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CNN — Susan Lorincz, the White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through the door of her central Florida apartment during a dispute over children playing near her home, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Owens’ family and prosecutors asked Lorincz receive the maximum penalty of 30 years. Judge Robert […]
A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children faces sentencing Monday for her manslaughter conviction. Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023. […]
(CNN) — Top telecom executives met with US national security officials at the White House on Friday as concerns mount over a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage campaign that has targeted some of the most senior US political figures in the country. The hackers burrowed deep into some major US telecom providers to spy on phone calls […]
This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here. The buyers flocked to the slave auctions held at the Georgia estate, eager to inspect the human property on display. There were cooks, carriage drivers, washer women and ladies’ maids. The trader — a woman named Annie Poore — paraded the Black captives […]
United States President-elect Donald Trump has been welcomed to the White House by outgoing President Joe Biden as part of a traditional transition meeting. The meeting between the two rivals in the Oval Office on Wednesday comes after a confrontational election campaign, in which Biden dropped out over the summer following a disastrous debate performance […]
Trump, Biden meet at White House Donald Trump and Joe Biden are meeting in the Oval Office, according to reporters at the White House. The press was only let into the room for about a minute, but could hear Trump say something about how politics is tough, and thank Biden for a smooth transition of […]
Bloomberg via Getty Images Donald Trump at his first inauguration in 2017 Donald Trump and his Republican Party have an ambitious agenda and (near) control of US Congress. Trump has said he will “make heads spin” as he moves full-speed ahead after his inauguration on 20 January. His team has said to expect a flurry […]
Home Daily News Mississippi Senate paid Black lawyer ‘significantly… Civil Rights Mississippi Senate paid Black lawyer ‘significantly less’ than white colleagues, DOJ suit alleges By Debra Cassens Weiss November 11, 2024, 1:57 pm CST The Mississippi State Capitol building, which houses the Mississippi Senate, in Jackson, Mississippi. A U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit has accused […]
General Frederic Davison For decades, Black Americans fought in the U.S. military to bring liberty to people around the world, even though those rights were often denied to them at home. Nevertheless, these heroes have sacrificed their safety and devoted their lives to protecting the promise of America— that the country will one day truly […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for doing the same job, the U.S. Justice Department says in a lawsuit it filed Friday. “Discriminatory employment practices, like paying a Black employee less than their white colleagues for the […]