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This past Monday at 11:38 p.m., Roots drummer Questlove tweeted that he spotted a gang of police officers in riot gear amassing a mile away from Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on. The rapper’s tweets went out nearly two hours before the raid began at 2 a.m. at Zuccotti […]

On Wednesday afternoon, law enforcement captured a man suspected in a shooting incident near the White House. Police took 21-year-old Oscar Ortega into custody at a hotel near Indiana, Pa.  Using information provided by the Secret Service, Pennsylvania State Police made the arrest at 12:35 p.m. Secret Service confirmed on Tuesday morning that 2 bullets […]

The Occupy movement has thinned out across the country after several raids have occurred to ban overnight camping in several cities. In New York City, the Occupy Wall Street headquarters at Zuccotti Park thinned considerably overnight after a judge ruled that the ejected protesters could return but without their camping equipment and tarps. Police even […]

A recent study on online dating by researchers at the University of California Berkeley, shows that white people are unlikely to initiate contact with Black people online. The study also shows that Black men are more likely to contact white women online than they are Black women. See Also: Black Travel: Five Tasty Brooklyn Brunch Spots See […]

NEW YORK — Several juice bars in Brooklyn are selling drinks that they claim will enhance male sexual performance. One popular drink at the Punch Line Juice Bar in Crown Heights is the 32 ounce “Armageddon,” which costs $15. See Also: Black Travel: Visit Kansas City, Missouri See Also: Check Out J.Lo’s New Boyfriend The New York […]

NEW YORK– The encampment is gone, but the movement lives on. What nobody knows is just how long it can survive without a literal place to call home. For Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park was a rallying cry, a symbol of defiance. But in recent weeks, the park itself unwittingly morphed into a mirror image […]

WASHINGTON  — The Secret Service says a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass. An additional round of ammunition was also found on the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday. See also: 6th Annual Top 25 Women of Houston The discovery follows reports of […]

As news unravels around the grand jury report revealing charges against former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky for raping and sexually molesting underage boys, some former black Penn State students are now painfully reliving a scandal that occurred at their university ten years ago. In 2000, the year a janitor witnessed a boy […]

Tennessee Republican Rick Womick is drawing intense criticism after he said all Muslims should be removed from the military. The lawmaker made the comments during a conference on Islamic extremism in America. See Also: Black Travel: Visit Kansas City, Missouri See Also: Check Out J.Lo’s New Boyfriend “Personally, I don’t trust one Muslim in our military” and […]

African Americans are the group most likely to be targeted by hate crimes, according to a new federal report. The report, released by the FBI’s civil rights division, found the majority of hate crimes were motivated by anti-Black bias. See also: 6th Annual Top 25 Women of Houston Latinos were the targets of 66 percent of […]

While the current scandal at Penn State University revolving around child molestation shocks the country, many are now remembering a case that occurred with a member of another historic sports organization, the Boston Red Sox. Donald Fitzpatrick, a former clubhouse manager for the Sox for 20 years, abused a dozen Black boys in their spring […]

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain fumbled a question on U.S. foreign policy towards Libya when asked by a reporter yesterday. See Also: Black Travel: Visit Kansas City, Missouri See Also: Check Out J.Lo’s New Boyfriend “Okay, Libya,” said Cain, glancing up. “President Obama supported the uprising, correct? President Obama called for the removal of [Muammar] Gaddafi. Just […]