Gov. Bill Lee signed a law vacating Tennessee’s only publicly-funded historically Black university’s board, drawing condemnation from students, HBCU advocates, and lawmakers who challenged the decision, arguing the priority should have been remedying the severe and chronic underfunding the school faces. The state legislature passed a bill on Thursday to vacate the entire board of...
A Florida man accused of killing a man over a $3 debt was taken into custody earlier this week. Court documents obtained by WPLG alleged Terry Flowers, also known as “Weezy,” opened fire at the unidentified victim on the night of March 6 outside a J-Mart convenience store in Pompano Beach. The 39-year-old fatally shot the man...
A New York woman charged with murdering her mother called the police after the attack and admitted to the crime, according to multiple reports. Skydajah Patterson said, “I just killed my mom,” to a 911 dispatcher following the incident inside a third-floor Bronx apartment on Monday morning, the New York Post reported. Police allege that the...
A judge dismissed a misdemeanor criminal charge against a New York nurse whose trial was set to begin this week after she was accused of manhandling a newborn baby in an incident that was caught on video last year by an alert parent at Good Samaritan Hospital. During a preliminary hearing, the defense asked for...
A judge dismissed a misdemeanor criminal charge against a New York nurse whose trial was set to begin this week after she was accused of manhandling a newborn baby in an incident that was caught on video last year by an alert parent at Good Samaritan Hospital. During a preliminary hearing, the defense asked for...