http://www.mail.com/people/27780-martin-luther-king-jr.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/27780-martin-luther-king-jr.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother's Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood. The arrests by city police and U.S. marshals came less than four days after gunfire scatt... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html 2013-05-17T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2083818-police-man-19-sought-no-parade-shootings.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas identified the suspect late Monday as Akein Scott, 19, of New Orleans. Referring to blurry surveillance camera images of the mas... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:39:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2083818-police-man-19-sought-no-parade-shootings.html 2013-05-14T12:39:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2082572-police-suspect-orleans-mass-shooting.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Superintendent Ronal Serpas said officers were looking for Akein Scott of New Orleans. He said it was ... Tue, 14 May 2013 05:46:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2082572-police-suspect-orleans-mass-shooting.html 2013-05-14T05:46:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081288-police-vow-to-solve-shootings-19-orleans.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police hope a $10,000 reward and blurry surveillance camera images will lead to arrests in a Mother's Day shooting that wounded 19 people and showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies the city's festive image. Video released early Monday shows the crowd suddenly scattering ... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:35:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081288-police-vow-to-solve-shootings-19-orleans.html 2013-05-13T18:35:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076938-grandson-malcolm-x-killed-mexico-city.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said Friday. He was 28. City prosecutors are investigating the attack that sent Shabazz to a nearby hospital where he died Thursday of blunt-force trauma injuries. United States officials confirmed that Sh... Sat, 11 May 2013 04:09:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076938-grandson-malcolm-x-killed-mexico-city.html 2013-05-11T04:09:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2039254-talented-artist-now-bombing-suspects-wife.html NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Katherine Russell was a talented artist, a good student who grew up Christian, the daughter of a suburban doctor. Then she went off to college in Boston. A few years later, she had dropped out of school, converted to Islam and was Katherine Tsarnaeva, wife of a man who would become a suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon bombi... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:34:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2039254-talented-artist-now-bombing-suspects-wife.html 2013-04-23T20:34:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036296-aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled-with-islam.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said. Tamerlan Tsarnaev seemed more American than Chechen and "did not fit into the Muslim life" in Russia's Cau... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:05:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036296-aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled-with-islam.html 2013-04-23T00:05:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026086-genocide-survivor-saved-member-enemy-tribe.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Rwandan genocide survivor who became a U.S. citizen Wednesday says she was saved because her father trusted an exceptional member of an enemy tribe that slaughtered the rest of her family. "My father always used to tell us, 'Never judge people by putting them in boxes, because of their country, their race, their tribe,'" Immaculee Ilibag... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:13:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026086-genocide-survivor-saved-member-enemy-tribe.html 2013-04-17T22:13:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2020790-violent-backdrop-sports-to-jackie-robinson-day.html MIAMI (AP) — Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon. What began as an annual celebration to salute the man who broke baseball's color barrier 66 years ago turned somber after a pair of explosions ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:48:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2020790-violent-backdrop-sports-to-jackie-robinson-day.html 2013-04-16T07:48:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's commencement speaking schedule is taking her to Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee. The White House announced Thursday that Mrs. Obama will address graduates at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond on May 11 and at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., on May 17. She's also speaking to graduating high school seniors at ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:05:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html 2013-04-11T20:05:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2000268-craig-weisz-to-star-betrayal-broadway.html NEW YORK (AP) — Real-life husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to play an adulterous stage couple in a Broadway production this fall of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," the latest blast of high-beam celebrities to be lured to Times Square. Weisz will make her Broadway debut in Pinter's 1978 study in deception, which charts an extramarital affair ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:35:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2000268-craig-weisz-to-star-betrayal-broadway.html 2013-04-05T18:35:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999380-nyc-fast-food-workers-picket-higher-pay.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New York City restaurants Thursday to demand higher wages for their low-paying jobs, including about 60 at a midtown Wendy's who chanted: "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage has got to go!" Linda Archer said she has worked at a nearby McDonald's for three years and makes $8 an hour... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999380-nyc-fast-food-workers-picket-higher-pay.html 2013-04-05T01:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999474-ag-holder-wants-voting-rights-provision-upheld.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act that requires all or part of 15 states with a history of discrimination to get federal clearance before carrying out changes in elections. Holder made the comments Thursday in a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:11:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999474-ag-holder-wants-voting-rights-provision-upheld.html 2013-04-05T01:11:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1998654-finals-watch-presidential-shot-top-coach-player.html ATLANTA (AP) — Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games. Presidential parting shot The formal question-and-answer portion of his news conference had just ended when NCAA president Mark Emmert looked at a repo... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:44:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1998654-finals-watch-presidential-shot-top-coach-player.html 2013-04-04T22:44:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998964-ap-photos-king-assassination-45-years.html The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis 45 years ago on April 4, 1968, triggered spasms of both grief and violence. As the nation's cities smoldered and police searched for the killer, civil rights activists and politicians joined the King family in mourning the loss of the 39-year-old minister. Here are photos from the day of the slaying a... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:38:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998964-ap-photos-king-assassination-45-years.html 2013-04-04T21:38:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994866-decades-mlk-death-memphis-jobs-spotlight.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs. In 1968, wages were so low that some workers had to stand in welfare lines to feed their families. Working conditions were so dangerous men were dying on the job. Today, the divi... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:31:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994866-decades-mlk-death-memphis-jobs-spotlight.html 2013-04-03T19:31:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982388-newtown-tv-coverage-girls-win-peabody-awards.html ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A local TV station's coverage of the Connecticut school massacre, the HBO drama "Girls," and a public-service campaign about Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts' medical battle were among 39 Peabody Award winners announced Wednesday. Recipients of the 72nd annual Peabody Awards were announced by the University of Georgia's jour... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:26:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982388-newtown-tv-coverage-girls-win-peabody-awards.html 2013-03-27T19:26:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978496-film-academy-sets-oscar-dates-2014-2015.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film fans can already mark their calendars for the Academy Awards in 2014 and 2015. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that next year's Oscar ceremony will be held March 2. The 2015 trophies will be handed out Feb. 22. Awards shows, including the Oscars, are juggling their calendars to avoid overlap with th... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:10:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978496-film-academy-sets-oscar-dates-2014-2015.html 2013-03-25T21:10:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972168-obama-warns-enclave-extremism-syria.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an "enclave for extremism" could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous region, especially for Jordan, Syria's neighbor and a nation at the crossroads of the struggle for stability in the Middle East. In a significant step toward easing regional... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:48:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972168-obama-warns-enclave-extremism-syria.html 2013-03-22T21:48:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1969884-white-house-notebook-obama-heckler-shouted.html JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama was interrupted by a heckler while giving a speech to an audience of Israeli university students, but he didn't lose his cool. The president was talking about the U.S. being a close ally to Israel when the heckler piped up. The crowd shouted him down. "This is part of the lively debate that we talked about," said an... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:05:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1969884-white-house-notebook-obama-heckler-shouted.html 2013-03-22T01:05:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969212-us-pockets-protest-persist-years-war.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The protesters gather at noon every Friday in front of the Montpelier post office, sharing signs made up years ago to tell their little part of the world why they oppose the latest war involving the United States. There might be as few as two people in the midwinter cold, or as many as 20 at the height of summer. But a decade after ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:41:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969212-us-pockets-protest-persist-years-war.html 2013-03-21T14:41:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965222-calls-change-slain-chicago-infants-funeral.html CHICAGO (AP) — A community unable to make sense of the killing of a 6-month-old Chicago girl filed past her tiny white casket Tuesday, as religious leaders implored them to transform gang-riven neighborhoods and seize the "power in the blood of the innocent." Jonylah Watkins was sitting on her father's lap in a minivan when a gunman approached on foot and... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:20:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965222-calls-change-slain-chicago-infants-funeral.html 2013-03-19T22:20:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1959108-embattled-albuquerque-nm-police-chief-to-retire.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The head of Albuquerque's embattled police department says he's retiring after an eight-year tenure marred by a spike in fatal police shootings and excessive force cases that critics blamed on a departmental culture that fostered brutality. Chief Ray Schultz's announcement on Friday comes five months after the U.S. Department of J... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:38:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1959108-embattled-albuquerque-nm-police-chief-to-retire.html 2013-03-16T07:38:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls. More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:52:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html 2013-03-04T02:52:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914318-us-stopping-use-term-negro-census-surveys.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use the more modern labels "black" or "African-American". The change will take effect next year when the Censu... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914318-us-stopping-use-term-negro-census-surveys.html 2013-02-25T20:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914776-fbi-to-release-records-withers-informer-work.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported on its website Monday that under the settlement, the paper will have access to portions of 70 investigative file... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:22:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914776-fbi-to-release-records-withers-informer-work.html 2013-02-25T20:22:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1908330-correction-obit-cleotha-staples-story.html CHICAGO (AP) — In a story Feb. 22 about the death of singer Cleotha Staples, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Pervis Staples was a sister. He was a brother and performed with The Staple Singers until 1968. A corrected version of the story is below: Cleotha Staples of Staple Singers siblings dies Cleotha Staples, eldest of The Staple Singers ... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:59:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1908330-correction-obit-cleotha-staples-story.html 2013-02-25T17:59:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1901958-jesse-jackson-jr-wife-to-appear-wednesday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, are to appear in federal court Wednesday to answer criminal charges in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items, including a $43,350 gold watch, furs and celebrity memorabilia. Both have agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors. Jackso... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:01:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1901958-jesse-jackson-jr-wife-to-appear-wednesday.html 2013-02-20T00:01:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1897882-obama-to-speak-morehouse-college-commencement.html PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is among the historically black institution's alumni. Commencement is scheduled for May 19. Obama typically speaks each spring at a handful of college and... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1897882-obama-to-speak-morehouse-college-commencement.html 2013-02-17T16:32:00Z