Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) associated press Officials are investigating an accident involving three out-of-service commuter trains in suburban Philadelphia that injured four people, including a train operator hospitalized in critical condition. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says the Market-Frankford Line trains were traveling near the 69th Street Transportation Center when the accident occurred Tuesday…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Patrons at the FunTimes Magazine Black History discussion release party last weekend.  (Photo courtesy: FunTimes) By Jasmine James On Saturday, February 18, there was the usual hustle and bustle of action amidst the numerous vendors of the Reading Terminal. Nestled in the rear of the market sits The City Kitchen, the release party…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Magic Johnson  (Photo: Tinseltown / Shutterstock, Inc.) By Greg Beacham Associated Press Magic Johnson is leading the Los Angeles Lakers again after a major shake-up of the struggling franchise’s front office. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss fired general manager Mitch Kupchak on Tuesday and put Johnson in charge of basketball operations. Jeanie Buss also…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press Seth Williams, the city’s first Black district attorney, won’t run for a third term amid an FBI investigation into $160,000 in gifts that he failed to report, mistakes that…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Seven-time Grammy Award winner, US vocalist Al Jarreau performs during the 62nd edition of the Sanremo Song Festival, in Sanremo, Italy, 2012. Jarreau died Sunday morning, Feb. 12, 2017.  He was 76.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) By Lindsey Bahr associated press LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  William Toney William Toney’s last calls and texts were in mid-November to female friends. After that, everything went blank. By Jeff Mays newsone.com Although African-Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African-Americans also…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota are telling a federal appeals court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again.” The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jordan Kushner Civil rights attorney Jordan Kushner said the hostility Republicans harbor for protesters is a direct response to the Black Lives Matter movement. NewsOne Now Could peaceful protests like the Women’s March held in Washington, D.C. and many other cities around the globe on January 21st become a crime? In what looks…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  A scene from James T. VAUGHN Correction Center in Delaware where inmates took control of the building taking four corrections department workers hostage.  The 24-hour hostage standoff ended Thursday morning with one of the hostages dead. (Photo: Itsgoingdown.org) By Randall Chase Associated Press SMYRNA, Del.  — Police breached a building at Delaware’s largest…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Emmett Louis Till  (AP Photo)   By Hillel Italie associated press The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till’s alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book. Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday that Carolyn…

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