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Today's Date: December 11, 2023
McCormick & Company's 2050 Net-Zero Target Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative   •   Paralyzed Veterans of America issues statement in response to accessible drop-off zones coming to Capitol Hill   •   Pentair Announces Rate Increase to Its Quarterly Cash Dividend   •   UrbanGeekz Unveils Inaugural UrbanGeekz 50 to Showcase Gamechangers in Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship   •   Whirlpool Corporation Named to 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Second Consecutive Year   •   CPKC named to 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices   •   Publix Register Campaign Supports American Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts in Tennessee   •   HNI Corporation Ranks Among America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024   •   Customers' Dedication Helps Red Apple and The Bargain! Shop Exceed $675,000 in Annual Together We Care® Toy Drive   •   Darling Ingredients Again Named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies List   •   Hawaiian Electric Company Announces Ameresco Award for Two Clean Energy Projects Totaling 111 MW   •   University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Expanded Pilot for Mentoring Enhances Holistic Support System for Working Adul   •   Kinetik Announces Secondary Offering of Common Stock   •   Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Record Results; Beats 2023 Guidance and Raises 2024 Guidance   •   Cedar Fair Announces Strategic Changes to Its Corporate Leadership Team   •   Northeast Delta HSA catalyzes Veteran's Boxing Wellness Initiative Through Partnership With Rodney J. Hobbs VFW Post 1809, BoneK   •   SERVICE COORDINATION RECEIVES 2023 TOP WORKPLACES AWARD   •   Trane Technologies Named to S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indices   •   Supporting Safer Sleep: Sleepopolis Donates $30,000 to Children in Need Across the Nation   •   Textron Aviation announces new SustainableAdvantage carbon offset program for Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker owners
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TRAGIC DEATH IN HARLEM

TRAGIC DEATH IN HARLEM

A 61-year-old mother of five with 12 grandchildren who was married for 36 years was watching local residents in Harlem play dominoes when gunshots rang out and killed her. ... read more
Fed Report Blasts

Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police

Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ... read more
Latinos Become Majority In Federal Prisons

Latinos Become Majority In Federal Prisons

A new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission reveals, for the first time, Latinos make up more than half of all federal felony offenders sentenced so far this year. The report shows that Latinos comprised 50.3 percent of all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Hispanics outnumber all other ethnic groups ... read more
MT Senators Seek Congressional Gold Medal For Cobell

MT Senators Seek Congressional Gold Medal For Cobell

Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus today introduced legislation to award Montana's Elouise Cobell the Congressional Gold Medal. Cobell, a citizen of the Blackfeet Nation, is being recognized for ‘her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.' ... read more
Black Contractors To Protest Mississippi Bridge Project

Black Contractors To Protest Mississippi Bridge Project

Work on the new $700 million Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis could come to a halt next week. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and the Metro-East Black Contractors Organization announced their plans ... read more
Minorities Targeted By War On Terrorism

Minorities Targeted By War On Terrorism

An investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting into the counter-terrorism program at the Mall of America near Minneapolis, found that it often ensnares seemingly innocent people with the FBI and other law enforcement organizations. Ever since 9/11, the nation’s leaders have warned that government agencies can’t protect ... read more
BLACK KILLER'S DEATH DATE UPROAR

BLACK KILLER'S DEATH DATE UPROAR

Georgia is scheduling the execution later this month of an inmate who has won worldwide support for his claims of innocence in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah police officer, his attorney said Tuesday. A Chatham County judge signed the death warrant for Troy Davis yesterday, marking the fourth time since 2007 ... read more
White Supremacist Sentenced For Hate Crime

White Supremacist Sentenced For Hate Crime

In January 2010, Zachary Beck and two other white supremacists attacked a black man in downtown Vancouver, Wash., yelling, "White Power!" "You're dead!" and racist slurs. In U.S. District court, Beck was sentenced to 51 months in prison. According to court documents, Beck and his co-conspirators, Kory Boyd and Lawrence Silk, attacked a Black man in a Vancouver sports bar on Jan. 7, 2010, because of the man’s race. ... read more
Racial Disparities Found In Military Death Penalty Cases

Racial Disparities Found In Military Death Penalty Cases

A study by a group of law and statistics professors found that minorities in the military were twice as likely to be sentenced to death than their white counterparts. Professor David Baldus of the University of Iowa College of Law and associate professor Catherine Grosso of the Michigan State University College of Law, the study's lead authors, ... read more
Judge Reviewing Black Farmer Settlement

Judge Reviewing Black Farmer Settlement

U.S. Federal District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington is reviewing the $1.25 billion settlement in a class action stemming from allegations the government discriminated against black farmers in loan processing. Friedman met for about eight hours with the plaintiffs' team, government lawyers and farmers, some of whom traveled ... read more
Confederate Flags Banned In VA City

Confederate Flags Banned In VA City

The city council in Lexington, Va., just voted to prohibit flying the Confederate flag on city-owned poles. The decision sparked anger among some Lexington residents, who see the Confederacy as a link to the town's past. After a 2 1/2-hour public hearing, the Lexington City Council voted 4-1 to allow only U.S., Virginia and city flags to be flown. ... read more
Rally Tonight Against Alabama Immigration Law

Rally Tonight Against Alabama Immigration Law

Opponents of Alabama's law on illegal immigration are holding a rally tonight in Birmingham. The demonstration was originally timed to coincide with the law taking effect Earlier this week a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from going into effect, saying she needed more time to consider lawsuits filed by critics who believe the law is unconstitutional. ... read more
COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO

COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO

Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has given the go ahead to a lawsuit that challenged the city's stop-and-frisk policies as biased, especially toward Blacks and Hispanics. Judge Scheindlin said the allegations in the lawsuit were supported well enough to justify a trial to decide if New York's stop-and-frisk policies are legal. She said the trial can determine whether quotas prompted officers to stop suspects without just cause. She said the trial can also decide whether police leadership has failed to adequately train officers. ... read more
Seattle Intervenes In Latino Gang War

Seattle Intervenes In Latino Gang War

King County plans to spend $1.4 million in reserve funds to combat the growing Latino gang problem in South King County, using both law enforcement and community outreach resources. The Sheriff’s Office believes there are over 10,000 gang members among an estimated 140 street gangs in King County. Gang related crime has gone up 165 percent since 2005 and has shifted from ... read more
Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law

Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law

A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial immigration law that was set to go into effect Thursday in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. The law would allow Alabama police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally when that person is stopped for any other reason. It would also make it a crime to knowingly ... read more
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