At 7:00 a.m. this morning, more than 40 people, including the FBI and the child Abduction Response Team began a search through 6,000 tons of trash in Arizona’s Butterfield Station Landfill in hopes of finding the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, reports AZCentral.com. SEE ALSO: Amare Stoudemire’s Brother Dies In Car Crash The nation has […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many children stayed home Monday while parents demanded more protection at an elementary school where two teachers are suspected of molesting students in class. SEE ALSO: Newt Plots His Comeback More than a quarter of the students at Miramonte Elementary School were absent, with attendance reaching just 72 percent, according to […]
SEATTLE– A woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial, 14 years after giving birth in a jail cell in Washington state. A jury agreed Friday on nine of 10 counts in Imka Pope’s civil rights case against King County. Pope says jail nurses and corrections officers violated her civil rights in 1997 by […]
By Donovan X. Ramsey Beginning in March, a black woman will be at the helm of a major fire department for the first time in U.S. history. SEE ALSO: Obama: I Deserve Re-Election Top 5 Winter Travel Destinations Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed has been fighting fires […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
A 19-year-old mother of two in Milwaukee called 911 after a brick was thrown through her bathroom window and someone began kicking her front door. SEE ALSO: Top 5 Winter Travel Destinations Top 7 Places To Visit For Thrill-Seekers But when the cops came, one of them raped the woman, The Daily Beast reports. Below […]
NEW YORK-William Masso, a veteran NYPD officer has plead guilty to conspiring to sell M-16 rifles and other guns. Masso was part of a group of 28 people, including eight former and current NYPD officers charged with operating a gun-running ring. Aside from selling guns Masso also admitted to selling stolen cigarettes and conspiring to […]
African-American tennis legend Arthur Ashe (pictured) passed away today in 1993, after complications that arose from AIDS-related pneumonia. As one of the sport’s most-celebrated names, Ashe still stands today as an iconic figure in the world of tennis. Beyond the game, Ashe was also an avid champion of civil rights and used his fame to […]
The gay rights group Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is demanding the resignation of news show host and CNN analyst Roland Martin, after tweeting during a sexy David Beckham Super Bowl underwear commercial that people should “smack the ish out” of male fans who like the ad. RELATED: Did M.I.A. Go Too Far With The Bird Flip? Martin was reportedly […]
Surveillance footage has been released from the killing of Ramarley Graham by the NYPD. The footage clearly shows Graham walking into his building and officers kicking down the door and entering the building without a warrant. In the video, police can be seen pointing a gun at a resident and another resident claims the police […]
On Tuesday, Kit Samuel (pictured) will face charges for allegedly leaving her grandson near a Sacramento freeway ramp last Friday. Talking with Fox40 from the jailhouse, Samuel denied any wrongdoing and claims she was returning for the infant, according to the L.A. Times. SEE ALSO: Christians Under Attack Samuel has been charged with child endangerment […]
When rapper M.I.A. performed during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show with Madonna and Nicki Minaj, she gave the audience the middle finger, instantly joining the infamous football faux pas ranks of Janet Jackson, with her “wardrobe malfunction,” and Christina Aguilera, with her lyrical snafu during the national anthem. SEE ALSO: Madonna’s Halftime Show: Aging or Ageless? […]
