WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum has won Mississippi’s Republican presidential primary – completing a two-state sweep of Deep South contests. Santorum narrowly edged rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to win Mississippi. Earlier, Santorum won Alabama’s GOP primary with a slightly wider margin. Evangelicals played a key role in both states. Nearly 4 of 5 […]

Host parents across the United States have been accused of raping and molesting foreign exchange students in their care, according to an NBC News investigation. SEE ALSO: Stress Free Travel: What Shoes To Wear Top 3 Hot Spots In Philadelphia “He said ‘this is American culture,’ and I should get used to it,” said Christopher […]

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A toddler whose body was found inside a septic tank behind her home, just hours after being reported missing by her mother, died of accidental drowning, an autopsy showed Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Report: Paterno Fired For “Failure Of Leadership” A preliminary investigation found “no indication of foul play or trauma,” Ocean […]

LAS VEGAS  — A woman accused of stabbing her 6-year-old daughter to death with scissors told police she had been taking a weight-loss product, had trouble sleeping for several days and felt an “evil” presence before the attack. “Did I kill my daughter? Is she dead?'” Danielle Yvonne Slaughter asked police after police found her […]

In his first public remarks on the incident, Panetta said Monday the shootings must not derail the military mission in Afghanistan, and pressure to do so from political leaders in Kabul and Washington must not alter that course. He said the U.S. seems to get confronted every other day with challenges that test U.S. leadership […]

ATLANTA — Glen Rice Jr. has been kicked off the Georgia Tech basketball team after being charged in a shooting incident outside an Atlanta nightclub. Coach Brian Gregory made the announcement Tuesday, less than a week after Rice, a graduate student manager and another person were charged. The 6-foot-5 junior guard will remain enrolled at […]

President Barack Obama may be Harvard’s most famous graduate and the first to lead its Law Review. But more than 140 years ago, another black man by the name of Richard T. Greener became the first black person to earn a diploma from the esteemed Ivy League school, elev8 reports. SEE ALSO: Forecast Dims For […]

Michael Haynes of Detroit was shot dead over a box of condoms this weekend, the Detroit Free Press reports. SEE ALSO: Documents Uncovered On First Black Harvard Grad Dad Forces Son To Hold Sign For Earning Bad Grades Baby Elephant Plays In The Sand At The Toledo Zoo (VIDEO) The deadly killing took place at […]

Over the weekend, Timothy Lee Forbes (pictured) of Massachusetts flew into a rage and attacked a basketball coach after his son’s team lost, biting off a piece of the man’s ear in the process, according to CBS News. SEE ALSO: Man Fatally Shot Over Condom Prices At Detroit BP Station Forbes, 34, was said to […]

Racial segregation is no longer staring us down on the streets of Birmingham and Jackson. But has it positioned itself in a most unlikely locale: Silicon Valley. SEE ALSO: We Must Draw More Black Americans To Tech How Black Entrepreneurs Can Succeed In Silicon Valley Check out this simple, yet devastating infographic on the racial […]

Jimmie Edwards, a St. Louis Juvenile Court judge attended a conference in New York City on justice in schools and the school to prison pipeline. The conference also included former New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye who also spoke up against the education system for many minorities that many believe prepares young men for […]

A South Florida middle school student learned a hard lesson recently when his father forced him to wear an embarrassing sign and stand on a busy corner as punishment for receiving a report card filled with failing grades. SEE ALSO: Report: Paterno Fired For “Failure Of Leadership” Michael Bell Jr. stood for several hours on […]