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Supreme Court declines appeal request from ex-Detroit mayor

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to overturn his corruption conviction and 28-year prison…

Murder-for-hire plot featured on ‘Cops’ headed to trial

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — If the State of Florida’s attempted murder-for-hire case against Dalia Dippolito unfolds like a reality show, maybe that’s because it…

Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant refusal…

Family seeks firing of White NYC cop who killed Black teen

NEW YORK (AP) — The family and friends of an unarmed Black teen shot to death in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother by…

Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

NEW YORK (AP) — Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of…

Bill Cosby charged with a sex crime dating to 2004

ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was arrested in the twilight of his life and career Wednesday and charged with a decade-old sex crime…

2 Cleveland officers still in jeopardy over Tamir Rice case

CLEVELAND (AP) — Despite the grand jury decision not to charge a White patrolman in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, the case is far…

Chicago cop pleads not guilty to murder charges

CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday.…

White officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy

CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a White rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who…

Prosecutor says no indictment in Sandra Bland jail death

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A grand jury decided that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a Black woman who…

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