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Six people were killed and 12 others injured, some critically, in a shooting early Sunday morning in California’s state capital of Sacramento. The city’s police chief, Kathy Lester, told reporters that around 2:00 am, “a large fight took place” in the downtown area just before “multiple shooters” opened fire. Officers on patrol nearby heard the gunshots and saw people running, she said. Upon arriving at the scene, “they encountered a large crowd and multiple gunshot […]
(Eagle News) — Tom Bennett, Senior Vice President of Community Impact, and the Literacy Program Coordinators from United Way, Sacramento contemplated on the following: “How do we get books into communities that don’t have it?” With this single thought, Little Libraries were brought to life in the state capital of California. The concept of the Little Library was a sustainable and easy model, where you take a free book to read and when you are […]
SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) –On Thursday evening just a few blocks from the state capitol, community members rallied together to protest what they consider as an injustice for Stephon Clark. According to protesters, Clark was an unarmed man who was shot 20 times by Sacramento Police Department. The protest blocked the path of people trying to enter the Sacramento King’s NBA Basketball Game being held at the Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. Clark, an African American […]
By Macy Membrere EBC Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) — What started in 2017 as a progression of voices from across the nation has grown into a powerful movement to uplift, encourage and move more individuals into action. Not only did the 2018 Women’s March of Sacramento fight for women’s rights but the march also stood for immigrant rights, voting rights, civic justice, and youth engagement. Women, along with entire families, of different age […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Serbian guard Bogdan Bogdanovic will become the highest-paid rookie in NBA history after agreeing to a three-year deal worth $36 million with the Sacramento Kings, the Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday. The 24-year-old from Belgrade, who helped Serbia capture 2016 Rio Olympic silver, was this season’s Turkish League Most Valuable Player while leading Fenerbahce to its first EuroLeague title last month. Bogdanovic — who has no relation to Croatian guard […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Star center DeMarcus Cousins was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday in a blockbuster NBA trade deal involving five players and two draft picks. Cousins and forward Omri Casspi will join the Pelicans while New Orleans sent rookie guard Buddy Hield, swingman Tyreke Evans, guard Langston Galloway, a 2017 first-round NBA Draft pick and a 2017 second-round selection to the Kings. Cousins, averaging […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was suspended one game without pay Tuesday for accumulating his 16th technical foul of the season and fined $25,000 for inappropriate conduct in a separate incident. NBA rules provide a one-game ban for any player or coach after a 16th technical foul in a season. For every two additional technical fouls this season, Cousins will be suspended for an additional game. Cousins received his […]
SACRAMENTO, United States (AFP) — DeMarcus Cousins escaped a suspension but the Sacramento Kings slapped the club’s center with a $50,000 fine for bullying a reporter in the team’s locker room, the US media reported Tuesday. Cousins took issue on December 12 with a column written by Sacramento Bee writer Andy Furillo. The story mentioned Cousins’ brother Jaleel and cited an alleged confrontation involving Cousins at a Tampa-area bar last spring. The incident led to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins and forward Matt Barnes are being sued by two people who claim the NBA players assaulted them at a New York night club early Monday morning. No criminal charges have been filed against either Cousins or Barnes, who according to the Sacramento Bee have both hired attorney Alex Spiro to represent them. Spiro has represented numerous athletes in high-profile cases, including Atlanta Hawks player […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has been fined $25,000 for entering the stands and throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd after fouling out of an NBA game against Minnesota on Saturday. The incident occurred with 37.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter after Cousins was called for a charge with the Kings leading the Timberwolves 105-101. The Kings went on to win the game 106-103. Cousins finished the game […]
A man from the Middle East who came to the United States as a refugee was indicted on Thursday (January 13) on a federal charge for making a false statement involving international terrorism. The U.S. Department of Justice has said that the defendant, Aws Mohammed Younis al-Jayab, 23, is a Palestinian who was born in Iraq and came to the United States in 2012 as a refugee from Syria. Al-Jayab was one of two Middle […]
