Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence
DETROIT (AP) - A court spokesman says jurors have reached a verdict in the corruption trial of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick...
Dave Bing's legacy clouded by emergency manager threat
DETROIT (AP) - In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge...
FBI monitoring investigation of Miss. candidate's death
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn't indicate it had opened its own investigation...
Congressman asks FBI to review candidate death
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated...
Man charged in death of Miss. candidate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week...
Ex-New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty to bribery
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes plus free trips and other gratuities in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city...
Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 days...
Gun control Super Bowl ad set to air
NEW YORK (AP) - A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing an advertisement during the Super Bowl calling for background checks...
Meet Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore's second female mayor
TheGrio had an opportunity to spend time with Rawlings-Blake and her family, friends and staff to create this candid and inspiring interview about her unique life.
Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling...
