Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Bobbi Kristina Brown  (Photo: Helga Esteb/Featureflash-Shutterstock) By Jonathan Landrum Jr. associated press ATLANTA — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina was overwhelmed by the achievements…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Audrey Dubose, left, mother of Samuel Dubose, stands near his casket during funeral services at the Church of the Living God in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Dubose was fatally shot by a University of Cincinnati police officer who stopped him for a missing license plate.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Bobbi Kristina Brown  (Tinseltown/Shutterstock.com) ATLANTA (AP) — A representative for the Houston family has said Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late entertainer Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, has died, about 7 months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub. She was 22 years old. Kristen Foster said Sunday,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shavon Bland, sister of Sandra Bland, speaks to members of the media following a prayer walk remembering Sandra Bland, Sunday, July 19, 2015, at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Lisle, Ill. Sandra Bland, was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas, Monday, July 16. Bland was a member of…

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ABOVE CARTOON: Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News By Juliet Linderman Associated Press BALTIMORE — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake climbed onto the deck of an abandoned row house in Tuesday’s sweltering summer heat and promised that “better is coming” as she promoted the restoration of a blighted block not far from where riots broke out earlier this…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Eric Garner’s wife Esaw, right, wipes a tear from her eye as she stands with daughter Emerald Snipes during a news conference, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in New York. The family of Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a white police officer’s chokehold, discussed the $5.9 million settlement it…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News Federal court will hear challenge to changes in state’s voting laws thought to discriminate against black voters, weeks shy of Voting Rights Act anniversary The Guardian The Guardian reported last week, that a landmark voting rights trial that opens in North Carolina on Monday will determine the way…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby (Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com) By Maryclaire Dale ASSOCIATED PRESS (See FreedomQuest  for more Cosby coverage.) Bill Cosby’s accusers see his admission of obtaining quaaludes to give young women before sex as vindication of their claims that he drugged and sexually assaulted them. But a former television co-star and a prominent Cosby…

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ABOVE CARTOON: Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons By Jeffrey Collins Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner will be removed Friday in a state where such a reversal seemed unthinkable a month ago. The flag will…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Pastor Bobby Jones points to the cross on top of Glover Grove Baptist Church, where he has preached for more than 30 years. The steeple was one of the only parts of the church left standing. (Will Huntsberry/NPR)   By Sam Sanders NPR Glover Grove Baptist Church is nestled in a woody, quiet part…

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