Senior Democrats press Virginia governor to resign over racist photo
Senior Democrats on Sunday accused embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam of being dishonest and urged him to resign after he backtracked from an earlier admission that he appeared in racist garb in a yearbook photo.
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage arrested by ICE, faces deportation
Grammy-nominated Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage was arrested by U.S. immigration officials on Sunday, who said he was illegally in the country and a convicted felon.
PBF Energy battling fire at crude unit of Delaware refinery
PBF Energy Inc said a fire occurred around noon Sunday at its 175,000 barrel-per-day crude unit at its Delaware City, Delaware refinery.
Civil rights pillar Atlanta grapples with Super Bowl hosting duties
As football fans flood Atlanta for Sunday’s Super Bowl, not everyone is thrilled that a city once a pillar of the Civil Rights movement is playing host, given the NFL’s record on race.
Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say
Inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn have suffered for days without heat or power during a wintry cold snap, according to lawyers and U.S. lawmakers who rallied outside the jail on Saturday demanding the problems be fixed and ill inmates moved.
Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize ‘magic mushrooms’
Denver voters will decide in May whether to decriminalize possession of small amounts of the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, which would make it the first U.S. city to halt prosecution of people caught with psychedelic mushrooms.
Six drones confiscated in Atlanta ahead of Super Bowl
Authorities in Atlanta have confiscated six drones that violated a temporary order not to fly the devices in the area ahead of the NFL’s Super Bowl on Sunday, federal officials said.
Virginia governor denies being in racist yearbook photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Saturday resisted mounting pressure from his Democratic party that he resign, denying that he appeared in a racist yearbook photo while admitting he once wore blackface in a dance contest.
Virginia governor says he will stay in job; denies appearing in racist photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Saturday resisted mounting pressure to resign from his post and said he did not appear in a yearbook photo from decades earlier, reversing his statement from a day earlier that it depicted him in racist garb at a part…
Virginia governor says he will stay in job; denies appearing in racist photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Saturday resisted mounting pressure to resign from his post and said he did not appear in a yearbook photo from decades earlier, reversing his statement from a day earlier that it depicted him in racist garb at a part…
