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LISTEN: Marian Wright Edelman On Gun Violence: ‘Are We Going To Keep Letting Our Children Be Slaughtered?’

Roland Martin talks with Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, about the impact of gun violence on the black community and the lack of community outrage over what she says is a “war against our children.”

Federal Investigators Probing Alleged $18 Million Scam Involving NFL And NBA Players

Source: Rand Getlin / Yahoo! Sports On the heels of regulators red-flagging a potential $18 million scam last week, multiple federal agencies are probing investments sold to NFL and NBA players, Yahoo! Sports has learned. According to multiple sources that spoke to Yahoo! Sports on the condition of anonymity, several professional athletes have either been contacted or been [...]

Transcript: Statement By The President Today On Reducing Gun Violence

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Rose Garden 5:35 P.M. EDT MR. BARDEN:  Hello.  My name is Mark Barden.  Just four months ago, my wife Jackie and I lost our son, and our children, James and Natalie, they lost their little brother Daniel.  Daniel was a first-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  Our sweet, 7-year-old Daniel was [...]

NABJ Statement On References To Race In Boston Bombing Coverage

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) urges all news outlets to use extreme caution when reporting on the tragic events which occurred in Boston this week. There have been various reports identifying a potential suspect as “a dark-skinned individual”. This terminology is not only offensive, but also offers an incomplete picture [...]

President Obama: Senate Background Check Failure ‘Shameful’

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Carrie Dann, Kelly O’Donnell and Kasie Hunt / NBC News Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday [...]

LIVE VIDEO: Press Briefing By Press Secretary Jay Carney

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Suspicious Letter Sent To President Obama Intercepted At Screening Facility, Report Says

Source: The Huffington Post Less than a day after police intercepted a letter laced with the poison ricin that was sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), reports of two more poison-tainted letters have emerged, including one to President Barack Obama. Chad Pergram of Fox News tweeted on Wednesday that a letter sent to Obama from same sender of the [...]

Wife Of Ex-Judge Arrested In Slain Texas DA Case

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Danny Robbins / AP / ABC News A probable cause affidavit says Eric Williams sent an email, one day after the McLellands’ bodies were discovered, implying there would be another attack if authorities didn’t respond to various demands. The email was sent from Eric Williams’ personal computer. [...]

Pressure Cooker Lid Found Near Boston Bomb Site

Source: Donna Leinwand Leger, Kevin Johnson and Doug Stanglin / USA Today Investigators painstakingly gathering fragments of evidence from the two explosions that killed 3 people at the Boston Marathon have recovered the lid from a pressure cooker apparently used as the explosive device, according to a federal law enforcement source. The official, who has been [...]

Joe Manchin Says Background Check Measure Doesn’t Have The Votes, Accuses NRA Of Lying

Source:  Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) admitted Wednesday that his background check amendment did not have the votes for passage, and said in a television appearance that the National Rifle Association was lying about his bill. “We will not get the votes today,” Manchin told NBC News. That was a big admission [...]