FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced to probation Wednesday for assaulting a teenage girl in a South Carolina hotel room. Black was originally charged with rape, but
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Fact check: Claim of sex-trafficking investigation at a Maryland McDonald’s is false
The claim: A McDonald’s in Elkton, Maryland, was permanently shut down due to a sex-trafficking investigation Viral posts on social media claim a McDonald’s in Elkton, Maryland, was recently shut
Continue reading »How to watch President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time Wednesday, nearly 100 days into his presidency. The White House confirmed Biden accepted House
Continue reading »‘A pillar and stalwart’: Hester Ford, the oldest person in US, dies at 115 (or maybe 116)
A North Carolina woman who lived through the Spanish flu, World Wars I and II and the civil rights movement died Sunday, according to her family. Hester Ford was either 115 or 116.
Continue reading »Kim Potter, ex-Brooklyn Center police officer charged in Daunte Wright death, to appear in court
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – The former Brooklyn Center police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright will make her first court appearance Thursday. Kim Potter, 48,
Continue reading »Chicago officials will publicly release bodycam footage of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on Thursday
CHICAGO — Police body camera video will be released Thursday from last month’s fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago officer who chased him into an alley on the city’s
Continue reading »Three Supreme Court justices tackle U.S. partisan divisions in public remarks
WASHINGTON – Three Supreme Court justices on Wednesday urged Americans to reach past partisan divisions and seek common ground as they carefully avoided discussing growing calls on the left for structural
Continue reading »‘We are done dying’: NAACP, others express outrage at pepper-spraying of Black and Latino Army officer during traffic stop
Virginia’s attorney general, at least one congressman and the local NAACP are expressing outrage at the actions of Windsor police officers who pointed weapons, peppered-sprayed and threatened a Black and Latino military officer
Continue reading »Georgia’s election reform law isn’t voter suppression, but Republicans need to ease up
Once again, Georgia found itself in the national spotlight for yet another controversial and polarizing political topic — election reform legislation. As the lieutenant governor of Georgia I had a front
Continue reading »4 people, including a child, dead in shooting at Southern California office building; suspect injured
Four people, including a child, are dead after a suspect opened fire at an office building in Southern California, according to police. Details were scarce late Wednesday night regarding the
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