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A Black police officer in Florida was fired this week after footage from his body camera showed him using the n-word during a personal phone call and while making an arrest last November. Delvin White, an eight-year veteran of the Tampa Police Department, was a school resource officer at Middleton High School in Tampa. He

A woman who says she is the direct descendant of a man and woman pictured in some of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people does not have a property interest in the images, now owned by Harvard University, a Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesday. Tamara Lanier, 58, took Harvard to court in March 2019 for

Click here for updates on this story     Hot Springs, North Carolina (WLOS) — There is a special place nestled in the mountains south of Hot Springs where artists can come together to create. It is an ever-evolving space that began as a small log cabin on some farmland off Highway 209. The place is Azule,

Though thousands are still under boil water advisories, about 5,000 customers in Jackson, Mississippi, don’t have water service, a decline from earlier this week. Charles Williams, public works director in Jackson, said in a news conference Friday that there have been improvements in water restoration in the city, estimating that “less than possibly 5,000 customers”

No, Californians have not been packing up and leaving the Golden State en masse during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s despite some headlines and anecdotal claims to the contrary, according to a new study published Thursday by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab. And as for the thousands of Californians who did move during 2020, most stayed

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Cocktails-to-go edged closer to becoming a reality in Georgia with passage in the state Senate Friday of a measure allowing restaurants to sell curbside alcoholic beverages in tightly sealed containers with takeout food. Sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass, R-Newnan, the bill would

Click here for updates on this story     COVINGTON, Georgia (Rockdale Citizen) — Law enforcement authorities have located a U-Haul moving truck and trailer stolen from a local motel that contained all of a couple’s belongings — including the ashes of their son who died five years ago at the age of 6 months. Covington Police

Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr. Father: James Lovell Sr. Mother: Blanche Lovell Marriage: Marilyn (Gerlach) Lovell (1952-present) Children: Jeffrey, Susan, James III, and Barbara Education: Attended University of Wisconsin, 1946-1948; US Naval Academy, B.S.,

Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name: Keith Rupert Murdoch Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher Mother: Elisabeth (Greene) Murdoch, philanthropist Marriages: Jerry Hall (March 4, 2016 – present); Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013, divorced); Anna (Torv) Murdoch (1967-1999,

Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Facts Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the treatment of detainees at the prison was prompted by the discovery of graphic photos depicting guards

Click here for updates on this story     OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — The community in Oakland’s Chinatown is fighting back in its own way to protect citizens after a spike in violent attacks and robberies. An alarming number of brutal assaults, many of them unprovoked and targeting the community’s most vulnerable elderly members, have led to

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Who says black cats are bad luck? One just found the best luck here at a Pittsburgh-area animal shelter that helped her reunite with her long-lost owner. Animal Friends says Nova went missing as a young cat just before Christmastime in 2016. She and