L.A. mayor names black fire chief amid race furor
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, trying to extinguish a furor over charges of racism and sexism in the city's fire department, on Monday named a black officer as interim fire chief.
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HAYWARD, Wis. - A man suspected of killing six hunters told investigators that he began firing after a shot was fired at him and some of the victims called him racially derogatory names, according to documents filed yesterday.
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- CHICAGO -- Chicagoâs Fire Commissioner described as âheroicâ the effort of firefighters who battled Monday nightâs six-alarm fire at the LaSalle Bank Building in the Loop.
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Basketball As the firestorm continued over Tim Hardaway's antigay remarks on radio, the mayor of North Miami, who is gay, invited the ex-Heat star to spend a day with him. "We're just trying to show him that there are living, breathing people that just happen to be gay," said North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns , who lives with his partner ...
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A MAN accused of killing six hunters told investigators he began firing after he was shot at and some victims called him racially derogatory names.
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Forestry and fire officials called for hundreds of residents to be evacuated after a fierce wildfire raging outside Los Angeles regained momentum.
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New York's mayor is "deeply disturbed" by the police killing of an unarmed black man but supports the police chief.
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The national American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday accused the city's black mayor of civil rights violations including racial profiling in his crusade to stem crime in Mississippi's capital city.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone faced mounting pressure to apologize for allegedly comparing a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.
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As CBS prepares to launch a new season of the hit reality show "Survivor," this time featuring teams divided by race, enraged city officials are saying it promotes divisiveness and are calling for the network to reconsider.
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A man suspected in the killings of six hunters told investigators he began firing after he was shot at first and some of the victims called him racially derogatory names, according to documents filed Tuesday.
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The City Council passed a modified version of a controversial plan to use public funds to create a black business district in the city.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The incoming mayor of this city is proposing a sweeping plan of aggressive police tactics, including limiting the movement of people in high crime neighborhoods and directing officers to increase searches of people on the street for illegal weapons, all in a desperate effort to cu...
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The city council is considering a symbolic resolution calling for New Yorkers to stop using the n-word, and supporters say Black History Month is a relevant time to call attention to the racial slur.
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A fast-spreading wildfire has burned 500 acres of woodland in the northern section of Los Angeles County, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 28 -- A city panel recommended Tuesday that officials fire Bonnie Bleskachek, the nation's first openly lesbian big-city fire chief, in the wake of firefighter lawsuits accusing her of harassment and discrimination.
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President Vicente Fox fired Mexico City's police chief Monday for allegedly bungling the response to a mob attack that killed two federal police officers. Fox's action sharply increases a political clash with leaders of the opposition-led capital ahead of the 2006 presidential race.