Nation Jun 27 Officer charged with homicide in fatal shooting of teen "You do not shoot someone in the back if they are not a threat to you," said Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala.
Nation Jun 04 Trump cancels visit with Super Bowl champion Eagles, blaming anthem dispute Digging deeper into a culture war that he's repeatedly stoked, President Donald Trump on Monday called off a visit by the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House Tuesday, citing the dispute over whether NFL players must stand during the playing…
Nation May 02 Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
Nation Apr 19 Men arrested at Starbucks say they feared for their lives Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, black men who became best friends in the fourth grade, were taken in handcuffs from a Starbucks store in Philadelphia, where Robinson has been a customer since he was 15. The video, recorded on a…
Politics Aug 15 Trump pressed to fire Steve Bannon and other White House staffers after Charlottesville The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the removal of White House staff aides Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.
Nation Feb 28 Trump signs executive order on black colleges President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."…
Politics Nov 03 Judge denies GOP call for statewide Pennsylvania poll watchers A federal judge said the state GOP's request was "unreasonably delayed," is not in the public interest and does not meet the standard for a last-minute intervention from the court.
Politics Nov 01 Activists split as Clinton makes push for black millennials Six months into Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, she met with a group of Black Lives Matter activists in Washington to make her case and seek their support.
Politics Feb 28 Black voters see fight over next Supreme Court justice as Obama snub Democrats are pressuring senators in several states to back down from their refusal to consider Obama's nominee to succeed the late Antonin Scalia. In some states, they may get help from African-Americans who see the court battle as the latest…
Nation Jan 28 More white Americans acknowledge racism as a national problem PHILADELPHIA — More white Americans now share the view, long held by minorities, that racism is a national problem and should be confronted, according to an analysis of recent public opinion polling.