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By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — This week in New York City, BLACK ENTERPRISE hosted its second annual Chief Diversity Officer Summit and Honors, presented in partnership with Fidelity Investments, Merck, and The Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent organization representing senior Black executives
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria after becoming radicalized expressed remorse and wept in court as he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Abelhamid Al-Madioum cooperated with federal authorities ahead of Thursday’s open court hearing. Prosecutors factored into their
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 12, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court has officially announced the appointment of Monique Franklin as the Interim Director of the Fort Bend County Library System. Franklin’s extensive experience and unwavering dedication to library services position her as
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story PINOLE, California (KPIX) — A man was arrested in Pinole this week after attacking a staff member at the building that houses the Pinole police headquarters in an incident caught on surveillance camera. Pinole police said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the incident happened
Continue ReadingBy JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court. Durbin said Thursday that the committee obtained information from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow that
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — On the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, John L. Clark, a research botanist at Florida’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, happened upon what he calls a miracle. In an area of formerly lush cloud forest known as Centinela devastated by clearing, Clark spotted a tiny, 2-inch-high (5-centimeter) plant
Continue ReadingBy Luz Pena Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In San Francisco, the police department is attributing its latest success in combating crime to a network of license plate reader cameras recently installed. About 100 automated license plate readers cameras are live in San Francisco and SFPD says they have
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about the Abbott Nutrition factory at the center 2022’s nationwide infant formula shortage. That’s according to an audit by the inspector general of Health and Human Services. It’s just the latest evidence that federal
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case. In an 8-1 decision on Wednesday, the state’s highest court upheld the decision of a district court judge last year to dismiss the
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. says the Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, setting it on fire and severely injuring one civilian mariner. U.S. Central Command says the M/V Verbena was still ablaze and
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in the GOP, has received Trump’s endorsement in his Maryland Senate bid. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he’d like to see Hogan win. He also said he believes Hogan “has a good chance to win.”
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un grupo de abogados internacionales de derechos humanos ha acusado a Rusia de matar de hambre intencionadamente a los civiles de Mariúpol como método de guerra durante el asedio de 85 días que sufrió la ciudad ucraniana a principios de 2022. Un dossier de 76 páginas publicado el jueves por el
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story VACAVILLE, California (KOVR) — One of the biggest hurdles for those incarcerated when they get out of prison is finding a job. Without work, many who have been behind bars for years face significant challenges to successfully transitioning back into society. A new program called
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker. The favorable vote doesn’t
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today he is more than doubling the number of California National Guard service members deployed statewide and at ports of entry — including those in San Diego County — to combat the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. Check Out Our Fentanyl Crisis Section for More on
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer, Darius Johnson Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $50 million settlement with four men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1995 double murder and spent 20 years in prison before they were cleared. Charles Johnson, Larod Styles, Troshawn McCoy, and
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stefani De Palma, an award-winning chef and head of the a team vying to represent the Americas in a French culinary competition in January, knew she wanted her team’s work to feature flavors of her native California. The challenge at the Bocuse d’Or
Continue ReadingBy Suzanne Le Mignot Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A 14-year-old girl injured in a partial house collapse is speaking out after she and her friend were walking to a bus stop after school last Thursday when she said she was pummeled by bricks. D’Mariya Coleman describes the head
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