Week In Review

ABOVE CARTOON:  Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press WASHINGTON — After four months in office, President Donald Trump has become distrustful of some of his White House staff, heavily reliant on a handful of family members and longtime aides, and furious that the White House’s attempts to quell the…

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Associated Press WASHINGTON — On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal to reinstate North Carolina’s voter identification law, which a lower court said targeted African-Americans “with almost surgical precision.” The justices left in place the lower court ruling striking down the law’s photo ID requirement and reduction in early voting. The situation was complicated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The Philadelphia Housing Authority has broken ground for the long-awaited Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center. The building is located at the intersection of 47th and Aspen Streets. It will feature a regulation size basketball/volleyball court, warming kitchen, community room, and outdoor patio. The new center is located on the west end of the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Former FBI Director James Comey (Shutterstock) By Julie Pace, Eileen Sullivan and Eric Tucker associated press WASHINGTON — In the days before his firing by President Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey told U.S. lawmakers he had asked the Justice Department for more resources to pursue the bureau’s investigation into Russia’s interference in…

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is disheartened by news that “Ebony Magazine” laid off nearly a dozen key staff members this week, including several long-time NABJ members. According to a Chicago Tribune report, the move was made to consolidate operations with sister publication “Jet Magazine” and transition to Los Angeles from…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron walks towards the stage to address his supporters at the Louvre Palace in Paris, Sunday May 7, 2017. Polling agencies have projected that centrist Macron will be France’s next president, putting a 39-year-old political novice at the helm of one of the world’s biggest economies and slowing a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jordan Edwards  (Photo: Twitter) By Nomaan Merchant Associated Press Police in suburban Dallas are acknowledging that a video showing an officer fatally shooting a black 15-year-old contradicts the department’s original account of the incident. Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said Monday that Jordan Edwards’ vehicle was driving away from officers – not…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  People get on the subway in Tokyo, Saturday, April 29, 2017. A North Korean mid-range ballistic missile apparently failed shortly after launch Saturday, South Korea and the United States said, the third test-fire flop just this month but a clear message of defiance as a U.S. supercarrier conducts drills in nearby waters. One…

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O’Neill entered the District Attorney’s race as a bit of an unknown. But he believes that his experience should make up for that. By Denise Clay By the time that District Attorney R. Seth Williams announced that he wouldn’t be seeking re-election, the race to succeed him on the Democratic ticket was already five people…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Courtesy: Screengrab Mlive media group)   By Matt Agorist grand rapids press Grand Rapids, MI — Outraged community leaders in Grand Rapids are demanding reform after five African- American youths, aged between 12 and 14 years, were held at gunpoint — for no justifiable reason — as they walked home from playing basketball. Pressure…

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