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The story of the kidnapping of a Florida teenager has come to a sad end as the woman, Gloria Williams, who kidnapped and then raised Alexis Manigo has plead guilty. Born Kamiyah Mobley, Manigo will appear on an upcoming Iyanla, Fix My Life episode. She says that despite her mother’s crime, she still loves her, […]
CHICAGO (AP) — An off-duty police commander was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago after he spotted a man matching the radio description of an armed suspect officers were chasing on foot, the city’s police superintendent said. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot multiple times after he “saw the offender and engaged in an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is marking African American History Month by pledging to make real the vision of “every American patriot” who fought and sacrificed for freedom. Trump celebrated the annual observance at a White House reception Tuesday and said this year’s theme is “African-Americans in times of war.” Trump shouts out […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, both painted by African-American artists who were personally chosen by the Obamas. The portraits were unveiled to the public Monday at the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian group of museums. The gallery […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama said this week it plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in 11 states this year, with its heaviest focus on Ohio. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said this year’s election cycle […]
A photo of Barack Obama with a grey low cut beard has been circulating all over the internet, driving the beard loving ladies absolutely insane. But this isn’t the first time our 44th POTUS has seen on the internet with a beard. Check out all the time’s the internet put a beard on Obama for […]
(THE CONVERSATION) On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. That was almost 50 years ago. Back then, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities. Black […]
How many teachers can say that one of their students grew up to be a CEO of a multimillion dollar company? Not many, however Houston elementary school teacher Celestine Barnes can say she did. KHOU News reports that Barnes received a special birthday message on her 80th birthday from one of her fourth grad students The […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver in Indiana. Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, was charged with four felony counts related to the Sunday crash along Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. The citizen from Guatemala was […]