Category: National

FULTON, Ga. — A court in Fulton County, Georgia, has temporarily stopped the scheduled Monday night execution of condemned murderer Warren Hill.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the wake of the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, another name started to trend Monday on the Internet: Marissa Alexander.

SANFORD, Fla. — How would Florida State Attorney Angela Corey describe George Zimmerman in one word? “Murderer.”

SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman never denied shooting Trayvon Martin, saying he did so in self defense. Late Saturday night, a Florida jury found him not guilty in the teenager’s death.

Each year, 50,000 people are selected at random to immigrate to the United States. They don’t need specialized job skills or even a relative in the United States.

HARRISBURG, Pa.—The NAACP will join the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, and other leading organizations to hold a public rally in the Capitol Rotunda at Third and State streets to express continued outrage over the state’s strict voter ID law and to generate awareness for the upcoming court case, which begins Monday, July 15, in Harrisburg.

SOUTH AFRICA — Former South African President Nelson Mandela still is in critical but stable condition, but is responding to treatment, President Jacob Zuma’s office said Wednesday, citing Mandela’s doctors.

SANFORD, Fla. — Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial presented evidence of DNA test results to the jury Wednesday that showed where Zimmerman’s and Trayvon Martin’s genetic material ended up during their 2012 altercation.

President Barack Obama concluded his trip to Africa Tuesday after making a final pitch for partnership at a Tanzanian power plant.

Much of Philadelphia and the nation are mourning the passing of former Congressman William H. Gray this week. Gray, the first African American to chair the House Budget Committee and the first to serve as majority whip in the House of Representatives, died Monday in London.