Marion Barry got gifts from 2 DC contractors
WASHINGTON (AP) – D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry has reported receiving thousands of dollars in gifts from two construction firms that do business with the city, …
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Gov’t panel taking fresh look at roots of failed armed uprising of 1990
PORT-OF-SPAIN – The Muslim cleric who led a small army that stormed Trinidad & Tobago’s Parliament in a blaze of gunfire is a free man. …
Official: Texas home searched in ricin probe
NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) – A law enforcement official says a Texas home has been searched and a resident interviewed as part of the investigation …
Mourners: Shabazz was on road to redemption when killed
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on …
Gov’t seizes wide news agency’s phone records in leak probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press in what the news …
Malcolm Shabazz, 28, leader’s grandson, killed in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a bar fight, Mexican authorities said Friday. He …
Folk singer Richie Havens, 72
NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday. He was 72.
Uncle: Suspects shamed family
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) – An uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday said the brothers had brought shame to the family and …
Officials: Extremism motivated bombing suspects
BOSTON (AP) — Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, was an ardent reader of jihadist websites …
Senators’ bipartisan call seeks pardon for boxer Jack Johnson
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has voted to urge President Barack Obama to pardon the first black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, who was convicted …