Spartan College dean Dr. Cameisha Clark gunned down by ex-security guard on campus
This week, the Clark Atlanta University community is grieving the loss of one of its alumni, Dr. Cameisha Clark. On May 2, Dr. Clark, who was the Dean of Student Affairs at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Inglewood, Ca., was killed in what officials describe as “an apparent act of workplace violence.” According […]
Dominique Goods-Burke becomes 8th fatality of January plane crash in northeast Philadelphia
On April 27, Dominique Goods-Burke, 34, a mother of three passed away from injuries sustained during the January 31 medical jet crash in Philadelphia that claimed the lives of seven other people, according to Philadelphia’s 6 ABC news. A GoFundMe page set up in February to help with medical costs and maintaining the lives of […]
Most travelers must have a REAL ID now to fly in US, or face extra screening
REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays. The day ahead of the deadline, people lined up at government offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs. In Chicago, officials established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments, while officials in California and elsewhere planned […]
Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say
President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials. Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water […]
Lawmakers seek to rein in citizen ballot initiatives with new requirements for petitions
Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next year’s ballot in some states. A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers will have to verify that […]
