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Suspect in Buffalo Grocery Mass Shooting Expected to Plead Guilty
by Frank Butler, Orlando AdvocatePayton Gendron, the 19-year-old white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York supermarket last May...
About Damn Time’: Jan. 6 Panel Unanimously Votes to Subpoena Ex-President Donald Trump
"Donald Trump remains a clear and present danger to our democracy," said Common Cause's leader, adding that the committee "has shown clearly that the...
UN Experts Say Abolishing Death Penalty ‘Is the Only Viable Path’
"Despite more than 170 states having repealed the death penalty or adopted moratoriums, there was a reported 20% increase in the number of executions...
Be Alert to Fraud After a Disaster
by Frank Butler, OrlandoAdvocate.comATLANTA – Disaster survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through...
TAMPA, FL – The Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), the State’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has joined the...
Texas Judge says 2nd Amendment protects 18- to 20-year-olds who want handgun license
Federal court judge strikes down Texas law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns, says restriction violates Second Amendment.In Texas, 18- to 20-year-olds are...
Albert Woodfox, Activist Wrongfully Imprisoned for 43 Years, Dies at 75
"The pebble that he threw in the pond became a ripple, became a wave. And so, this will carry him on into eternity," said...
DOJ Charges Officers in Death of Breonna Taylor
NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that members of an investigative unit within the Louisville Metro Police Department had included false...
Dad sentenced to 7 years for Jan. 6 participation; daughters say ‘Trump deserves life’
January 6th insurrectionist Guy Reffitt was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in the attack on the Capitol. His daughters reacted to...
Study Finds Nearly 90 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Were Killed with Guns
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The study published by the Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center, revealed that in 2019, the United States recorded 7,441 Black homicide...



