Week In Review

By Jake Pearson Associated Press NEW YORK — Agitated and hallucinating from alcohol and heroin withdrawal, inmate Angel Ramirez took a swing at a jail guard and missed. What followed, according to investigative documents obtained by The Associated Press, was a quick punch back from the guard that put Ramirez on the floor. Then he…

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By Jennifer Peltz associated press NEW YORK — Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that minorities were singled out as suspected shoplifters at its flagship store, part of a spate of racial profiling complaints against major retailers last year. Barneys shoppers and ex-employees complained that detectives followed minority customers around — even…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in foreground.   By Yvette Caslin rollingout.com Congressman John Lewis is the only living member of the “Big Six.” He represented SNCC with a speech at the August 28, 1963 March on Washington. He has represented the 5th District of Georgia, a district that includes almost all of Atlanta,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama speaks to African leaders at the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit 2014. (Video grab: Whitehouse.gov)   By Julie Pace associated press [Read more about the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Diaspora here] WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday announced $14 billion in commitments from U.S. businesses to invest in Africa, as…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  People from all over Philadelphia left these items creating this touching memorial at Germantown and Allegheny for the three Tioga children killed by the carjacking last month.  (Photo by H. Michael Hammie)   State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., extends his thanks and appreciation to the many individuals and organizations who have come…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011.  (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)    By Alan Fram Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans pushed a divided House Wednesday toward a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Madai Ledezma-Dominguez, center, says goodbye to her daughter Heather Pina Ledezma, next to her husband Jose Pina, of Riverdale, Md., as the couple took part in an act of civil disobedience and were later arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The march and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Willie Gary Esq.   By Jennifer Kay Associated Press MIAMI  — A Florida jury has slammed the nation’s No. 2 cigarette maker, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. The case is…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Vice President Joe Biden   Associated Press CINCINNATI — The National Urban League wants to make sure job issues and economic insecurity are in the forefront of this fall’s election campaigns, its leader said Wednesday as members of the civil rights organization gathered for their four-day conference. Vice President Joe Biden’s scheduled speech…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Alice Coachman Davis  (Courtesy of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame)   associated press ALBANY, Ga. — The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90. Davis’ death was confirmed by her daughter, Evelyn Jones. Davis won Olympic gold in the…

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