With the resignation of Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner today, NewsOne cartoonist Kevin Eason decided to take on the scandal through an image of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. A couple, which close to 14 years ago, battled with their own case of public scandal. Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and illustrator from New […]
NEW YORK — La Toya Jackson writes in her new book “Starting Over” that the first question that ran through her mind after she learned of her brother’s death was, “Who killed Michael?” The book is scheduled to go on sale next week, two years after the pop star’s death of a sedative overdose. Dr. […]
NEW YORK — A hip-hop mogul wanted by federal authorities on drug charges did not orchestrate a plot to ambush rapper Tupac Shakur outside a recording studio in the mid-1990s, his lawyer said Thursday.
WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican senators are circulating a letter to President Barack Obama pressing for a “sizable and sustained” withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Obama is to make a decision in the coming weeks on how many of the 100,000 American forces he should withdraw from Afghanistan in July. Many war-weary lawmakers are […]
Mary Addis, a 93-year-old Minneapolis woman, went four days with no food or electricity after a deadly tornado ripped through her town. When Addis’ daughter posted a message on Facebook calling attention to her mother’s horrible predicament, Ms. Addis was soon brought food by a selfless responder. RELATED: Tornado Rips Through Joplin, Missouri And Kills […]
Unpopular Republican Ohio governor John Kasich is proposing an $8 billion cut from his state’s 2011-13 budget. Despite the cut, reports indicate that it increases state spending by five billion dollars. The Republican-controlled state House and Senate have already passed versions of the budget. Final passage is scheduled to come at the end of the […]
Many know Montel Williams as a pitchman for several products, and for his nationally syndicated television talk show. But Williams will now be entering a new field as he’s opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, California. In a news conference this past weekend, Williams spoke about his battles with multiple sclerosis and how marijuana […]
Hip-Hop fans from across the world today are celebrating what would have been the 40th birthday of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur, was killed on Sept. 13th, 1997 in a drive-by shooting that has yet to be solved on the Las Vegas strip. He released four studio albums during his lifetime – “2Pacalypse Now,” “Strictly […]
WASHINGTON — Islamic radicalization in prisons continues to be a concern among law enforcement officials across the U.S., and countering it should not be a partisan issue, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security said Wednesday. Rep. Peter King led the second in what he has promised to be a series of hearings on […]
New York is on the verge of becoming the sixth state in the union to legalize gay marriage, as soon as this week. The State Senate is one vote away from passing the law which was shot down two years ago in a Democratic-led Senate. In two years, opinion amongst New York state residents has […]
Deshon Marman, a University of New Mexico football player was arrested and cited for trespassing after he was asked to exit a plane over saggy pants at the San Francisco International Airport. Sgt. Michael Rodriguez says 20-year-old Deshon Marman was boarding a flight Wednesday to Albuquerque, N.M., when a U.S. Airways employee noticed his pants […]
NewsOne blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a story revealing that 38.3 percent of African Americans say they’ve lost their job at some point in the last three years. The survey, conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, showed that although 16 percent of those surveyed were able to find another job, 88 percent say they were unable to […]
