Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Somalis remove the body of a man killed in a blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. A huge explosion from a truck bomb has killed at least 20 people in Somalia’s capital, police said Saturday, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they’d heard in years. (AP…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Congressman Dwight Evans (D-2nd Dist.) (AP photo)   Duty calls, as the case for action grows   WASHINGTON, D.C.–Last week, Congressman Dwight Evans (D-2nd Dist.) signed on to the Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act,  which would provide for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  LaToya Cantrell and Desiree Charbonnet   By Nigel Roberts newsone.com For the first time in New Orleans’ history, the city will have a female mayor. Both candidates in the final election round are African Americans. City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell and former judge Desiree Charbonnet topped a field of 18 candidates on Saturday to compete…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune   By Hope Yen and Stephen Braun associated press WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is opposing a ban on “bump stocks” like the device used by the Las Vegas gunman to turn semi-automatic weapons into rapid-fire guns, stressing its support for more limited regulations. The powerful…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Soul legend Walter “Bunny” Sigler (pictured here with fellow legend Chubby Checker) passed away last Friday following a massive heart attack. The Philadelphia native and R&B pioneer was the force behind hits from the 1960s and ‘70s: Instant Funk’s “I Got My Mind Made Up,” Patti Labelle’s “Somebody Loves You Baby,” The Whispers’…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe   associated press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump’s list of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Isaam Brown  and Officer Noell Grant   The National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues names Officer Noell Grant as Law Enforcement Officer of the Month and Isaam Brown as Youth of the Month for October.   Charlotte, NC – The National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues (National PAL) is pleased to announce the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Medics treat the wounded as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Stirp in Las Vegas Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Hugh Hefner poses for a photograph at his home at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kristian Dowling)   associated press LOS ANGELES — Hugh Hefner turned silk pajamas into a work uniform, women into centerfolds and sexual desire into a worldwide multimedia empire that spanned several generations of American life….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Members of the O.V. Catto Elks Lodge #20 (in background) looking onthe Octavius V. Catto Memorial with City Council President Darrell Clarke. (Photo by Bill Z. Foster) With the unveiling of the new Octavius V. Catto monument at City Hall on Tuesday, the possibility of history being more inclusive rises. By Denise Clay Most…

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