Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Tamir Rice  (AP photo) By Dake Kang Associated Press CLEVELAND — The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fired by the city of Cleveland on Tuesday, and the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the November 2014 shooting was suspended. Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Wajdi Said, president and co-founder of the Muslim Educational Trust, speaks at a news conference after a man fatally stabbed Friday two men on a light-rail train when they tried to stop him from yelling anti-Muslim slurs at two young women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, in Portland, Ore., Saturday, May…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press WASHINGTON — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to Black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion spending plan for the budget year beginning…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Police look at floral tributes left at St Ann’s square, Manchester, England Tuesday May 23, 2017. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande show that left more than 20 people dead as young concertgoers fled, some still wearing the American pop star’s trademark kitten ears…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cornell William Brooks By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press WASHINGTON— NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  U.S. Rep. Al Green (D) Texas-9th Dist. Associated Press HOUSTON — A Black Texas congressman said Saturday that he’s been threatened with lynching by callers infuriated over him seeking impeachment of President Donald Trump. U.S. Rep. Al Green held a town hall meeting and played recordings of several threatening voicemails left at his…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Richard Collins III in his Second lieutenant, United States Army uniform with his father. (Photo courtesy: PopularMilitary.com/AP) Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a visiting Black student by a White University of Maryland student as a possible hate crime, authorities say. Sean Christopher Urbanski has been…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rep. Corrine Brown By Jason Dearen Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown could spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students. Last Thursday’s verdict came after prosecutors outlined a…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press WASHINGTON — After four months in office, President Donald Trump has become distrustful of some of his White House staff, heavily reliant on a handful of family members and longtime aides, and furious that the White House’s attempts to quell the…

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Associated Press WASHINGTON — On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal to reinstate North Carolina’s voter identification law, which a lower court said targeted African-Americans “with almost surgical precision.” The justices left in place the lower court ruling striking down the law’s photo ID requirement and reduction in early voting. The situation was complicated…

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