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Eddie Murphy to receive Golden Globe Award
Comedian and serious actor Eddie Murphy will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January. “We are thrilled to be celebrating the lasting impact on film and television that his career in front of or behind the camera has through the decades,†said Helen Hoehne, president of the…
Read MoreJohn Lewis honored with a U.S. Postal Service stamp
The U.S. Postal Service introduced on Tuesday a stamp honoring John Lewis, the civil rights leader, congressman, and former president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Mr. Lewis led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge that became known as “Bloody Sunday†after Alabama State Troopers attacked peaceful marchers, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …
Read MoreTrump gets a whipping
The January 6 committee today charged former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection by obstructing an official proceeding, defrauding the United States, marking false statements, and assisting an insurrection. Bennie Thompson, the committee chairman, said during today’s meeting that he has “every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide a road…
Read MoreCapitol rioter sentenced to hard time
A rioter who chased U.S. Capitol Police Eugene Goodman during the January 6, 2021, insurrection, sparked by former President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Douglas Jensen, who was one of 10 rioters to enter the Capitol, was convicted by a jury in September of seven charges. The charges included obstruction…
Read MoreClaudine Gay is named president of Harvard
Claudine Gay has been named the first Black woman president of Harvard University, and she’s the school’s 30th president. Since 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Science, the university’s largest and most academically diverse faculty, spanning the biological and physical sciences and engineering, social sciences, and the…
Read MorePolice are the only suspects in the death of Ronald Greene
Five state police officers and a local cop were charged with beating to death Ronald Greene, a Black man, following a traffic stop. The cops tossed his body on the side of the road to cover up the murder. The cops told Greene’s relatives that he had been killed in a car accident. The state…
Read MorePan Am bombing suspect in jail
One of the suspects accused of building a bomb that killed 270 passengers and the crew aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is being held in U.S. District Court in Washington, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi (Mas’ud), 71, of Tunisia…
Read MoreFort Worth cop is convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson
A former Fort Worth, Texas police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson by firing a shot through the bedroom window of her home was convicted on Thursday of manslaughter following two weeks of testimony and 13 hours of deliberations. A jury ruled that Aaron Dean was guilty and he now faces a prison sentence…
Read MorePele’ is very ill
Pele’, considered the world’s greatest football player of all time, said watching Brazil in the World Cup in Qatar on Saturday gave him energy despite the seriousness of his medical condition. Pele’ may be entering the final stop of his storied career where presidents and other world leaders begged him for his autograph, said he…
Read MoreAfrican American Children’s book fair is coming to Pennsylvania
The African American 31st Annual Children’s Book Fair will be held Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The event is free, and it will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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