YORK, Pa. — A ninth white juror was selected Wednesday for the murder trial of three white men charged with killing a black woman during race riots here in 1969. The panel remains all-white with three selections still to come.
One black prospective juror was discharged during Wednesday’s session. Like dozens of prospective white jurors questioned […]
YORK, Pa. — Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of three white men, including the city’s former mayor, accused of the fatal shooting of a black woman during 10 days of paralyzing race riots in 1969.
Prosecutors say Charlie Robertson, a young police officer who later became mayor, gave ammunition to white gangs that […]
NEW YORK — A former police officer was sentenced to five years in prison Saturday night in a last-minute deal that avoided a fourth trial on charges he lied about the torture of a Haitian immigrant in a precinct bathroom.
U.S. District Judge Reena Raggi sentenced Charles Schwarz to five years in prison — the maximum […]
PITTSBURGH — Pastors of 137 predominantly black churches in the Pittsburgh area are being asked to preach a new kind of sermon Sunday — urging blacks to sign up for jury duty.
The city chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized “Jury Awareness Sunday” after an 18-month study by the Pittsburgh […]
LONDON — Discrimination against Muslims has increased sharply across Europe since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, isolating many Islamic communities and undermining efforts to build harmonious multiethnic societies, the leader of a British Muslim group said Thursday.
Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said the year since the attacks had also brought infringements […]
PHILADELPHIA — An Indian doctor who was on a flight when a federal air marshal pointed a gun at passengers while another detained an unruly passenger said he was held for hours after the plane landed because of racial profiling.
Bob Rajcoomar, a naturalized citizen and former U.S. Army major from Lake Worth, Fla., filed notice […]
NEW YORK — Vivek Wadhwa had never thought about race in the 20 years he lived in the United States — until the post-Sept. 11 backlash against people who looked as if they might be from the same part of the world as the hijackers.
Worried about his wife and children, the Indian-born technology executive began […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Republican candidate for Congress is offering campaign volunteers extra protection for their visits to immigrant neighborhoods: escorts from the National Rifle Assn.
Democrats said the offer by the campaign of incumbent Rep. Robert “Robin” Hayes is an insult to residents, and they held a rally Saturday.
“A representative in Congress should not be […]
The United Nations’ Aids agency, UNAIDS, reported that in 2001 sub-Saharan Africa was the most afflicted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic of any region in the world. UNAIDS statistics include:
A total of 28.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa infected with HIV/AIDS.
In 2001, 3.5 million new cases of infection in the region.
Some 2.2 million […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A judge refused Monday to set aside a former Ku Klu Klansman’s murder conviction in the 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls.
Circuit Judge James Garrett’s one-sentence ruling said he had reviewed all filings and that “the motion for a new trial is overruled.”
Bobby Frank Cherry, 71, was found guilty in […]