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WTH?! Pakistani Baby In Hiding After Police Charge Tot With Attempted Murder

Source: Reuters / New York Daily News LAHORE, Pakistan – Relatives of a nine-month old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken him into hiding, one said on Tuesday, in a case that has thrown a spotlight on Pakistan’s dysfunctional criminal justice system. Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of […]

AG Eric Holder Shoots Down Rep. Gohmert’s Contempt Threat: ‘You Don’t Want to Go There!’

Source: Matt Wilstein / Mediaite Attorney General Eric Holder got into a tense confrontation with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) during a his appearance before a House Judicial Committee oversight hearing Tuesday. When Gohmert raised the threat of holding the attorney general in contempt of Congress, Holder shot back, “You don’t want to go there, buddy.” Gohmert was referencing the 2012 vote by […]

Judge Disqualifies MLK Estate Lawyer From Case

Source: AP/ theGrio ATLANTA — A judge has ruled that a lawyer for the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. cannot participate in a dispute over the ownership of King’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize. The slain civil rights icon’s estate, controlled by his sons, is locked in a legal dispute with his daughter, the Rev. Bernice […]

Pres. Obama’s Aunt Dies After Living In U.S. Illegally

Source: AP / USA Today BOSTON – An aunt of President Barack Obama who was denied asylum in the U.S. but stayed illegally for years has died in Massachusetts. Zeituni Onyango was 61. Cleveland attorney Margaret Wong represented Onyango in her immigration case. She says Onyango died Tuesday in a Boston rehabilitation center. She says […]

Chris Brown Taken Into Custody By U.S. Marshals; Will Be Brought To D.C. For Trial

Source: NBC Washington Chris Brown has been taken into custody by U.S. marshals and will be transported to Washington, D.C., for an upcoming misdemeanor assault trial, an official said Thursday. He will be brought to D.C. for pre-trial hearings later this week. The singer has been in a Los Angeles jail since he was dismissed from a […]

David Letterman To Retire From ‘Late Show’ In 2015

Source: Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times Get ready for another late-night shake-up. David Letterman is preparing to retire from “The Late Show” in 2015, the comedian announced Thursday. The host, who turns 67 this month, plans to say goodnight to his hosting duties once his current contract expires next year. The news, which first […]

FSU Under Investigation For Handling Of Jameis Winston Case

Source: Rachel Axon / USA Today The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation of Florida State University into whether its handling of the Jameis Winston rape allegations violated Title IX laws, according to a letter confirming the decision that was obtained by USA TODAY Sports. An FSU student said she was raped […]

Man Seeks Answers As Jefferson Parish Arrest Video Goes Viral

Source: Travers Mackel / WDSU RIVER RIDGE, La. — A man arrested during a videotaped incident in Jefferson Parish tells the WDSU I-Team he believes a deputy clearly crossed the line. In the video, 26-year-old Donrell Breaux asked the deputy why he was trying to enter a River Ridge home. What followed was recorded on […]

Elephants In The Room Missing THE Elephant In The Room

by Lenny McAllister  Global Grind This latest dust-up between Ebony’s Jamilah Lemieux and the RNC’s Raffi Williams – all playing out on Twitter and other social media platforms over the past week – was hard to ignore, although I really tried. The responses from many Black Republicans and conservatives (including friends, colleagues, and those that I […]

Richard Sherman: DeSean Jackson And I Can’t Change Where We’re From

by Richard Sherman I’m not going to tell you that DeSean Jackson isn’t in a gang, because I can’t say unequivocally that he isn’t. I can’t tell you whether his friends have done the things police have accused them of doing, because I wasn’t there. I can’t tell you what DeSean does with his time, […]