Despite African-Americans being one of the highest groups in the United States at risk of contracting HIV, Black physicians still find it hard to recommend HIV tests to their patients, a new study reports. According to the study, Black physicians are embarrassed to address the social stigmas that Blacks bring into the office of the […]
Social networking has definitely changed sports for the fan as well as the athlete. Fans can follow the lives of their favorite players and subsequently, the stars can stay connected to their fan base when they’re not in action. Everybody’s tweeting nowadays, from President Barack Obama to Papa John’s Pizza. Here are the top 10 […]
Some pro athletes are magnets to trouble. Consciously or unconsciously, it seems they’re always causing bad things to happen to themselves as well as to the people around them. Here are nine of the biggest troublemakers in sports over the years. Please read, enjoy and in the comments share a list of your top problem […]
WASHINGTON — The total number of votes on the historic debt-limit bill was 430. One vote was more memorable than any of the others. Seven months after she was shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House on Monday to cast her vote. Thunderous applause and emotional hugs from her Republican and […]
ATLANTA— More states than ever before have considered school vouchers this year, driven by resurgent Republicans who see the lagging economy as an opportunity for a fresh push on one of their most contentious education policies. As of mid-July, at least 30 states had introduced bills that would use taxpayer dollars to send children to […]
ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J.— Police say there was more on the menu than Munchkins and lattes during the late shift at a Dunkin’ Donuts in northern New Jersey. A 29-year-old female is facing prostitution charges after police say she took breaks to provide sex in exchange for money. Rockaway Township police launched an investigation known as […]
JACKSON, Mich. — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. A relative escorted Kilpatrick from a Southern Michigan Prison facility in Jackson to a sport utility vehicle waiting outside. Kilpatrick smiled but did not address […]
WASHINGTON — With just hours left before the national debt bumps against its ceiling, emergency bipartisan legislation to allow the government to borrow more faces one final test in the Senate. Expected passage there sends the bill to President Barack Obama, averting a potentially disastrous, first-ever government default and making a down payment toward taming […]
The new Spider-Man in Marvel Comics’ Ultimate universe is a half-black, half-Hispanic teen named Miles Morales, revealed in a new issue released Wednesday. Morales takes over Peter Parker’s job, after the hero is killed in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June. Morales’ journey will be a similar vehicle for today’s fans, says Marvel’s editor in […]
