• 1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

    1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

    Jun 29, 2022 09:36 PM EDT

    ... testified in court that Till also grabbed her and made a lewd comment. Two nights later, Donham’s then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, showed up armed at the rural Leflore County home of Till’s great-uncle, Mose Wright, looking for the youth. Till ...

  • Remembering the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo

    Remembering the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo

    May 17, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Buffalo Public Schools and loved being around kids. The father and husband went to Tops to buy snacks for a family movie night. His younger brother Frederick told reporters: "It hurts me so much right now because I wasn't expecting to lose him." Margus was 52. Eighty-six-year ...

  • Family seeks prosecution in 1955 kidnapping that led to the murder of Emmett Till

    Family seeks prosecution in 1955 kidnapping that led to the murder of Emmett Till

    Apr 22, 2022 03:24 PM EDT

    ... Press that Till whistled at the woman. Donham testified that Till grabbed her. Two nights later, Donham's then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, showed up armed at the rural home of Till's great-uncle, Mose Wright, looking for the youth. Wright testified in ...

  • Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative

    Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative

    Dec 30, 2021 06:22 PM EDT

    Kelsey Wright chose adoption — twice. She became pregnant in high school and, at 18, gave birth to a son in 2011. Feeling unprepared for parenting, she placed the baby for adoption with a family she knew. Six years later, as a subsequent relationship was breaking up, she again became pregnant ...

  • Former police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in George Floyd’s death

    Former police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in George Floyd’s death

    Dec 15, 2021 03:06 PM EDT

    ... needed. Several members of Floyd's family were present Wednesday, as was the teenager in the 2017 arrest. As they left the courtroom, Floyd's brother Philonise said to the teen: “It’s a good day for justice.” Nine people came to support Chauvin, including family members. He waved and ...

  • Jussie Smollett testifies 'there was no hoax' at his trial

    Jussie Smollett testifies 'there was no hoax' at his trial

    Dec 07, 2021 12:46 AM EDT

    ... he used a racial slur and shouted "MAGA country," an apparent reference to then-President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again." The brothers, Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo, who are Black, testified last week that Smollett instructed them to yell "this is MAGA country" during the fake assault ...

  • Unrest erupts after man dies in Minneapolis arrest attempt

    Unrest erupts after man dies in Minneapolis arrest attempt

    Jun 04, 2021 07:59 PM EDT

    ... on a date when police confronted him. “This man had a family, and he’s just like anybody else,” said Kidale Smith, Winston Smith’s brother. ”(People) always try to pin something on a man and try to identify him as a criminal, especially if he’s Black.” Smith also ...

  • Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85

    Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85

    May 13, 2021 03:19 AM EDT

    ... such as “The Ghetto” and their interpretations of tunes like Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” and The Band’s “The Weight.” He went on to manage the girl group The Emotions and operated a popular nightclub, Perv’s House. Pervis Staples was inducted into the ...

  • Why kids need special support when a parent is locked up

    Why kids need special support when a parent is locked up

    Jan 28, 2021 10:57 PM EDT

    ... detainees have. They’ve started to track that data now, he said. “The family unit of the incarcerated person – whether you're talking children or brothers, sisters, mothers – I don't think has ever been that high on the list of things that were of greatest concern,” Dart said. But ...

  • Roberta McCain, John McCain's mother, dies at 108

    Roberta McCain, John McCain's mother, dies at 108

    Oct 12, 2020 07:55 PM EDT

    The senator, who died in 2018, said in 2008 that his “father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone.” Her other son, Joe, told The Associated Press in 2007 that the family had endless dinner-table discussions ...