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Coming Up Today: More on Aprina Paul, Zimmerman Cases

• November 21, 2013 • Comments Off

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Tags: Aprina Paul, Black Children, Black People, Black Women, Crime, Criminal Complaint, Death by Misadventure, George Zimmerman, Gun Violence, Guns, Mental Health, Murder, Mysterious Death, Nathan Middleton, Trayvon Martin

The Shaniya Davis Case: Mario McNeill Facing New Charges as Well as Trial on April 8, 2013

• February 15, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", Abuse Pornography, African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Billy West, Biracial Children, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sex Slave, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, CNN, District Attorney, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, Lawyer, McNeil, McNeill, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina, Rape, Sex, Sex Slave, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Trial, Wednesday

Mo’ Kelly’s Take On The Latest Eddie Long Revelation About Centino Kemp

• August 3, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Baptist, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Centinio Kemp, Centino Kemp, Christianity, Civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King, Downlow, Eddie Long, Electronic Urban Report, EUR.com, Exculpatory Evidence, Fifth Accuser, Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Growing Up, Gullibility, Homosexuality, Julian Bond, Jury Trial, Lesbians, LGBT, Lithonia Georgia, Minor, Minor Children, Morris O'Kelly, NAACP, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Old School, Rape, Religion and Spirituality, Rod 2.0, Settlement (litigation), Sexual Acts, Sexual Misbehavior, Sexual Misconduct, The Down Low, United States

There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their Kids

• August 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Bill O'Reilly, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Motherhood, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, Boys, CBS, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Devean, Devean Duley, Domestic Violence, Education, Extended Family, Faux Noise, Growing Up, Ja'van Duley, Javan, Jennifer Aniston, Job Loss, Latinos, Love, Mother, Motherhood, Murder, O'Lielly, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg SC, Resources, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shaquan Duley, Single Black Mother, Single Black Woman, Single Black Women, South Carolina, The Edisto River, The Nineties, Unemployed

Shaniya’s Mother, Antoinette Davis, to Appear in Court June 3 (w/Update)

• May 8, 2010 • 14 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", African Americans, Antoinette Davis, August 11, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Sex Slave, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Continuation, Court Appearance, Cumberland County, Disciplinary Action, Editorial, Fayetteville NC, Fired, Missing Children, Motherhood, Prosecution, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis

That Philly Swim Club Story: We’re NOT Post-Racial by a Long Shot

• July 12, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, History, People of Color, Race
Tags: Black Children, Blacks, Cab Drivers, Color of Change, Discrimination, Girard College, Huntingdon Valley, Intolerance, James Rucker, Latinos, Main Line, Mexican American, Minorities, NAACP, New York City, Northeast Philadelphia, Oxford Circle, Parks & Recreation Department, Philadelphia, Post-Racial, Senator Arlen Spector, Summerdale, Swimming, Swimming Pools, The Valley Swim Club, What About Our Daughters?

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Hoping for a Comeback in a Town With Little to Come Back To March 28, 2023
Officials have vowed that Rolling Fork, Miss., ravaged by a tornado, will come back better than ever. But first people need food, water, shelter, medicine and life’s other necessities.
Newsom Rolls Back Water Restrictions After Winter Deluge in California March 27, 2023
The state is “mostly but not completely” out of a drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025 March 28, 2023
It’s finally happening.
Prisoners Today, Neighbors Tomorrow March 25, 2023
A new book “What’s Prison For?” explains how American prisons can better educate and rehabilitate the incarcerated.
Randall Robinson, Anti-Apartheid Catalyst, Is Dead at 81 March 28, 2023
He also supported reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans and sanctuary for Haitian refugees. But he lived for two decades in self-imposed exile.
State Dept. Proposes Joint Tribunal to Try Russian Leaders March 28, 2023
The proposed court, a joint effort by Ukraine and other nations, would investigate the Kremlin for the crime of aggression, but there’s a catch: President Vladimir V. Putin could be immune from prosecution.
Aide to Senator Rand Paul Stabbed After Leaving Washington Restaurant March 28, 2023
The staff member, who works for the Republican senator from Kentucky, told the authorities that he did not know the man who attacked him. He sustained multiple injuries that required surgery.
George Nassar, 86, Killer Who Heard Confession in Strangler Case, Is Dead March 28, 2023
A fellow inmate, Albert DeSalvo, told him that he was the Boston Strangler who had killed 13 women in the early 1960s. Mr. Nassar’s death, in 2018, had gone unreported.

The Guardian, UK

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian nun and pianist, dies at 99 March 27, 2023
The musician, who spent nearly the last 40 years of her life living in a monastery in Jerusalem, has diedEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, an Ethiopian nun, composer and pianist, has died at the age of 99.According to the country’s state-run news outlet Fana Broadcasting Corporate, she died in Jerusalem. Guèbrou had been living at the Ethiopian Monastery there f […]
Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage March 26, 2023
New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would “completely erode” Britain’s standing on the world stage, the new head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.Tirana Hassan, who takes over as HRW’s executive director on Monday, also said other conservativ […]
Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boats sink off coast of Tunisia March 26, 2023
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented peopleAt least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of Tunisia.The deaths, which occurred early on Sunday, are the latest tragedies involving people departing from […]
Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison March 25, 2023
Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commutedPaul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been released from prison after his 25-year sentence on terrorism charges was commuted.Rusesabagina was accompani […]
Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration March 23, 2023
Move follows peace deal between rebels and federal government that ended two-year conflictThe Ethiopian government has said it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of the interim Tigray regional administration after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year conflict.“Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Getache […]
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease March 22, 2023
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-westTanzania has announced its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), after five fatalities and three further cases were reported at a hospital in the country’s north-west Kagera region.Through contact tracing, approximately 161 people hav […]
At least 39 dead after fire at Mexican migrant facility on US border March 28, 2023
Mexican president says protests to blame for fire in Ciudad Juárez, the latest example of dangers facing those taking route to USMexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has blamed protesting migrants for causing a fire at an immigration detention centre that has killed at least 39 people in Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US border.Images of th […]
Ecuador landslide: search for survivors after dozens of homes buried March 28, 2023
President Guillermo Lasso confirms seven people have died, with 62 still missing after disaster on Sunday nightA huge landslide that swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, has killed at least seven people, authorities said as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors.Earlier on Monday, officials had reported 16 de […]

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Nashville school shooter hid guns in parents' house March 28, 2023
Police say the parents felt the suspect should not own weapons, but did not realise guns were in the house.
Ukraine war: Germany sends much-awaited Leopard tanks March 28, 2023
The first 18 of the cutting-edge tanks are sent, amid reports UK Challenger 2s have also arrived.
Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture flees jail term March 28, 2023
Alexei Moskalev was investigated after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school.
Mexico migrants: Deadly fire at Juárez migrant centre kills at least 39 March 28, 2023
Mexico's president says the blaze started during a protest by migrants fearing deportation.
North Korea asserts first evidence of tactical nuclear weapons March 28, 2023
The weapons are shown beside Kim Jong Un in photos and cannot be verified, but have raised concern.
Amateur Australian gold digger finds massive nugget March 28, 2023
The specimen was found with a budget metal detector and weighed in at 4.6kg.
Twenty pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash March 28, 2023
The bus was carrying pilgrims to Mecca when it hit a bridge in Asir province and burst into flames.
Lisbon stabbing: Two women killed at Ismaili Muslim centre March 28, 2023
The attacker was arrested after the incident at the city's Ismaili Centre, Portuguese police say.