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Apr 05 2024
News
Federalsburg, Md. apologizes for discrimination against Black voters
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO The small town of Federalsburg on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore for decades used a method of voting that systematically denied African Americans from holding elective office. This week, the town did something that rarely happens: They issued a formal apology to the residents who had been harmed by that policy. In what plaintiffs are
AfroApr 11 2024
Opinion
O.J. Simpson Changed Everything
For those of us born after the baby boom, June 17, 1994, was nothing less than our JFK moment.
Where were you during the O.J. Simpson chase? The night that law enforcement trailed Simpson—the wildly popular NFL Hall of Famer, sports commentator, and sometimes actor who goofed around in those Naked Gun movies, who was now incomprehensibly a fugitive from justice, wanted for the murder
Time MagazineApr 05 2024
News
State wants Casper Mountain gravel mine developer to 'relinquish' rights in light of opposition - WyoFile
The Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to explore how the state might negotiate with a gravel mining company to voluntarily “relinquish” leases that allow it to pursue a mining project at the base of Casper Mountain and possibly compensate the developer for fees already paid to the state. How much the state might have to compensate the company, and where the
WyoFileApr 06 2024
News
'This puts our cops in danger,' NYPD brass says after Bronx judges release gun-wielding migrant squatters
New York Police Department Chief of Patrol John Chell said the recidivism of suspects facing charges who are let go by lenient judges, against the backdrop of the state's lax bail laws, puts rank-and-file officers in grave danger. Chell spoke Thursday with Fox News' "The Story" about the case of eight migrants who were found squatting in an apartment in the Bronx that was allegedly flush with
Fox News DigitalApr 06 2024
News
LSU legend Seimone Augustus among 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
Seimone Augustus will soon be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The hall announced Saturday that Augustus — the Capitol High product, LSU legend and WNBA champion — was voted into its class of 2024 inductees as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Augustus is a two-time Naismith college player of the year, an eight-time WNBA all-star and a four-time WNBA champion. She led
The Times-PicayuneMar 10 2023
News
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law this week rolling back requirements that the state verify the ages of workers under 16 and provide them with work certificates permitting them to work. Effectively, the new law signed by the Republican governor applies to those who are 14 and 15 years old because in most
NPR Fact CheckApr 06 2024
News
Amendment 3: Florida’s recreational marijuana ballot measure, explained
Florida voters will decide this November whether recreational marijuana should be legalized for adult use. But if the measure passes, what happens next? The state Supreme Court signed off Monday on ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment. If at least 60% of voters approve the measure, it will usher in an expected multibillion-dollar industry and open the marijuana market to
Tampa Bay TimesMar 29 2024
News
On the heels of multiple extreme storms, Kennebunkport adopts pared back Climate Action Plan
KENNEBUNKPORT – “We are contemplating a Soviet Politburo style policy in a small town, which will not change the weather or the climate,” said resident Bob Domine. That’s only a sampling of the strong feelings generated by Kennebunkport’s landmark Climate Action Plan, which was up for a vote at the March 28 Select Board meeting. An amended version of the plan was unanimously approved by the
Portland Press HeraldJun 15 2023
News
Censure measure targeting Schiff fails, but gets too many GOP votes
As the current Congress got underway in January, Speaker Kevin McCarthy made no effort to hide one of his top priorities: He was determined to punish Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. The Republican’s case against his fellow Californian was “specious and vague,” and some of the speaker’s attacks were “based on figments of imagination,” but McCarthy proceeded anyway. When the GOP leader set out to
MSNBCJan 02 2023
News
What laws and changes Ohio lawmakers want to pass in 2023
A new set of state lawmakers will be sworn in on Tuesday, and they've got big plans on everything from how the medical marijuana program should be run to whether Ohio should still impose the death penalty. The 135th General Assembly will be dominated by Republican ideas. The GOP has the governorship as well as supermajorities in both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate. And it's expected they will
The Columbus Dispatch