A seventeen-year-old Newport News, Virginia teenager never knew he had a future as a firefighter. But now he may believe he can become one after saving a neighborhood building from a fire. Jordan Jones was playing catch outside with friends when he saw heavy black smoke emitting from the building. He then jumped on the […]
In 30 years of civil rights service many haven’t gone through the transformation that the Reverend Al Sharpton has. From a fire-mouthed civil rights leader who appeared on television shows fighting other guests; to leading protests in New York City that almost led to race wars; to now backing President Obama on several issues and […]
DETROIT — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter’s medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended, the unemployed mother was in handcuffs; her daughter placed in a psychiatric hospital for children. Godboldo […]
The Dallas Mavericks Beat The Oklahoma City Thunder 93-87 to go up 2-1 in the Western Conference Finals last night. The Mavs have continued to defy odds ever since their astonishing defeat over the LA Lakers in four games. Both Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion scored 18 points, while Jason Kidd scored 13. The Mavericks […]
MONTREAL — Philadelphia boxer Bernard Hopkins, 46, became the oldest man to win a world title on Saturday when he defeated Canadian Jean Pascal by unanimous decision to claim the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight belts. “I knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I wasn’t going to be denied. You’re supposed to […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hassan Qasim lies shackled to a wall in a hallway with 25 other patients at a clinic for the mentally ill. He whispers under his breath and spits at his neighbors. Torn and dirty clothes hang off his skinny frame. Doctors say the 25-year-old’s brother and sister were killed in front of […]
BEIRUT — Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for slain anti-government protesters Saturday, pushing the number of people reported killed in a two-month uprising to more than 900 and making it one of the deadliest of the Arab Spring. The latest bloodshed suggests that crackdowns by President Bashar Assad’s regime show no […]
LONDON — U.S. President Barack Obama says he would order another covert military raid like that which killed Osama bin Laden if it was necessary to stop terrorist attacks. Pakistan is furious that that United States sent Navy SEALs to raid bin Laden’s Pakistan hideaway earlier this month without informing Pakistani authorities. Obama told the […]
