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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher FLORIDA - The FBI is investigating what it says was a likely assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his golf club in  West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, the second attempt on the former president's life since a lone shooter attempted to murder him at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.  Trump's security detail fired at 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh,  who fled the scene in an SUV but was later apprehended in a nearby town.  An AK-style assault rifle, a video and other criminal paraphernalia were purportedly confiscated. A Secret Service agent began firing shots after seeing a gun barrel sticking out of a fence. The suspect did not fire off any shots. Trump is safe, and unharmed, at least physically, and some streets have been closed near his golf course near his Mar-a-Lago resort. "[Former] President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity," Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign...

Cleveland Browns lead quarterback Deshaun Watson   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  Staff article  JACKSONVILLE, Florida The Cleveland Browns won their first game of the 2024-25 regular season on Sunday, beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 18-13 with Browns Quarterback Deshaun Watson at the helm. The Browns are now 1-1 after losing their season opener last week to the Dallas Cowboys. The Jaguars rallied back from a 13-point deficit, though ultimately losing the game before thousands of fans at the EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Watson finished with 186 passing yards and a rushing touchdown. The Browns will play at Huntington Bank Field next Sunday in Cleveland and will face the Giants, who are 0-2 on the season following a loss to the Washington Commanders. The game is at 1 p.m. ET. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most-read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Te...

Vice President Kamala Harris during the ABC News presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Sept. 10. 2024 Clevelandurbannews.com     and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher PHILADELPHIA, Pensylvania- Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered their conflicting plans and policies for president during the ABC News debate on Tues., Sept.10 in Philadelphia, the first official debate between the two nominees for president of the United States of America. The candidates took vastly different positions on how each would govern if elected president in November, particularly on issues such as healthcare, border control, inflation, national security, and the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars. National media pundits said afterward that Harris, the nation's first Black and first female vice president, won the televised debate hands down and that Trump came off as angry and confused while ...

U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes(OH-13) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com AKRON, OH  — U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement on Wednesday after a Hamilton County common pleas judge issued a preliminary injunction that will temporarily block enforcement of Ohio laws banning use of telemedicine in medication abortions, and prohibiting certified nurse midwives, physician assistants and other non-physician medical professionals from prescribing medication abortion pills. Sykes is an Akron Democrat and one of three Black womenwho are in Congress from Ohio. She is also a former minority leader of the Ohio House of Representatives.  Last November, and following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal, Ohio voters passed ballot Issue 1, which gives Ohio women the legal right to access abortion and other reproductive rights.  “Ohioans made it clear last November when they voted to enshrine access to reproductive healthcare in the Ohio con...

Clevelandurbannews.com     and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- Thousands attended the annual 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day Parade and Festival Monday on Cleveland's largely Black east side with Congresswoman Shontel Brown its Grand Marshal. Elected officials, marching bands, Black fraternities and sororities, union groups, community activists and wannabe candidates were among those there as the Nov. 5 presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump nears. Brown is one of three Black women in Congress from Ohio and is a member of Ohio's five-member Democratic Congressional Delegation. It is majority Black and majority female and also includes Reps. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, Joyce Beatty of Columbus and Emilia Sykes of Akron, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat. Under the theme of promoting empowerment, the parade kicked off a...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump Clevelandurbannews.com     and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to participate in the ABC News debate scheduled for Sept 10, the first official debate between the two nominees for president. Both candidates agreed to rules similar to the Biden- Trump CNN debate held on June 27, including muting the microphone when the other candidate is answering a question, and the nominees have not ruled out another debate in October sponsored by another national media venue as the Nov. 5 presidential election nears. The nation's first Black and first female vice president, Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the nominee for the Democratic Party. She formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Aug. 22 and gave the keynote address during the final night of the Demo...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Chicago, Illinois during the last night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 after accepting the nomination for president by the Democratic Party Clevelandurbannews.com     and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher-August 22, 2024 CHICAGO, Illinois- Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Black and first female vice president, formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president and gave the keynote address during the final night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Thursday in Chicago, Illinois. And she rocked the Chicago arena filled with thousands of cheering Dems from across the country. Her demeanor was presidential by all credible accounts, pundits said afterwards. She followed other prominent DNC headliners who spoke this week during the four-day convention, including President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Former def...