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Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an associate judge on New York State’s highest court and the first African-American woman to serve on that bench, was found dead on Wednesday in the Hudson River, the authorities said.
Officers with the New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit responded about 1:45 p.m. to a report of a person floating by the shore near West 132nd Street in Upper Manhattan. Judge Abdus-Salaam, 65, was taken to a pier on the Hudson River and was pronounced dead by paramedics shortly after 2 p.m.

The police were investigating how she ended up in the river, and it was not clear how long Judge Abdus-Salaam, who lived nearby in Harlem, had been missing. There were no signs of trauma on her body, the police said. She was fully clothed.
A law enforcement official said investigators had found no signs of criminality. Her husband identified her body.
Since 2013, Judge Abdus-Salaam had been one of seven judges on the State Court of Appeals. Before that, she served for about four years as an associate justice on the First Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court, and for 15 years as a State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan. She was previously a lawyer in the city’s Law Department.
Zakiyyah Muhammad, the founding director of the Institute of Muslim American Studies, said Judge Abdus­-Salaam became the first female Muslim judge in the United States when she started serving on the State Supreme Court in 1994.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement on Wednesday that Judge Abdus-Salaam was a pioneer with an “unshakable moral compass.” He added, “Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam was a trailblazing jurist whose life in public service was in pursuit of a more fair and more just New York for all.”
In nominating her to the highest court in 2013, Mr. Cuomo praised her “working-class roots” and her “deep understanding of the everyday issues facing New Yorkers.” Her nomination was part of a push by Mr. Cuomo to diversify the court. When another judge, Rowan D. Wilson, joined the court this year, it was the first time the Court of Appeals had two African-American judges in its 169-year history.
On the court, Judge Abdus-Salaam was among the most reliable and steadfast liberal voices, regularly siding with vulnerable parties — the poor, impoverished immigrants and people with mental illnesses, for instance — against more powerful and established interests. She also tended to lean toward injured parties who brought claims of misconduct, fraud or breach of contract against wealthy corporations.
Among her colleagues, she was admired for her thoughtfulness, her candor and her finely crafted and restrained writing style. She was not one to use her decisions as a soapbox to make high-sounding political points or to wax poetic, even when her rulings were precedent-setting.
In a statement, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said, “Her personal warmth, uncompromising sense of fairness and bright legal mind were an inspiration to all of us who had the good fortune to know her.”
Last summer, Judge Abdus-Salaam wrote an important decision, Matter of Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A.C.C., that expanded the definition of what it means to be a parent, overturning a previous ruling. For 25 years, the court had held that the nonbiological parent in a same-sex couple had no standing to seek custody or visitation rights after a breakup.
But Judge Abdus-Salaam wrote that the previous ruling had become “unworkable when applied to increasingly varied familial relationships.” In a tightly reasoned decision, she determined that nonbiological parents did have standing to seek custody if they showed “by clear and convincing evidence that all parties agreed to conceive a child and to raise the child together.”
The Court of Appeals last heard oral arguments at the end of March and issued opinions on April 4. It is scheduled to be back in session on April 25.
Judge Abdus-Salaam grew up in Washington, one of seven children in a poor family, and earned her law degree at Columbia University in 1977. After law school, she became a public defender in Brooklyn, representing people who could not afford lawyers, and then served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State attorney general’s office. In one of her first cases, she won an anti-discrimination suit for more than 30 female New York City bus drivers who had been denied promotions.
Seymour W. James Jr., the attorney in chief of the Legal Aid Society, the nation’s largest provider of free legal services, said he had first met Judge Abdus-Salaam in the early 1980s, when she worked at the Civil Rights Bureau. Mr. James said her upbringing and years spent representing the poor and disenfranchised had shaped her perspective on the bench. “She was a strong believer in equal rights and equal access to justice,” he said in an interview.
In an interview in 2014 about black history, Judge Abdus-Salaam said that she had become interested in her family’s history as a young girl in public school and that her research had led her to discover that her great-grandfather was a slave in Virginia.
“All the way from Arrington, Va., where my family was the property of someone else, to my sitting on the highest court of the State of New York is amazing and huge,” she said. “It tells you and me what it is to know who we are and what we can do.”
Eric H. Holder Jr., the former United States attorney general, was classmates with Judge Abdus-Salaam at Columbia Law School and sang her praises at her swearing-in ceremony in 2013, according to The Associated Press.
It was clear that she was intelligent, serious and witty, he said at the time, according to The A.P. But she could have fun, too: “Sheila could boogie,” he said.

The legendary singer and youngest sibling of late pop superstar Michael Jackson has split from her husband, PEOPLE can confirm. Page Six reports that while one source said it was an amicable split another source says that Jackson felt that Al Mana had gotten too controlling during her pregnancy.
Jackson, who was previously married to James DeBarge and René Elizondo, Jr., quietly wed the Qatari businessman in 2012. They welcomed son Eissa, now 3 months, this past January.

The singer was spotted out and about during a shopping trip in London a little over three weeks after giving birth to Eissa, of which an onlooker told PEOPLE, “Janet looked great. She was in the shop for around half an hour and just went about her business. She was really relaxed and healthy.
“She didn’t look tired at all,” the onlooker continued. “She just looked around at some little socks and various other knickknacks and then went on her way.”
The Mail on Sunday was the first to report the breakup news.

The Recording Academy announced the 59th annual Grammy nominees Tuesday, honoring artists like Adele and Beyoncé for their work in the past year.

Meghan Trainor announced the first round of nominees -- in categories for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist -- on CBS This Morning, and the rest of the categories appeared online soon after.
For the 2017 ceremony, eligible albums must have been released between Oct. 1, 2015 and Sept. 30, 2016, which explains why albums like Adele's 25 were eligible for nomination this time around, instead of for the 2016 ceremony.
The 59th annual Grammys will air Sunday, Feb. 12 on CBS.
See the Grammy nominees in major categories below.



Record of the Year


“Hello” — Adele

“Formation” — Beyoncé

“7 Years” — Lukas Graham

“Work” — Rihanna ft. Drake

“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots



Album of the Year


25 — Adele

Lemonade — Beyoncé

Purpose — Justin Bieber

Views — Drake

A Sailor’s Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson



Song of the Year


“Formation” — Beyoncé (Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael Williams II)
“Hello” — Adele (Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin)

“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner (Mike Posner)

“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber (Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran)

“7 Years” — Lukas Graham (Lukas Forchammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp)



Best New Artist


Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance the Rapper

Maren Morris

Anderson .Paak



Best Rap Album


Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper

And the Anonymous Nobody - De La Soul
Major Key - DJ Khaled

Views - Drake

Blank Face LP - ScHoolboy Q

The Life of Pablo - Kanye West



Best Rap/ Sung Performance


“Freedom” - Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar

“Hotline Bling” - Drake

“Broccoli” - DRAM ft. Lil Yachty

“Ultralight Beam” - Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The Dream

“Famous” - Kanye West ft. Rihanna



Best Rap Performance


“No Problem” — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
“Panda” —Desiigner
“Pop Style” — Drake Featuring The Throne
“All The Way Up” — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
“That Part” — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West



Best Rap Song


“All the Way Up” - Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)

“Famous” - Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)

“Hotline Bling” - Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
“No Problem” - Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

“Ultralight Beam” - Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)



Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance


“Closer” - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey

“7 Years” - Lukas Graham

“Work” - Rihanna ft. Drake

“Cheap Thrills” - Sia ft. Sean Paul

“Stressed Out” - Twenty One Pilots



Best Alternative Music Album


22, A Million — Bon Iver

Blackstar — David Bowie

The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey

Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop

A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead



Best Rock Album


California — Blink-182

Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant

Magma — Gojira

Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco

Weezer — Weezer



Best Rock Performance


“Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)” - Alabama Shakes

“Don’t Hurt Yourself” - Beyoncé ft. Jack White
“Blackstar” - David Bowie

“The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan) - Disturbed

“Heathens” - Twenty One Pilots”



Best Rock Song


“Blackstar” - David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

“Burn the Witch” - Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)

“Hardwired” - James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica) “Heathens” - Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

“My Name is Human” - Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)



Best R&B Performance


“Turning’ Me Up” - BJ The Chicago Kid

“Permission” - Ro James

“I Do” - Musiq Soulchild

“Needed Me” - Rihanna

“Cranes in the Sky” - Solange”



Best R&B Song


“Come See Me” - J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)

“Exchange” - Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)

“Kiss it Better” - Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)

“Lake by the Ocean” - Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

“Luv” - Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)



Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album


Lemonade — Beyoncé

Ology — Gallant

We Are King — KING

Malibu — Anderson .Paak

Anti — Rihanna



Best Country Album


Big Day in a Small Town - Brandy Clark
Full Circle - Loretta Lynn

Hero - Maren Morris

A Sailor’s Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson

Ripcord - Keith Urban



Best Country Duo/ Group Performance


“Different For Girls” - Dierks Bentley ft. Elle King

“21 Summer” - Brothers Osborne

“Setting the World on Fire” - Kenny Chesney & Pink

“Jolene” - Pentatonix ft. Dolly Parton

“Think of You” - Chris Young with Cassadee Pope



Best Country Song


“Blue Ain’t Your Color” - Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)

“Die A Happy Man” - Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)

“Humble and Kind” - Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)

“My Church” - busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)

“Vice” - Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)



Best Country Solo Performance


“Love Can Go To Hell” — Brandy Clark

“Vice” — Miranda Lambert

“My Church” — Maren Morris

“Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood

“Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban



Best Pop Vocal Album


25 — Adele

Purpose — Justin Bieber

Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande

Confident — Demi Lovato

This Is Acting — Sia



Best Pop Solo Performance


“Hello” - Adele

“Hold Up” - Beyoncé

“Love Yourself” - Justin Bieber

“Piece By Piece (Idol Version) - Kelly Clarkson

“Dangerous Woman” - Ariana Grande



Best Dance Electronic Album


Skin — Flume

Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre

Epoch — Tycho

Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld

Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega



Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album


Cinema - Andrea Bocelli

Fallen Angels - Bob Dylan Stages Live - Josh Groban

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin - Willie Nelson

Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway - Barbra Streisand



Best Dance Recording


“Tearing Me Up” - Bob Moses

“Don’t Let Me Down” - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya

“Never Be Like You” - Flume ft. Kai

“Rinse & Repeat” - Riton ft. Kah-Lo

“Drinkee” - Sofi Tukker



Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media


Amy

Miles Ahead


Straight Outta Compton

Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition)

Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1


Best Song Written for Visual Media



“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls

“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Just Like Fire” — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass

“Purple Lamborghini” — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad

“Try Everything” — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia

“The Veil” — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden



Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media


Bridge of Spies

Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight

The Revenant

Star Wars: The FOrce Awakens

Stranger Things Volume 1

Stranger Things Volume 2



Best Music Video


“Formation” — Beyoncé

“River” — Leon Bridges

“Up & Up” — Coldplay

“Gosh” — Jamie XX

“Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go



Best Music Film


I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (Steve Aoki)

The Beatle: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years (The Beatles)

Lemonade (Beyoncé)

The Music of Strangers (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)

American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry (Various Artists)


See full list of Grammy nominations here

“He is very humble, brilliant and outstanding in every way you can think of. He has achieved outstanding success in Wall Street and he’s a proud ambassador of Africa, which he started in Kings College.

For him to be appointed into Trump’s Economic Advisory Team is a honour to Africa and especially to Nigeria. He will add value to the Trump’s team and he’s worthy of celebrating.

Prior to his appointment, Bayo Ogunlesi has been a pride of Africa; he reached the pinnacle of his career in Walls Street through his company which he built from the scratch. He is a round peg in a round hole,”he said.

“I am not speaking for the Nigerian diplomatic community because I am not in the position to do so; it’s for the Embassy in Washington to do.

Speaking as a Nigerian, it is a good indication and positive development for Africa and Nigeria that we are among the best brains everywhere.

It is also to show you that one in every five Blacks is a Nigerian. It is a good indication for our economic and foreign policy.

It also shows that Africa and Nigeria have good ambassadors everywhere. Ogunlesi has to see himself as a representative of the Black race as the only Black man that made the list by further distinguishing himself.

I advise him to use his opportunity well and he should bring together people of integrity who will not smear his integrity,” Bolaji said.