CLEVELAND – A dozen Browns players created a firestorm during a recent preseason game by not standing during the anthem. In response to this, The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association and ILA Local 1975, representing the city’s dispatchers, EMTs and paramedics backed out of a plan to hold a large flag on the field for the opening game. On Sunday […]
The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association will no longer take part in the Browns’ opening day ceremonies on Sept. 10, according to Union President Steve Loomis. Members of the union had been scheduled to help hold the American flag before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with military members and other law enforcement officers. However, after several […]
At the request of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, who has said God delivered him from “the curse” of homosexuality, withdrew as a performer at a city-sponsored concert on Saturday night, Aug. 10, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. McClurkin’s withdrawal from the event, which is being organized by the D.C. […]
Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night that some 34,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will have returned home by this time next year, according to sources with knowledge of the the address. The move will reduce the number of U.S. forces in the country […]