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St. Petersburg Collegiate High School named a National Blue Ribbon School
October 10, 2017 - St. Petersburg College has been recognized as an Exemplary High Performing School National Blue Ribbon for 2017 by the U.S. Department of Education. The award recognizes SPCHS for being among the state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. “I am immensely proud of our students and grateful for the dedicated St. ... Read more
Trump Threatens To Yank FEMA Responders From Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
October 12, 2017 - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to withdraw federal aid from Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory continues struggling to recover from back-to-back hurricanes. In a series of tweets, Trump quoted conservative journalist and frequent Fox News guest Sharyl Attkison blaming Puerto Rico for its festering financial crisis and suggested Federal Emergency Management... Read more
Colin Kaepernick files grievance against NFL, alleging collusion by team owners to keep him unsigned
October 17, 2017 - In an official grievance filed Sunday against the NFL, Colin Kaepernick alleges he remains out of the league due to team owners punishing him for kneeling during the national anthem. The former 49ers quarterback became a free agent in March. No team has given him a shot. Mark Geragos, one of Kapernick’s attorneys, released an official statement ... Read more
Breaking: Shooting at First Baptist Church in TX
November 6, 2017 -
Several witnesses have told CBS affiliate KENS that multiple people were shot at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt has stated that a man went into the church and began shooting. He also said there are multiple casualties and fatalities.
A local business owner, Dana Fletcher, said she a “ton” of... Read more
2 other UCLA basketball players arrested in China for allegedly shoplifting
November 11, 2017 - UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford will sit the three players involved in a shoplifting incident in China for Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai. Alford, however, declined to address the issue further.
“The University came out with a statement, so I won’t have any further comment on this other than in answering that question — tho... Read more
US Army Quietly Lifts Ban on Recruits With Some Mental-Health Issues
November 13, 2017 - Most likely in its quest to make a stated goal of recruiting 80,000 new soldiers by next year, the Army quietly loosened its rules in order to allow those with a history of self-mutilation, bipolar disorder, depression and drug and alcohol abuse to join its ranks through waivers.
According to USA Today, the Army enacted the policy in August with no announcement. Newsweek r... Read more
Homeland Security official resigns over comment calling Blacks lazy, promiscuous
November 21, 2017 -
A Department of Homeland Security official resigned after it came out on Thursday that he had made derogatory comments about Black people and Muslims on conservative talk radio. CNN broke the story of Rev. Jamie Johnson‘s comment on “The Right Balance,” on Accent Radio Network, in 2008. On the show, an unidentified speaker asked ... Read more
Omarosa on ‘petty’ Robin Roberts: ‘It’s a black woman civil war’
December 18, 2017 - Omarosa Manigault doesn’t appreciate Robin Roberts‘ “petty” response to the news that she’d left the White House. Roberts didn’t make any secret of the fact that she was glad to see Omarosa go. The beloved anchor threw a “Bye Felicia” line out on Good Morning America on Thursday that summed up the mood of m... Read more
Black media thankfully shut out of Trump Fake News Awards
January 19, 2017 - On Wednesday, Donald Trump rolled out his long-promised 2017 Fake News Awards.
The embattled president announced the Trump Fake News Awards by tweeting a link listing the so-called winners. Unfortunately for the social-media savvy POTUS the awards stumbled right out of the starting gate when the link took visitors to a site that was down for maintenance. Eventually, th... Read more
Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year
January 23, 2018 -
More inmates died in Florida prisons last year than in any other year on record, leaving the state scrambling to identify causes and find solutions. The tally, 428 inmate deaths in 2017, was released late Friday by the Florida Department of Corrections and showed a 20 percent increase over previous years. The inmates who died were, on average, younger than in previous year... Read more