By Al Jazeera English, 21 April 2013 The number of detainees taking part in a hunger strike at the US-run Guantanamo Bay military prison has grown to 77, an increase of 25 in just the past few days, according to a US military spokesman. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House said in a statement that of the [...]
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) announce that on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 360, the resolution to request that Congress bestow its highest civilian honor – the Congressional Gold Medal – to Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and [...]
by Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) April 20 — President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings “closed an important chapter in this tragedy.” But he acknowledged that many unanswered questions remain about the motivations of the two men accused of perpetrating the attacks [...]
Birmingham, Alabama—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and placed in solitary confinement in the Birmingham City Jail on Good Friday, April 12, 1963. During the time of his incarceration—which lasted through April 20—King wrote his legendary epistle Letter From Birmingham Jail. While area clergymen encouraged black leaders like King, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the [...]
by Barrington M. Salmon Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer It is customary for the evening news and other media outlets to characterize Africa in the most negative and derisive manner. Droughts, coups, famine, civil unrest and poverty often take center stage while any number of success stories and the many positive developments [...]
Associated Press – Mon, Apr 1, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s presidential spokesman says former President Nelson Mandela spent Monday with family members in the hospital where he is being treated for a fifth day for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia. The 94-year-old who helped free South Africa from white minority [...]
The New High School Building Project, which includes classrooms, administrative offices, science labs, media center, cafeteria, conference rooms, restrooms, weight room, band room, storm shelter/safe room, nurses’ station, counselor’s office, drivers education, and distance learning area, is approximately 50% complete as of March 1, 2013. The construction progress includes foundation pads, concrete block walls, and [...]
The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) will conduct a Community Awareness Grant Seekers Workshop in Eutaw on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:30 pm, at the William McKinley Branch Courthouse. Community organizations based in and serving BBCF’s 12-county service area are eligible to apply. Those counties include Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, [...]
By Karen Crouse, NY Times ORLANDO — A few miles from the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Tiger Woods ran into a fire hydrant and out gushed sordid details of his private life. Two years later, in November 2011, he reached rock bottom in his professional life, dropping to No. 58 in the world rankings. [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Dwindling state budgets have had an unintended positive effect – prompting states to reduce the number of juveniles arrested and detained, according to a new report by the Justice Policy Institute. JPI, a nonprofit group that advocates for criminal justice reform, identified five states that achieved [...]
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