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(BPRW) Who’s Next? Black Women’s Health Imperative Urges Voters to Affirm Abortion Rights in Wake of Kansas Abortion-Referendum | Press releases

(BPRW) Who’s Next? Black Women’s Health Imperative Urges Voters to Affirm Abortion Rights in Wake of Kansas Abortion-Referendum | Press releases

(BPRW) Who’s Next? Black Women’s Health Imperative Urges Voters to Affirm Abortion Rights in Wake of Kansas Abortion-Referendum (Black PR WIre) ATLANTA — Recently, Kansas voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have removed the right to abortion from the Kansas Constitution. For the sake of Black women’s physical, mental, and financial well-being, it’s imperative that constituents […]

Kansas City woman charged after being shot by police

Kansas City woman charged after being shot by police

A woman was shot by a Kansas City police officer last Friday. A woman who recorded the shooting and posted it online saying the woman who was shot was unarmed KCTV 5 reported. Earlier this week, prosecutors released an photo from a police body-worn camera that showed a gun in the hand of the woman. Prosecutors […]

Former NFL player Saousoalii Siavii found dead in Kansas federal prison

Former NFL player Saousoalii Siavii found dead in Kansas federal prison

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle was found dead in a Kansas federal prison where he was being held on charges of illegal firearms possession, a prison official said. Saousoalii Siavii Jr., 43, was found unresponsive at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth on Thursday afternoon, U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman […]

Kansas mother returns to find apartment completely cleared out, left with nothing

Kansas mother returns to find apartment completely cleared out, left with nothing

A Kansas mother and her two daughters don’t have anything left after all the things in their apartment was allegedly cleared out after an error from their apartment’s management company. Myrohn Guthrie says all her belongings were taken out of her home. Guthrie and her daughters found her apartment empty last weekend and are currently staying […]

Family of Black man killed by officer in 2019 sues Kansas City police

Family of Black man killed by officer in 2019 sues Kansas City police

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black man fatally shot in 2019 in his own backyard by a white police detective is suing Kansas City police and the officer. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court on behalf of Cameron Lamb’s four minor children, the Kansas City Star reported. The lawsuit […]

Former University Of Kansas Student Convicted Of Raping White Teen Granted New Trial

Former University Of Kansas Student Convicted Of Raping White Teen Granted New Trial

Former University Of Kansas student Albert Wilson will get a new trial after Judge Sally Pokorny agreed that his court-appointed trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel, according to Fox4 KC. In 2019, Wilson was convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl that he met at a bar in Lawrence, Kansas, when he was 20. He was sentenced to […]

Kansas City Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Donnie Sanders Will Face No Charges

Kansas City Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Donnie Sanders Will Face No Charges

A Jackson County prosecutor revealed this week that the Kansas City, Missouri police officer who shot and killed Donnie Sanders in March 2020 will not face charges. “Like others in our community, we mourn the loss of the victim,” Jean Peters Baker, a prosecutor, said in a statement, according to Daily News. On March 12, 2020, an […]