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WASHINGTON — The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation’s oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black voting rights. Launched on Tuesday, the “Out of Bounds” campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from major public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation.” If Black athletes participate in the boycott, it could deplete rosters for powerhouse football and basketball programs across the Southeastern Conference and…

A small airplane made an emergency landing Monday on a stretch of beach near Ocean City, Maryland, authorities said. The two-seat Cessna 150K plane landed near 94th Street around 5:30 p.m., the Ocean City Fire Department said. No injuries were reported. Fire Department spokesperson Ryan Whittington told The Baltimore Sun that the pilot avoided beachgoers and the plane did not leak any fuel during or after the incident. “There was no sound, I just suddenly saw a plane, like dive down. It was level, it just flew level with the sand, and then nose-dived into the sand and crashed,” witness…

DETROIT — A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters agreed to a $5.25 million settlement after accusing police of failing to turn over evidence that could have helped him at trial, a lawyer said Monday. Jeff Titus was released in 2023 and his murder convictions were erased at the request of prosecutors. The Innocence Clinic at University of Michigan law school and two investigators got authorities to acknowledge that an Ohio serial killer might have been the person who killed the hunters in 1990. Titus had long declared his innocence. “It’s…

“What is the biggest issue for you in your life?” “Cost of living.” “At the grocery store, at the gas pump.” “I can’t afford my insurance.” “It’s outrageous.” “We’re not going to have a middle class.” I’m in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District. It’s one of a handful in the entire country that could decide control of Congress in November. And I’m talking to people here about their lives and what they want the candidates to be focused on. “Hi — I’m a reporter. My name is Sabrina. Can I talk to you?” “OK, so this was $106.” “For like four…

NEW YORK — And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Or … maybe not? More than three weeks after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was thrown into chaos and panic when a man stormed the Washington Hilton lobby and opened fire in what prosecutors say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump, the event has yet to be rescheduled. The association “continues to weigh options for rescheduling the event,” its president, Weijia Jiang of CBS News, said from China last week where she was covering Trump – alongside whom she hit the floor that night as shots…

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Supporters of Bolivia’s influential ex-President Evo Morales clashed with police on Monday in the capital city as they called on the president to resign, joining a nationwide protest movement fueled by the worst economic crisis in a generation. Thousands of Morales’ followers converged on the plaza outside the government headquarters as Bolivia remains paralyzed by road blockades that have strangled cities and triggered food and fuel shortages in the last two weeks. The unrest presents the biggest challenge yet for President Rodrigo Paz, a business-friendly centrist who came to power six months ago as a wave…

BOISE, Idaho — Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died. Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias. Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black racial slurs over the previous 10 years, but…

A white police officer in Connecticut who fatally shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis has been charged with manslaughter after a state investigation found he failed to de-escalate the confrontation. The officer, Joseph Magnano, was fired by the Hartford Police Department following the Feb. 27 shooting of Steven Jones, a 55-year-old man with a history of mental illness who had been walking through the street holding a large knife. Magnano was charged Monday by the Connecticut Inspector General after he turned himself into law enforcement, according to Hartford Police Union President James Rutkauski. Information about his attorney…

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people killed in attacks on individual houses of worship in any given year is generally less than a few hundred. Killings in the U.S. are even more rare. But an attack on Monday targeting a mosque in San Diego – the latest in a spate of recent attacks targeting religious buildings – has intensified fear among clergy and worshippers. Here are some of the notable attacks on U.S. houses of worship in the past 15 years: May 18,…

SAN DIEGO — Three men were killed in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday and both suspects are dead, police said. Both suspects are believed to be teens and the case is considered to be a hate crime, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a news conference. The shooting happened at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in San Diego County. The Islamic Center is about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego. The Islamic Center is the largest mosque in San Diego County, according to its website. The campus includes…