A veterinarian in Florida has been sentenced to 272 months behind bars for collecting child pornography and recording himself sexually abusing dogs. Prentiss Madden was arrested in March and pleaded guilty a few months later in July to child pornography and animal cruelty charges, according […]
Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died Saturday. He was 88. Jones Shines Giants Win Among a sea of black-robed Shiite […]
Originally Published 12:00 p.m. Oct. 4, 2018 Several influential African-American poets have captivated the nation with their poems for decades and these black poets deserve their flowers. On National Poetry Day, Americans can reflect on their works, from pieces that touch on the past to […]
Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has become the first Black writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature since 1993, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. Gurnah, who was born in Zanzibar and has written 10 novels was recognized by the Nobel Prize judges “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration […]
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