LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown has completed a domestic violence counseling program required as part of the singer’s guilty plea to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna nearly two years ago.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania– A high school has defended its decision to segregate students by race and gender. The scheme, at McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, separates black students from the rest of the school pupils, and then further breaks it down into black females and black males.

Cairo, Egypt– Three Egyptian protesters were killed and others wounded Saturday when police in downtown Cairo opened fire on a massive crowd demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

WASHINGTON — Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly will begin in February and will move quickly, senior Pentagon leaders said Friday.

CAIRO — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named a vice president Saturday for the first time since coming to power nearly 30 years ago – a clear step toward setting up a successor in the midst of the biggest anti-government protests of his regime.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ridiculed lingering opposition to his 10-month-old health care law Friday and vowed to oppose efforts to repeal it, underscoring his commitment to his signature legislative achievement despite the new reality of a divided Congress.

Full gallery of nominees at the bottom The 2011 Trumpet Awards — held today at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta —  honored U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, civil rights leader Al Sharpton, and Radio One CEO Alfred C. Liggins III.* The awards were hosted by husband-and-wife actors Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, and TV personality […]

Here are some tweets from our News One Twitter feed during the 2011 Trumpet Awards and all the thoughts of our folllowers. Hello Beautiful’s Kandi Burress and News One’s Roland Martin were tweeting throughout the night. RELATED: Red Carpet Photos from the 2011 Trumpet Awards 2011 Trumpet Awards honor Liggins, Sharpton, Holder

Here are some more photos from Tami Reed who runs Talkingwithtami.com and attended the 19th annual 2011 Trumpet Awards. Go to her site to see more coverage of this event RELATED:

Below are some Red Carpet photos from the 2011 Trumpet Awards taken by one of Atlanta’s premier photographers and NewsOne contributor, Paras Griffin. To check out some of his astounding work, please click here RELATED: 2011 Trumpet Awards to Honor Holder, Liggins, Sharpton Al Sharpton’s Triumph Awards Honor Cathy Hughes Cathy Hughes inducted into National […]

American television personality, Oprah Winfrey, whose syndicated daily talk show is among the most popular was born in Kosciusko, Miss in 1954.