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Dr. David M. French was a former Howard University professor of pediatric surgery who treated the injuries of civil rights protesters in the 1960s and fought to stop the segregation of health-care facilities. He passed away on March 31 at the age of 86. Dr. French was also a founding member of the Medical Committee […]

Detroit, Michigan–  Detroit is facing the challenge of cutting city costs by down-sizing the city and consolidating the city’s inhabitants in response to the  rapid  population decrease. Their ultimate plan is to have numerous people from all ends of the city relocate to the “strongest and most viable” neighborhoods, so the city can cost-effectively provide […]

PHILADELPHIA — A former skinhead will have his sentence reduced in the 1989 shooting death of a black man because a Philadelphia judge imposed a longer sentence than permitted at the time of the crime.

NEW YORK-While many sectors of the economy have not recovered from the recession, “loosies” or Black market single sold cigarettes are providing income for a lot of people in New York City. The New York Times reports: “The tax went up, and we started selling 10 times as much,” Mr. Warner said. “Bloomberg thinks he’s […]

WASHINGTON — The Air Force secretary says the service has been spending about $4 million a day to keep 50 fighter jets and nearly 40 support aircraft in the Libya conflict, including the cost of munitions.

NEW YORK-Joseph Donato a school janitor at John Quincy Adams Elementary School in Deer Park, L.I. was arrested and charged with weapon possession and he admitted to being a KKK member. The New York Daily News reports: Cops said they were investigating the extent of Donato’s involvement with the KKK – including whether he tried […]

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police investigators say eight more women may be linked to the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings of women and girls shot or strangled since 1985.

ATLANTA – The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday if his father had not been killed more than four decades ago, the civil rights icon would be fighting alongside workers rallying to protect collective bargaining rights. Martin Luther King III joined about 1,000 marchers in Atlanta and thousands more across […]

PHILADELPHIA-Mahlon Graham, a 5th grader from Philadelphia has been named a hero for alerting authorities about a fire that trapped several senior citizens. The Fire Commissioner in Philadelphia has already called him a hero. View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com. RELATED STORIES Mother Dies After Saving Children From Townhouse Fire 8-Year-Old Dies Trying To Save Baby […]

WASHINGTON D.C.-Peter King, the congressman from New York known for his House hearings on the possible radicalization of Muslim-Americans has had a pig’s foot sent to his office in Washington D.C. The Huffington Post reports: “There’s blood, there’s the severed foot. The message refers to Mohammed, and it says all babies in America would be […]

New York– The Secret Service is investigating a data heist that is being called the largest data heist in history.

LIBERTY, Texas — Six of the 19 men and boys accused of taking part in a series of sexual assaults on an 11-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Monday in a case that has horrified and divided a small Texas town.