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Black Cuyahoga County judge whose son murdered his wife fights for custody of her grandchildren....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams Omnisun Azali ,  36, the son of a Cuyahoga County Common Please Judge Cassandra Collier Williams . A common pleas  jury, in December of 2022, found him guilty of murdering his wife    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief. Coleman is a Black political and investigative reporter out of Cleveland, Ohio who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post newspaper. Comprehensive/Investigative article CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Black Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge whose son was convicted of murdering his wife in December of 2022 in a case that has drawn national attention is now fighting the county department of children and family services and the two children's aunt from Africa for custody of her grandchildren via a custody trial that got underway this week in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the county juvenile court. Like the

President Joe Biden officially announces that he and Vice President Kamala Harris will run for reelection in 2024, Harris the first Black and first Black female vice president....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Democratic President Joe Biden (right) and Vice President-Kamala Harris after winning election in 2020. The president announced on Tuesday that both he and Vice President Harris will seek reelection in 2024. A former California attorney general and U.S. senator, Harris is the nation's first Black and first Black female vice president Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- After much anticipation around his decision whether to seek a second term in office, Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden, who captured the White House by defeating former Republican president Donald Trump in 2020 in a heated election, officially announced on Tuesday that both he and Vice President Kamala Harris will run for reelection in 2024, a possible rematch of 2020 election since Trump is already the staunch front-runner for the Republican nomination. The president joins political neophyte Robert F. Kenned

U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes officially urges the DOJ to investigate Akron's police department after a no indictment in the Jayland Walker case by a Summit County grand jury....Walker was gunned down by eight Akron cops shooting some 94 bullets after he ran from police on foot following a traffic stop....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio 13th Congressional district Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat Jayland Walker   U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    Staff article WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ohio 13th Congressional District Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat and one of three Black women in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, has officially requested a Department of Justice investigation into the patterns and practices of the Akron Police Department. The request from the federal lawmaker comes hardly a week after a Summit County grand jury refused to indict eight Akron cops who gunned down 25-year old Jayland Walker shooting 94 bullets as he ran away from police on foot.  “I write today on behalf of the people of Ohio’s 13 th  congressional district urging the United States Department of Justice to investigate the death of Mr. Jayland Walker, a young Black man killed by eight officers employed by the Akron Police Department

U.S. Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now....Women's March Cleveland protested last week for the abortion pill at Walgreens, which will not sell the FDA approved abortion pill allegedly for fear of litigation....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's' Black digital news leader

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State Rep Juanita Brent of Cleveland, also vice chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, poses in front of Walgreens pharmacy at East 101st Street and Chester Avenue in Cleveland on April 15, 2023 after a rally there that was hosted by Women's March Cleveland    to advocate for abortion rights and to denounce Walgreens for refusing to sell the abortion pill  ( Photo by CGTV) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Staff article  WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked in full a decision by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk out of Amarillo, Texas issued on April 7 that had invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of mifepristone, the nation's most widely used abortion pill It was a win for abortion proponents and women and means women can still obtain mifepristone by mail, use it at home, and use it up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy as litigation ensues in the lower court. The generic version of the d