WASHINGTON — U.S. racial minorities accounted for roughly 85 percent of the nation’s population growth over the last decade – one of the largest shares ever – with Hispanics accounting for much of the gain in many of the states picking up new House seats.
NEW YORK (AP) — Isn’t it lovely? The Apollo Theater says singer songwriter Stevie Wonder will be inducted into the New York City institution’s Hall of Fame. The theater announced Wednesday that the songwriter of hits like “I Just Called to Say I Love You” and “Isn’t She Lovely?” will be inducted into the Apollo […]
CEIBA HUECA, Cuba — Relatives and friends of a Cuban woman have celebrated what they say is her 126th birthday, though that claim to longevity is not recognized internationally.
Here are last night’s NBA scores along with each game’s top performer. Bulls defeat the Clippers in LA 106-88 Top performer: Derrick Rose 32 pts, 3 reb, 11 assts Rockets defeat the Jazz in Utah 97-96 Top performer: Kyle Lowry 16 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assts Suns defeat Bucks at home 92-77 Top performer: Martin […]
FLORIDA-Antonio D. Drayton has been charged with the murder of Saleha Huuda a University of Florida cheerleader. An accomplice, Cassandra Kimbrough, was also charged in her death. Drayton and Huuda had been romantically linked and Drayton had been accused by battering Huuda but she dropped the charges. The Florida Independent Alligator reports: Drayton and Kimbrough […]
CAIRO — Heavy automatic weapons fire pounded the anti-government protest camp in Cairo’s Tahrir Square before dawn on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of what appeared to be a well-orchestrated series of assaults on the demonstrators. At least three protesters were killed by gunfire, according to one of the activists.
WASHINGTON — Now, more than two years after clashing as campaign rivals, President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are putting their relationship on defrost and searching for some common ground.
WASHINGTON — A Republican drive to repeal the year-old health care law ended in party-line defeat in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving the Supreme Court to render a final, unpredictable verdict on an issue steeped in political and constitutional controversy.
CLEVELANDÂ — The family of one of 11 women whose decomposing remains were found at a sex offender’s Cleveland home has sued the city and several law enforcement agencies, alleging racial discrimination and negligence led to her death.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti waited nervously into the early Thursday hours for election officials to announce who will compete in March’s presidential runoff vote with many fearing the result could spark widespread protests and rioting.
While music videos in the 80s and 90s where characterized by elaborate choreography and first-generation special effects, things really got kicked up a notch visually in the first decade of the new millennium. However, the music videos t that made the most impact weren’t always the most expensive or technically ornate. As Jay-Z once stated, […]
1956: Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first black student to attend the University of Alabama. She was expelled 3 days later “for her own safety.”
