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Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. The decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up years of allegations ...
Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website. Friday's letter apologizes for abuse by former teachers and administrators between ...
Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the ...
Friday, June 1
Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2013. There are 213 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1479 - The University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is founded. 1524 - The yearlong anti-aristocratic Peasants' War breaks out in southern Germany. 1562 - Holy Roman Emperor ...
Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS
Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance. He's the rare black host with national TV and radio platforms, one who sees his job as challenging Americans to examine their assumptions on such thorny issues as poverty, ...
Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz
Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos: ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration ...
Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday. "We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by ...
Del. Supreme Court reinstates death sentence
The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday reversed a judge's ruling that had overturned the conviction and death sentence of man found guilty in a 1991 liquor store killing. In a 4-1 ruling, the justices said Superior Court Judge John Parkins erred last year in reviewing the admissibility of convicted killer ...
Students safe after armed man reported at school
A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said. Their report ...
Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said Friday. San Pedro Sula's bishop, Romulo Emiliani, told The Associated Press that the Mara Salavatrucha ...
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