Charlie Perkins, 70, a homeless man in Atlanta, GA, froze to death as temperatures in the city plummeted to 5 degrees, reports AJC.com. Read more from AJC: [Perkins] was found Tuesday morning outside a business in the 900 block of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Atlanta police said. An autopsy determined Perkins died from hypothermia, an […]
In a speech on Tuesday from the White House, President Barack Obama urged Congress to come together in a bipartisan effort to extend emergency unemployment insurance to out of work Americans. Stressing the loss of benefits and its detrimental effect on the U.S. economy, the President’s measured approach was replete with direct shots at congressional […]
“Happy Wives Club” author Fawn Weaver gives everyone the secret to a happy marriage: mutual respect. In her new book, she interviewed couples across the world who have been married for 25 years and more, and respect was the common factor. Weave states career women were the happiest because they had more things to handle […]
It’s the beginning of the year, so it’s New Year’s resolution time, and at the top of most people’s lists is to get in shape. Dr. Ian Smith dropped by “NewsOne Now” to discuss his new book, “Super Shred Diet,” to get people in gear for the New Year. SEE ALSO: CHIC EATS: Zucchini & […]
According to the Omaha Police Officers Association (POA), there is a “terrible cycle of violence and thuggery” that is rampant throughout the city. The union’s idea of what a thug represents, though, is a Black diapered toddler who swears and makes lewd hand gestures throughout a homemade video. Now the union has come under fire […]
Rep. Marcia Fudge (pictured) believes that African Americans should hold President Barack Obama accountable in office and support the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in ensuring that issues affecting African Americans in this country are adequately addressed. In a panel discussion on “NewsOne Now,” Rep. Fudge explains why the CBC needs more people to stand behind […]
Harlem is in the midst of gentrification. All of the new additions to the historic neighborhood have left its residents torn. While some people believe that the influx of large corporations in the neighborhood is beneficial, longtime residents miss what it used to be. In the second installment of their Neighborhood Crashers series, Curbed met […]
A daycare in DeKalb County, Ga., was burglarized on Friday and the owner, Latorsha Morgan’s (pictured), says she is still waiting for the cops to show up. Morgan claims that when a call was placed to authorities during the robbery, she was informed that they couldn’t send over an officer, according to WSB-TV. Morgan received […]
There are some White people who put the interests of animals above those of other human beings — specifically the darker ones. Normally, I’d try to exercise subtlety and restraint when articulating such a sentiment, but since New York Times columnist Juliet Macur (pictured) didn’t mince words in her column “Before Signing a Strong Arm, Teams […]
CeCe McDonald (pictured), a transgender woman whose murder case received national attention, will be released from prison next week, according to MSNBC. SEE ALSO: Obama: Yellen A ‘Fierce Champion’ For Americans In June 2011, McDonald was walking to a grocery in Minneapolis with friends when McDonald claimed a man and two women began verbally harassing them […]
Brad Lee Davis (pictured) is facing a murder charge, after he allegedly gave his step-father an “atomic wedgie” that caused him to suffocate in his underwear, according to The Kansas City Star. SEE ALSO: Fla. Lawmakers Pushing Bill To Legalize Warning Shots During Confrontations An Oklahoma City police complaint states that on the night of […]
Cyndee Phoenix (pictured) thought she had found the perfect home in a Hamilton County, N. J., residential community to live in with her elderly parents and sister. But what Phoenix did not know and now claims was not revealed to her by the developer, Lennar Homes Corp, who promoted promises of a “wonderful lifestyle,” was […]
