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3 sentenced to prison in slaying of Black man in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Three young White men who admitted they were out hunting Black people to attack when they beat, ran over and...

Record-level of criminal exonerations

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black criminal defendants accounted for roughly 46 percent of the 125 known exonerations in 2014, the highest annual number of exonerations...

Inmate at center of Baltimore jail scandal gets 12 years

BALTIMORE (AP) — The same prosecutors who painted a gang member as the architect of a widespread drug and cellphone smuggling conspiracy said Monday...

Justice Thomas objects to court's signal on gay marriage

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is inappropriately signaling it intends to clear the way for gay marriage across the nation, Justice Clarence Thomas...

Sisters divided in murder trial of ex-NFLer Aaron Hernandez

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — They are sisters, born just two years apart. Now they are divided by the aisle of a courtroom. Shayanna Jenkins...

Feds issue guide on human-trafficking prevention to schools

The U.S. Department of Education has released a guide on identifying and preventing human trafficking to help teachers and administrators handle such issues with...

Ire over Netanyahu's speech, but Dems hopes to limit fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama's blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little...

Angela Davis still an activist…At 71, the freedom fighter battles on

Say the name Angela Davis and, depending upon with whom you speak, a range of opinions, emotions and thoughts automatically ensue. But, to hear the...

War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city

GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II...

Black Press called ‘essential’ to future progress

NASSAU, Bahamas (NNPA) – A top Bahamas official praised the Black Press last week as essential to truthfully and creditably chronicling African American progress...

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