Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Derrick Johnson, left, president of the Mississippi NAACP, talks to the media on behalf of Stacey Payton, center right, and Hollis Payton, right, the parents of a high school student, in front of the Stone County Courthouse in Wiggins, Miss., Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Johnson is demanding a federal investigation after the parents…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Emmett Till Memory Project) Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com Gunmen recently fired bullets into a sign commemorating where Emmett Till’s beaten body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955 after Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam murdered the 14-year-old boy. His brutal murder sparked the modern…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  “Vote Trump” is spray painted on the side of the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Fire Chief Ruben Brown tells The Associated Press that firefighters found flames and smoke pouring from the sanctuary of the church just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.  (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) By…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Donna Brazile speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) By David Bauder associated press NEW YORK — CNN said it is “completely uncomfortable” to learn through WikiLeaks that former commentator Donna Brazile had contacted the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby, right, arrives for a hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors at the pretrial hearing on Tuesday will ask the judge to let the other accusers testify to show Cosby drugged and molested young women in a “signature”…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane leaves court in handcuffs after her sentencing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Kane is sentenced to 10-to-23 months in county prison and 8 years probation.  (Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com via AP, Pool) By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Former Attorney…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Attorney General Kamala Harris, California Attorney General’s Office By Michael R. Blood Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Come Election Day, California could legalize pot. Its new U.S. senator will be Black or Hispanic – a first for the state. And voters could end the death penalty and revive bilingual education in schools. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cover photo for the California National Guard Facebook page.  (Photo: Facebook) By David S. Cloud Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war. Now…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, freed Chibok school girls sit during a meeting with Nigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja,, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leaders…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com By Emily Swanson associated press WASHINGTON — After a week of revelations and allegations about Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, a third party twist lends an unprecedented level of uncertainty to one conservative stronghold. The Associated Press this week moves Utah to a tossup after recent polls there showed a…

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