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Gov. Whitmer signs 'clean slate' bill to erase marijuana convictions
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is signing multiple bills on Monday that will erase some crimes for people...
New Jersey Governor Promotes Marijuana Legalization Referendum In New Ad
In case he hasn’t made it abundantly clear already, the governor of New Jersey wants residents to vote in favor of a referendum to...
Robert Ryland, the first black to integrate U.S. pro tennis dies
NEW ORLEANS — Robert Ryland, a Xavier University of Louisiana alum and the first to integrate the mainstream U.S. pro tennis tour, died...
California releases some incarcerated individuals doing time for murder. Advocates push to free more
Terebea Williams was 22 when she shot her boyfriend, drove 750 miles with him bleeding in the trunk of his own car, and then dragged him...
Keeda Haynes Wants To Give A Voice To Her Community
Keeda Haynes, a public defender from Tennessee, is one of the Democrats challenging incumbent Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), who has been in...
Unidentified federal agents in camo and rented minivans are grabbing people off Portland's streets
President Trump has sent an unknown number of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, ostensibly to project federal property amid weeks of...
John Lewis, congressman and civil rights icon, dies at 80
Lewis passed seven months after a routine medical visit revealed that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and...
Atlanta civil rights leader C.T. Vivian dead at 95
Civil rights icon Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T,” Vivian has died at age 95 of natural causes at his home in Atlanta, according to a report...
Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention
A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork...
Texans WR Kenny Stills Arrested, Among 87 Protesters Facing Felony Charges
Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills was arrested Tuesday during a protest march in Louisville, Kentucky, and is among 87 protesters...
Philly civil rights groups demand that the mayor end stop-and-frisk
A coalition of Black civil rights activists in Philadelphia is demanding that Mayor Jim Kenney end stop-and-frisk, a controversial...
L.A. County seeks plan to close aging Men’s Central Jail in a year
Only a year ago, L.A. County leaders scrapped a plan to replace the decrepit Men’s Central Jail, where thousands of inmates are held in...
Nick Cannon dropped by ViacomCBS over the TRUTH
Nick Cannon has been fired from his MTV show Wild 'N Out and other work for the channel's parent company, which said he had promoted...
Washington, D.C. approves police reforms after days of protests against racism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The district council for Washington, D.C. on Tuesday approved a raft of police reforms after days of protests...
Rookie Minneapolis cop Thomas Lane posts bond
One of the four fired Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd posted bail and was released from custody...
