ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are facing one of the West African nation’s worst economic crises in years triggered by surging inflation, the result of monetary policies that have pushed the currency to an all-time low against the dollar. The situation has provoked anger and protests across the country. The latest government statistics released Thursday showed the Read More…
Year: 2024
Man Who Attacked Las Vegas Judge During Sentencing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who leaped over a judicial bench and attacked a Nevada judge during a sentencing hearing in Las Vegas last month that was captured in a courtroom video that went viral has now been indicted for attempted murder. A grand jury returned the nine-count indictment against Deobra Redden, 30, in Read More…
Florida sheriff’s deputy who got into a shootout with an acorn
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I don’t trust the police. I am a Black woman in America who has seen the police do dangerous and corrupt things over the years, and it has left me believing that the threat Read More…
Pennsylvania judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had gunshot residue on her hands an hour after Michael McCoy Read More…
The World’s Toughest Prison
Is there a fate worse than death? Is there a scenario where a criminal would gladly choose capital punishment over life imprisonment? Well, as surreal as it sounds, there are prisons in this world that make the death penalty a merciful sentence. Prisons riddled with unspeakable horror that would make your stomach turn. In Read More…
Would You Hurt Someone if they did something horrible to your child
Fuck yeah. I have a friend. He worked construction doing Masonry well. One day he and his friend left work, and they got some beer on the way home. They went to my friend’s house, and they drank all the beer. My friend told his friend to watch my daughter. I’m going to go to Read More…
Are Landlords Required To Secure The Property Of A Deceased Tenant To Prevent Theft
My father recently died; I was the beneficiary of everything. The landlord allowed other family members to come in and pack up his belongings in the apartment. I asked her not to. Can I sue the landlord, or what should I do? Landlords are required to secure the property of a deceased tenant to prevent Read More…
A FLYING ISSUE: If A Drone Is Flying On My Property Can I Legally Destroy It
If a drone is flying on my property and I have already notified that I do not want it to be flying on it, can I destroy it without legal repercussion? I once faced a similar situation where a drone frequently flew over my backyard. Initially, it was quite frustrating, and my first instinct was Read More…
If And 86-Year-Old Man, Married 37 Years Old
If and 86-year-old man, married 37 years, had a Will drawn up, without his 80-year-old wife’s knowledge, and was encouraged and egged on by his 59-year-old son and his wife, who even paid the attorney months in advance – is that illegal? It’s not illegal for a man to draw up a Will without his Read More…
JAILED FROM A DREAM AND NOT A SCREAM:
One man was jailed for 28 years. Because a woman had a dream that she was raped by him. This is that person, Clarence Moses-El. One day in 1988, poor Clarence was relaxing at home when he was taken away by the police as a rape suspect. A hospitalized woman claimed that a black man Read More…