Emmett Till case reopened
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEW REPUBLIC Emmett Till By TRAMON LUCAS and BEATRICE JIN Associated Press WASHINGTON – At the Smithsonian museum dedicated to black …
School shooting suspect’s mom let him buy gun
Nikolas Cruz’ victims PHOTO COURTESY OF canoe.com By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. – A commission investigating the Florida high school massacre heard Tuesday …
Automatic voter registration will add half million new voters
Voter Registration Application By SAM HANANEL Center for American Progress TALLAHASSEE – A new report from the Center for American Progress to be released Wednesday, …
Government wants race omitted from admissions and enrollment
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said the government would no longer encourage schools to use race as a …
Tracing Nelson Mandela’s footsteps 100 years after his birth
By CHARMAINE NORONHA Nelson Mandela PHOTO COURTESY OF BIOGRAPHY.COM QUNU, South Africa – July 18 marks 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, who …
CEO Musk: Tesla hits weekly goal of making 5,000 Models 3s
CEO Elon Musk By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has delivered on its CEO’s promise to build a lower-priced car …
WEST POINT GETS 1ST BLACK SUPERINTENDENT IN 216-YEAR HISTORY
Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) – Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking …
CITY IN NEW YORK NAMES SCHOOL AFTER FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ WIFE
Anna Murray Douglass ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Officials in Rochester, New York, are naming a school after the wife of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. The …
Roberts may hold key vote as Supreme Court moves right
Chief Justice John Roberts PHOTO COURTESY OF ABOVE THE LAW By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme …
Survivors describe carnage at Florida high schoolmassacre
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School PHOTO COURTESY OF LAW & CRIME By TERRY SPENCER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Students and teachers who survived a Florida …