By Tribune wire reports Article Reprint A man newly elected to Nigeria’s Senate was on Monday refusing to attend a court hearing on his extradition to the United States on 20-year-old drug charges related to
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Baltimore Grand Jury Indicts Officers in Freddie Gray’s Death
ABC News Videos | ABC Entertainment News By Mike Levine Article Reprint Three weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced initial charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray,
Read moreRand Paul Takes Aim at Patriot Act in Speech
GOP senator has made government surveillance a key issue in his presidential campaign By: Janet Hook Article Reprint Sen. Rand Paul, trying to push for a wider debate on the Patriot Act and government collection
Read moreEmanuel calls on Chicagoans to prevent ‘lost generation’
By: Lauren Chooljian Article Reprint Over the last week, Chicago’s debt was dinged by three major credit agencies. And while the city’s pension and financial crises loom large, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel chose instead to
Read moreJohn Kerry in Seoul says North Korea is ‘not even close’ to talks with US if it continues with its nuclear program
Kerry will use the opportunity to lay out U.S. efforts to combat the threats and to stress the importance of a free and open internet By Reuters and Associated Press Article Reprint U.S. Secretary of
Read moreStill at a Disadvantage
(Ivy League Degree Not Much Help to Black Students Seeking Employment) By Jake New Article Reprint Throwing another wrench into the belief that higher education is the great equalizer, a new paper suggests that African-American graduates from
Read moreN.J. teacher fired over students’ ‘get well’ letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal
BTN STAFF A New Jersey school teacher was fired for allowing her students to write a letter to political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia who is incarcerated for alleging killing a police officer is not doing
Read moreFormer CIA Agent Indicted for Leaking Information to New York Times
BTN STAFF A CIA agent was indicted on charges he leaked confidential information to the New York Times. Jeffery Sterling, 47, is accused with releasing information regarding an operation to curb Iran’s nuclear plans. Mr.
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