Week In Review

President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, during a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss executive actions the president can take to curb gun violence. The president is slated to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening U.S. gun laws, kicking off…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Bill Foster In order to make Philadelphia the best it can be, a lot of Divine Guidance was requested at Monday’s City Government Inaugural Ceremonies. By Denise Clay While it wasn’t quite a church service, the Inauguration of Mayor Jim Kenney and the 2016-2017 version of Philadelphia City Council was a ceremony filled…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Stop Mass Incarcerations Network sponsored a children’s march on the one year anniversary of Tamir Rice’s death at the hands of the Cleveland police.  (a katz / Shutterstock.com) By Mark Gillispie Associated Press CLEVELAND — Nearly 400 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby (Photo: Randy Miramontez / shutterstock) By Maryclaire Dale associated press NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Surrounded by family, attorneys and supporters, Geneva Reed-Veal, center, mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas county jail three days after a confrontation with a white state trooper, speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, in Houston. A federal judge has set a…

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By Ronda Racha Penrice Urban News Service Fourteen-year-old Bobby Hill is ending 2015 on a high note. Since blowing away Pope Francis and the world with his impassioned rendition of “Pie Jesu” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1985 Requiem during September’s Festival of Families, Hill has found himself in heavy demand. December has been especially busy. …

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Attorney Benjamin Crump, center, holds up the arms of two of the accusers in the trial of Daniel Holtzclaw, Jannie Ligons, second from left, and Shardayreon Hill, second from right, during a news conference in Oklahoma City, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. The AP does not identify victims of sex crimes without their consent,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this Oct. 20, 2014 frame from dash-cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being shot by officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago. Amid an outcry after the city waited more than a year to release dash-cam footage of Officer Van Dyke shooting…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rev. Terrance Griffith, (at podium) Pres. of Philadelphia Black Clergy & Vicinity is surrounded by Phila. NAACP President Min. Rodney Muhammad (fourth from left) and members of  Phila. NAACP and Phila. Community of Leaders, speaks about the latest in terroristic threats to the Islamic community.  (Photo by Bill Z. Foster) In a show…

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ABOVE PHOTO:   Mayor Michael Nutter presents Councilwoman Marian Tasco the Philadelphia Bowl.  (Photo: Leaping Lion Photography-M. Regusters) People from all walks of life gathered to celebrate the numerous accomplishments Tasco achieved during a combined 50 years as a public servant and elected official.  Councilwoman Tasco decided not to seek re-election as representative for the 9th…

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