Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  In this March 5, 2009, file photo, the Rev. W. T.  “Dub” Massey, right, and Willie McLeod, left, pose at the counter where they were among the “Friendship Nine” who were jailed during 1960s civil rights “sit-ins” at what is now called the Old Town Bistro in Rock Hill, S.C.  A prosecutor on…

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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Jack Gillum Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government’s health insurance website is quietly passing along consumers’ personal data to outside websites, just as President Barack Obama is calling for stronger cybersecurity protections. It works like this: When you apply for coverage on HealthCare.gov, dozens of data companies may be able to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden applauds and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listens.  (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool) By Julie Pace Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama  (AP photo) By Kimberly Hefling associated press WASHINGTON–The White House last week announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college “free for everybody who is willing to work for it.” But administration officials provided no details about the program’s costs or where the money would come…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Kim Jones  (Photo: Action News 6ABC via Twitter) Associated Press A woman waiting for a bus near Temple University’s campus was fatally shot in the back of her head on Tuesday, and police said she was targeted and were asking the public for help finding her killer. Kim Jones was shot around 9:15…

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ABOVE PHOTO: People gather in solidarity of the victims of a terror attack against a satirical newspaper, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people, including the paper’s editor, before escaping in a getaway car. It was France’s deadliest terror attack…

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NewsOne Staff/Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities are looking for a man who may have information about a homemade explosive that someone set off near the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP. The blast happened Tuesday outside a barber shop that’s next door to the group’s office, which is about an hour south of…

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By Josh Lederman Associated Press HONOLULU — Bracing to do business with a Congress run solely by Republicans, President Barack Obama is serving notice he has no qualms about vetoing legislation he dislikes. This would be a significant change in style for Obama, come January when the new Congress will be seated with the GOP…

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New York –The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, a New York–‐ based youth development organization that has been centrally involved in the efforts to reform the NYPD’s “Stop & Frisk” police policies, has launched a provocative new campaign today to raise awareness of “The Talk.”   Created by Saatchi & Saatchi, the centerpiece of the campaign is an…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Nakia Wilson pauses after lighting a candle Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at a makeshift memorial for the two police officers who were shot there Saturday, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Wilson is a colleague of the sister of Officer Raphael Ramos, one of the officers who died….

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