Friends and colleagues described her as a fearless advocate for causes in which she believed.
Her many civic roles included leading CASA, a court program to help abused and neglected children in Morris and Sussex counties.
Attorney Roland Lee Coleman Jr., the second Black person to lead the Los Angeles County Bar Assn., has died. He was 74. Coleman also served as president of the John M. Langston Bar Assn. of Los Angeles, founded in the 1920s to serve and support Black lawyers excluded from other bar associations. Coleman once recounted being told that a Black attorney couldn’t win cases in Glendale or Fullerton. In the face of racism, "I really believed I had to be better than anybody else," he said. In the...
Buenos Aires, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Former President Rafael Correa condemned on Monday the Ecuadorian police rais at the Mexican embassy in Quito in order to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas and also denounced the lawfare against him. The post Former President Rafael Correa condemns President Noboa´s actions first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Andrzej Duda became the latest world leader to renew acquaintances with the former president as November's election looms. Duda arrived as Republicans threaten to derail plans for more US aid to Ukraine. 'We had four great years together,' Trump said, 'We may have to do it again'
Bob Graham, who served Florida as a two-term governor (1979-87) and three-term senator (1987-2005), died yesterday at a Gainesville retirement community. He was 87. (Tallahassee Democrat)
Tallahassee - Bob Graham, a two-term Florida governor who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate and was known for his work days across the state, died Tuesday at age 87, his family announced.
Akebono, who retired from sumo in 2001, won 11 championships while garnering celebrity status as a talent on Japanese TV shows
Longtime former Chautauqua County Legislator Jay Gould has died. Gould died Monday, April 1. He represented Legislative District 17 that encompassed the towns of Clymer, Panama, Harmony, and Busti from January 2000 until his retirement in December 2022. Gould served as Chairman of the County Legislature from 2012 to 2016. He served on the Legislature’s […]
This week marks the beginning of the first criminal trial against Donald Trump. The former president is accused of crimes stemming from his hush money scheme in which he and his associates sought to
DENHAM SPRINGS — Former Denham Springs mayor Jimmy Durbin died Tuesday morning, current mayor Gerard Landry told WBRZ."It's unfortunate that Jimmy died this morning. He has been a true public servant for the city of Denham Springs," Landry said. Durbin served as Denham Springs' mayor for three terms starting in 2002. During his time as mayor, Durbin was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and received treatment. Prior to his time as mayor, he served on the City Council for 15...
Xi reasserts Beijing's claim on Taiwan amid reports of a Chinese smear campaign during 2024 presidential poll.