GOP leaders: Whites unaware of challenges facing black Americans

Following one of the most tense weeks between police and black communities in recent history, several prominent Republicans said most white Americans don't understand the challenges that come with being black in America. While the lawmakers did not go as far to endorse the positions of activists who protest against racism and police brutality, the politicians acknowledged that many black Americans have a different lived experience.

Newt Gingrich: ‘If you are a normal, white American … you don’t understand being black in America’

Most white Americans "don't understand being black in America" and the discrimination African Americans face, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, said Friday. Gingrich, who is among a group of individuals presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is vetting as a possible running mate, made his remark during a Facebook town hall with Van Jones, a former aide in the Obama administration.

Michigan man can’t sue Pandora for divulging his tastes

A Michigan man can't sue Pandora for violating his privacy by publicly disclosing his musical preferences on social media because the service is free and the man was therefore not a Pandora customer under state law, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Peter Deacon sued Oakland-based Pandora Media in federal court in California in 2011, alleging the company violated Michigan's Video Rental Privacy Act when it divulged his musical preferences on its website and on Facebook.

Chained protesters arrested blocking traffic near Gutierrez office

Luis Gutierrez the morning of June 30. About 100 supporters with signs complained that the 4th District congressman was not using his influence as a member of the 15-member Democratic National Convention drafting committee to adequately stand up for immigrants facing deportation. Gutierrez was appointed to the national committee by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

AP sources: Mavs plan max offer sheet for Warriors’ Barnes

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wiesel's long career as one of the world's foremost witnesses... A 24-year-old man took a wrong turn, crashed through a fence and ruptured a natural gas line in suburban Detroit, causing a dramatic explosion in the wee hours Saturday that forced the evacuation of nearby... A 24-year-old man took a wrong turn, crashed through a fence and ruptured a natural gas line in suburban Detroit, causing a dramatic explosion in the wee hours Saturday that forced the evacuation of nearby residents and... The chairwoman of the Delta County Republican Party who was accused of favoritism and posting a racist meme on her Facebook page has resigned.

That 25-hour House sit-in was a big win for Periscope

The U.S. House of Representative's Democrats were staging a sit-in-the first of its kind in this video-driven digital age- trying to force House Republicans to vote on a pair of gun control bills. Whatever side of the aisle you're on, this was must-see TV.

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are virtually tied in the latest surveys compiled in a Lakeland Times Poll of Polls, with Clinton leading Trump by 42.6 percent to 40 percent but well within the polls' margins of error. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Wisconsin! They plan to film episodes of the hit series "American Pickers" throughout the region this August.

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A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Asian stock markets mostly lower Tuesday tracking Wall Street's decline, as jittery investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates and Britain's vote on European Union membership.

How Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Others Used Social Media to Reframe News of Orlando Shooting

As news updates rolled in about Sunday's shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub , politicians, public figures, activists and journalists took to Facebook and Twitter to send out unfiltered statements about the significance of the massacre. For prominent politicians in and seeking office, the shooting represented an obligation to comment as well as a challenge, as the tragedy touched on several highly charged issues and themes in the public sphere, including but not limited to: LGBTQ rights, homophobia, Islamophobia, gun control and terrorism.

Hudson County sheriff has two rivals to lead department in primary Tuesday

A North Bergen woman and a veteran law enforcement officer are both challenging current Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari in an election race to lead the department. Schillari, who has worked in law enforcement for 38 years, is seeking his third term in office.

Darwin Mayor Katrina Fong Lim’s home covered in offensive graffiti in racist attack

Violence erupts at Trump's San Jose rally as protesters fight The Donald's supporters in ugly street brawls leading to several arrests Pictured: Phoenix mom, 29, and her three sons who she 'stabbed to death before stuffing their dismembered bodies in a closet and suitcase and trying to kill herself' 'Hillary has to go to jail!': Donald the counter-puncher clobbers Democratic challenger over her classified emails and says watching her anti-Trump speech was 'like taking Sominex' Illegal immigrants including Afghan embroiled in a terror plot are caught 15 miles north of US-Mexico border after crawling under fence with help of smuggling network Prosecutor WILL NOT charge two white St. Louis cops over fatal shooting of black 18-year-old Mansur Ball-Bey- saying they did it in self-defense Bank of America worker fired after posting vile racist rant on Facebook saying 'f***ing n****rs' should ... (more)

Salim Mehajer school photo emerges

Violence erupts at Trump's San Jose rally as protesters fight The Donald's supporters in ugly street brawls leading to several arrests Pictured: Phoenix mom, 29, and her three sons who she 'stabbed to death before stuffing their dismembered bodies in a closet and suitcase and trying to kill herself' 'Hillary has to go to jail!': Donald the counter-puncher clobbers Democratic challenger over her classified emails and says watching her anti-Trump speech was 'like taking Sominex' Illegal immigrants including Afghan embroiled in a terror plot are caught 15 miles north of US-Mexico border after crawling under fence with help of smuggling network Prosecutor WILL NOT charge two white St. Louis cops over fatal shooting of black 18-year-old Mansur Ball-Bey- saying they did it in self-defense Bank of America worker fired after posting vile racist rant on Facebook saying 'f***ing n****rs' should ... (more)