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The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured and abused two Black men in a racist attack were sentenced on Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison on state charges. The men — former Rankin County Sheriff’s deputies Brett Morris McAlpin, 53; Christian Dedmon, 29; Jeffrey Middleton, 46; Hunter Elward, 31; and Daniel […]
Scottie Scheffler secured his second Masters Tournament victory in three years on Sunday, finishing 11 under and four strokes up on his closest competitors. The 27-year-old American was tied with Ludvig Aberg, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa coming into the eighth hole before the world no. 1 hit three straight birdies to take the lead for […]
A former United States ambassador was sentenced Friday to 15 years of imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges that he served for decades as a secret agent for Cuba’s spy agency. The Justice Department had
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 2 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Victor Rocha abruptly reversed his plea in February after initially pleading not guilty to the charges. An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an […]
A former U.S. ambassador who has been previously charged with spying for Cuba was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Victor Manuel Rocha, 73 who previously served as U.S . . .
VAN HORN, Texas – Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, will finally fly into space at 90 years old on Blue Origin’s next launch to the edge of space. Dwight is among the six-person crew launching . . .
William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he continued to insist he was […]
Ricky L. Jones “All of the healers have been killed or betrayed.” – Gil Scott-Heron . . .
Today marks a solemn anniversary in Brazil: 60 years ago, the Brazilian military seized power from the government of João Goulart, marking the start of over two decades of military rule. Brazil’s 2014 Truth Commission report is the country’s only formal investigation into this period of dictatorial rule. The commission’s 2,000-page report revealed some grisly […]
And it is a true Black Country tale of love as Val Best is from Wednesbury and her husband Geoff from Dudley. Val, aged 79 and Geoff, aged 83, married on March 28, 1964, at St Paul’s Church in Wednesbury and set up home in Sedgley where they have lived in the same house for […]