-year-old Trayvon Chesley was...
View ArticleJudge Halts Arkansas Plan to Execute 8 Inmates in 11 Days
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge dealt another blow Saturday to Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug...
View ArticleWhy Black Workers in DC Need Paid Family Leave
Political leaders and think tanks in DC talk about ways to alleviate racial disparities. Others explore how to reduce infant mortality. We hear calls for men to be more engaged fathers. From time to...
View ArticleA REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
TriceEdney— I’ve been left to wonder which hurts more. Does it hurt more to have a disappointment occur without expectation or does it hurt more to be able to anticipate a disappointment and see it...
View ArticleCNN Commentator Lord Attempts to Defend his Likening of Trump to King
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord tweeted clips of speeches from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the overnight hours Friday, capping a strange day where he stepped on a third rail of...
View ArticleMike Tyson Thanks Christie for Work on Prisoner Re-Entry
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accepted a champion’s belt from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Thursday for his efforts on prisoner re-entry. “You took the punches,...
View ArticleHip-Hop Artist Tory Lanez Faces Gun, Pot Charge in Florida
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say hip-hop artist Tory Lanez has been arrested on a weapons charge in South Florida. The Sun Sentinel (https://goo.gl/wAbV0e) reports that Miramar police pulled over...
View ArticleItaly Plucks 2,000 Migrants from the Mediterranean Sea
ROME (AP) — Italian rescue ships have plucked some 2,000 migrants from unseaworthy smugglers’ boats off the coast of Libya, with hundreds of them arriving Saturday in southern Italian ports. One rescue...
View ArticleJay Pharoah Says He Had Rocky Relationship with ‘SNL’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Pharoah said he had a rocky time on “Saturday Night Live” because he refused to keep quiet and follow orders. Pharoah, who was dropped from “SNL” last year after six seasons,...
View ArticleBowie State Professor Wins Literary Award for Debut Book
Bowie State University professor Rion A. Scott is the 2017 winner of a prestigious literary award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Scott, who teaches English at the Maryland HBCU,...
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