Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he addresses Overseas Filipino Workers who were repatriated back to the country at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Duterte, who disparaged the pope and others who controvert his worldview, warned U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, not…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Darren Seals  (Photo: Twitter) By Patrick Hogan and Casey Tolan fusion.com Darren Seals, 29, who helped lead protests in Ferguson, MO, following the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, was found dead by St. Louis County police on Tuesday. Police stated in a press release that they discovered Seals’ body after responding to…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Marian Kemensky, Slovakia By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Race — always a subtext in American politics — has moved center stage in this year’s presidential campaign. Republican Donald Trump called Democrat Hillary Clinton a “bigot.” Clinton responded by using Trump’s words of racial offense against him. History suggests both parties have fallen short on…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com By Jesse J. Holland and Emily Swanson Associated Press WASHINGTON — Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has increased among young white adults, according to a poll that suggests a majority of white, Black, Asian and Hispanic young adults now support the movement calling for accountability for police…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dwyane Wade  (lev radin / Shutterstock.com)   ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Two brothers who were on parole for prior criminal activity have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, Chicago police announced Sunday. Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26, and Derren Sorrells, 22, also were…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Anthony Nazaire  (Photo Source: Facebook via New York Daily News) Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. — Police investigating a brawl on the campus of Cornell University that left an Ithaca College student dead and another Ithaca student injured are asking witnesses with cellphone video of the fight to come forward. The students were stabbed…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Seth-Williams  (Photo: by H Michael Hammie) ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman identified in financial disclosure statements as the girlfriend of Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams is accused of slashing tires on two of his security cars outside his home last year. Forty-seven-year-old Stacey Cummings was charged Sunday with criminal mischief and possession of an instrument…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri By Christopher Sherman and Mark Stevenson Associated Press MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Pena Nieto’s meeting with Mexico’s most-disliked man is turning into a public relations disaster for a leader already struggling with historically low popularity ratings. Not only did Pena Nieto not demand that Donald Trump…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  George E. Curry  (Photo insert: Jason Miccolo Johnson) WASHINGTON–The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) mourns the loss of longtime black press champion and editor, George E. Curry. He died Saturday at 69. “I am heartbroken to learn that Mr. George Curry has passed. He has been a beacon for so many and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this 1991 file photo, New York City Police Department officers scuffle with a protester during a march through the Crown Heights section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. A plan to mark the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riot with a family-friendly street festival has drawn criticism from the brother…

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