Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories derail D.C. council meetings
CONTROVERSIAL: Trayon White serves on the D.C. City Council PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A spiraling controversy over …
Love it or not, Facebook launches dating service
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Facebook doesn’t think hookups are meaningful and doesn’t want you …
Miami Beach looks to insure tourism tax revenue
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By KYRA GURNEY Miami Herald MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ Miami Beach’s tourism industry has suffered one blow after another …
Chicago police struggling to hire black officers
CHICAGO (AP) _ The Chicago Police Department is struggling to hire more black officers despite a push to diversify the agency amid controversial shootings of …
University of Southern Mississippi awards posthumous degree to man who sought to integrate
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) _ The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when …
“Whip smart,” college student killed at Waffle House mourned by hundreds
Hundreds paid respects to DeEbony Groves, one of four people killed at a Tennessee Waffle House. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK By SHEILA BURKE GALLATIN, Tenn. …
Theologian said religion should free the oppressed
James Cone, theologian and author of “Black Theology & Black Power,” has died at the age of 79. Cone’s writings and teachings connected religion with …
Florida’s Callaway fails drug test
Antonio Callaway PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLIGATOR ARMY GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Former Florida receiver Antonio Callaway failed a drug test at the NFL combine, a …
Business leader to intro Small Business Admin chief in SC
Stephen Gilchrist COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The head of a group representing black business leaders in South Carolina is introducing the chief of the Small …
US pending home sales tick up in March for 2nd straight gain
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Slightly more Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March, yet higher mortgage rates and a …