WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level since early April, a sign the job market may be healing after a recent slump. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications fell 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 398,000. That’s the first time applications have fallen below 400,000 […]

ATLANTA — It seems that the list of accusers for Bishop Eddie Long just keep getting well, longer. A 22-year-old gay man is accusing Bishop Eddie Long of having a sexual relationship with him while he was in college. Centino Kemp, who was raised in the Bahamas, said the relationship was so intense that he […]

ESPN reported early Thursday that the New Orleans Saints have agreed on a deal that will send running back Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins. Bush was an integral member of the Saint’s Super Bowl XLIV team, but the former Heisman Trophy winner has missed 20 games in the past four seasons. After New Orleans […]

WASHINGTON — During a closed-door meeting, House Speaker John Beohner spoke to GOP leaders in an attempt to gain support of his debt limit plan, which some Republicans deem skeptical. “Get your a– in line,” he demanded to the caucus. The GOP has been quite divided between those who back Boehner’s plan and those — […]

LOS ANGELES — The NAACP hosted a LGBT forum at its 102nd national convention to discuss lesbian and gay issues within the Black community. Civil Rights activist and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, CNN anchor Don Lemon, and comedienne Wanda Sykes were three of the panelists who spoke before members. In the town hall styled […]

Right-wing website RedState.com has offered a comprehensive plan for its followers to infiltrate left-wing sites by pretending to be progressives to hurt the Democratic Party. The list of directions created by the site are below. First, infiltratethe site. For this, you will have to avoid creating screen names like “GoPalinGo” or “Heartlandredstater.” Also, some websites […]

NewsOne.com blogger and activist Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for “immediate action” to a racial wealth gap study released by the Pew Research Center. The study indicated that the median wealth of white households is now 20 times that of Black households. Sharpton’s civil rights organization, National Action Network, will address the issue during it’s […]

NEW YORK — The hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sex assault has been wrongfully portrayed as a money-grubbing opportunist in accounts of her recorded remarks to an incarcerated friend, her lawyer said Wednesday after they reviewed the tapes during a nearly eight-hour meeting with prosecutors. The tapes also established that housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo recounted […]

WASHINGTON — Republican Herman Cain is apologizing to Muslim leaders for vitriolic remarks he made about Islam while campaigning for the presidential nomination. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO has said communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques because Muslims are trying to inject sharia law into the U.S. He’s also said he would not […]