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Judge says Trump must face defamation suit from Central Park Five

A federal judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by the Central Park Five against Donald Trump, handing a legal setback to the sitting U.S. president who tried to end the case. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia ruled that Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown and Korey Wise, now known as the Exonerated Five, presented enough evidence in the case to proceed, reports Reuters. The five Black and brown men, who were convicted as minors […]

todayApril 11, 2025 1

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Central Park Five defamation suit against Trump resurrects his history of ‘perpetuating lies’

The five Black and Latino men once known as the Central Park Five are taking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to court.  In a lawsuit filed on Monday in Pennsylvania, the five men – who now go by the “Exonerated Five” – accuse Trump of defamation for remarks he made during his Sept. 10 debate against Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.  “They admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilt, they […]

todayOctober 21, 2024

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Barack Obama has thoughts on Kamala Harris’ ‘coconut brown’ suit

If the “coconut brown” suit Kamala Harris wore to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, August 19 reminded you of the similarly hued tan suit Barack Obama wore during a press conference in 2014, you’re not the only one. On the 10-year anniversary of the moment in fashion history, Obama poked a little fun at the incident that launched a debate over appropriate political fashion, surprisingly making even more headlines than the geopolitical statement he initially made while […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024

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North Carolina justice ends suit against ethics panel after it dismisses complaint

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Supreme Court justice ended her federal lawsuit against an ethics commission on Wednesday because she said the judicial panel scrutinizing her public comments about the courts, colleagues and race has dismissed a complaint against her. An attorney for Associate Justice Anita Earls, one of two registered Democrats and the only Black jurist on the seven-member court, filed paperwork to end the lawsuit against the state Judicial Standards Commission and its members. The commission […]

todayJanuary 18, 2024