Teen saves apartment building from fire
VIDEO – His family watched in shock as the teen fearlessly worked to put out the flames…
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Fragile Haiti a top worry for hurricane season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -The six-month Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and U.S. government forecasters expect it to be an above average season…
Read moreFarrakhan aide denies terrorism, drug allegations
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – Akbar Muhammad says that the accusations against him are a massive distortion. he says he has never been involved in terrorism or drugs…
Read moreBoutique gives away gowns to Baltimore girls
VIDEO – The Priceless Gown Project targets more than 500 young women from the Baltimore area to give away free prom dresses…
Read moreCreating safe spaces for young women in Kenya
VIDEO – With 600 million girls growing up in developing countries, the humanitarian organization CARE has decided to focus their efforts on building better lives and communities for them…
Read moreLife sentence for mom who microwaved baby
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A woman found guilty of burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave oven has been sentenced to serve life in prison with no chance for parole…
Read moreKidney swap helps families, strangers
VIDEO – All the surgeries were successful, and the donors and recipients met for the first time at the hospital on Wednesday…
Read moreCops nab Conn. luxury handbag thefts suspect
CONNECTICUT – On Thursday, police arrested Keshawn Anthony Roberts, 23. The mugshots released show Roberts with and without a wig…
Read moreSF school swaps out name of racist Calif. governor
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Burnett first entered politics in the 1840s in the provisional legislature in Oregon, where he proposed that all free blacks be forced to leave the state or face arrest…
Read moreFreedom Riders museum opens in Montgomery, Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Freedom Riders were trying to integrate Southern bus stations when they arrived in Montgomery on May 20, 1961…
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