Woodfox, member of ‘Angola Three’, was wrongfully convicted of 1972 murder of Louisiana prison guard and released only in 2016 Albert Woodfox with his brother Michael Mable, as he walks free in 2016. Woodfox was thought to have been held in solitary confinement longer than any individual in US history. Photograph: Billy Sothern, attorney for […]
CNNWire UPDATED ON: Monday, August 8, 2022 10:13PM WASHINGTON — U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Langley was promoted to the rank of general in a ceremony Saturday, becoming the first Black four-star general in the military branch’s 246-year history. Langley took command of the US Africa Command, which oversees the nation’s military presence in Africa, […]
BY LISA ROZNER, ELIJAH WESTBROOK UPDATED ON: AUGUST 8, 2022 / 5:36 PM / CBS NEW YORK NEW YORK — A good Samaritan is home recovering from a gunshot wound after police say he tried to intervene during a robbery on the Upper West Side on Monday morning. It happened on Broadway near 72nd Street. CBS2’s Lisa Rozner […]
By Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNNUpdated: 0618 GMT (1418 HKT) August 9, 2022 (CNN)Gregory and Travis McMichael, the White father and son convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, were sentenced Monday to life in prison for their federal convictions on interference with rights — a hate crime — along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use […]
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Updated 12:34 PM EDT, Mon August 08, 2022 (CNN)The ambush-style shootings of three Muslim men and the recent killing of a fourth in Albuquerque have alarmed the city’s Muslim community and triggered warnings for mosque-goers as police investigate how the shootings may be linked. The killings of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, […]
Berkeley BreanCreated: August 04, 2022 06:34 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — With the number of shootings and killings in Rochester over the past two years, we at News10NBC have tried to have a laser focus on illegal guns. The questions we ask are: where did they come from? And how did they get here? […]
Eric Adams Declares Himself As New York’s First “Hip-Hop Mayor” By Alexander Cole | Aug 05, 2022 Eric Adams has had an interesting start to his Mayoral tenure. Ever since becoming mayor of New York City, Eric Adams has become quite the polarizing figure. A lot of this has to do with the fact that […]
WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court PUBLISHED THU, AUG 4 2022 11:11 AM EDT UPDATED THU, AUG 4 2022 5:34 PM EDT Amanda Macias KEY POINTS A Russian court found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of drug charges on Thursday and sentenced her to to nine years in […]
35 Children Have Recently Gone Missing From New York State Bobby Welber Help is needed in finding 35 children who recently went missing from across New York State. Please, take a look and see if you recognize any of these missing children. Between April and July 11, 2022, 35 children have gone missing from the […]
14-year-old missing in Crown Heights, cops say Peter Barker CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A 14-year-old has gone missing in Crown Heights, according to police. Aunisty Elliot was last seen leaving her home on Prospect Place near Classon Avenue around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday, police said. She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and has brown […]