Las Vegas

Feb 28 2013

Ammar Asim Faruq Harris

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Ammar Asim Faruq Harris, 26, the suspect in a shooting and crash that left three people dead last week in Las Vegas, has been arrested in Los Angeles, the FBI said Thursday.
 
FBI spokeswoman Lourdes Arocho said Harris was apprehended by the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department Fugitive Task Force at noon in the North Hollywood section of the city.

Harris, who police said has an extensive criminal history, was considered armed and dangerous.

Feb 22 2013

Autopsy underway for rapper Kenneth Cherry Jr.

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Police are on an “intense” and “extremely focused” nationwide manhunt for the occupants of a black Range Rover at the center of a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip that claimed three lives.

The incident involved a Maserati that was shot at and subsequently crashed into a taxi, which caught fire.
The driver of the Maserati, whom family identified as Kenneth Cherry Jr., died at a hospital. The taxi driver and a passenger also died.

Nov 15 2012

Community organizations come together to plan for the future

Recently, Robert Gaines, Sr., president/CEO of Veteran’s Southwest Industries, in conjunction with Senator Carol Liu, California Black Chamber of Commerce, PV Jobs, United Jobs Creation Council (UJCC), National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC), Black Business Association (BBA), Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce (GLAAACC), Regional Black Chamber of Commerce of San Fernando Valley (RBCC), Black Business Council of Nevada, Victor Valley African American Chamber of Commerce, and the Antelope Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, held a meeting to discuss formi

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 29 2011

Part of regional transportation plan

A series of articles reported on proposed activities that would simultaneously relieve transportation snarls in the Antelope Valley, and connect a high speed rail line with another train from Southern California to Las Vegas.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 21 2011

Files an injunction to stop Grapevine study

PALMDALE, Calif.—And the California High-Speed Rail Authority issue rages on. The city of Palmdale filed an injunction against the Authority this week to stop the use of state and federal funds to conduct the proposed Interstate 5/Grapevine study.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.