The mother of deceased pop star Michael Jackson, Katherine Jackson, appeared on The Today Show with Matt Lauer and spoke about the Dr. Conrad Murray trial and her involvement in the case. Jackson’s mother has been at every court hearing. “I just felt I had to be there,” she said. “I was with him everyday […]

PITTSBURGH — Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall wrote a “clarification” of his comments made Monday on Twitter regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. In a tweet posted around 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, he linked to an in-depth blog post. In that entry, he wrote that he does not support bin Laden, and that he […]

WASHINGTON — This week marks the start of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights Freedom Riders, who traveled by bus to confront segregation in the South. Two buses carrying 13 Freedom Riders embarked from Washington 50 years ago Wednesday in 1961. They traveled south through Richmond, Va., Greensboro, N.C., and eventually to Rock Hill, […]

NEW YORK — While a majority of Americans approve of President Obama ‘s decision to kill Osama Bin Laden, a bunch of pundits, journalists, and politicians are coming out like Fox News’ Shep Smith saying the Bin Laden killing was illegal. Smith is not the only anchor saying that the killing was illegal on Fox […]

NEWARK– Former Cory Booker adviser Cami Anderson has been selected to Newark’s school system.

HOUSTON – A Houston Algebra teacher at Clear Brook High school mocked a 9th grade Muslim students by telling her “I heard about about your uncle” after Bin Laden’s death. A Friendswood mom says she was offended by what her daughter says happened Monday in ninth grade algebra. She said, “The teacher told the student […]

An article on The Grio features testimony from people who have suffered strokes as young as 25 years old. The Grio reports: Strokes aren’t just something for older folks to worry about, and 35-year-old Davida Godett is proof. The young mother had her first stroke five years ago. Godett suffered three strokes by the time […]

BAKERSFIELD, CA-Four Members of Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically African American fraternity, are charged with felonious assault for allegedly beating pledges ans shooting them with a BB gun. The report was initiated through Mercy Hospital when a 25-year-old man was admitted to the hospital as a result of his injuries. The investigation revealed that between […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden, he said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” amid concerns that the gruesome image could prove inflammatory. Obama’s decision was reported on the CBS News Web site Wednesday after the president sat for an interview with the […]

An article on The Root discusses Africa’s developing pornography industry, and the growing number of young adults that aspire to earn a living from it. The Root reports: Hundreds of young men and women in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and elsewhere are all trying to join the […]

PAKISTAN-Osama Bin Laden’s daughter, who was in the compound when he was shot by U.S. Navy SEALS has confirmed that Osama Bin Laden is dead. She also claimed that he was captured alive before he was shot. El Arabiya reports: The daughter has reportedly told her Pakistani investigators that the US forces captured her father […]

NEW ORLEANS–Louisiana’s governor wants to merge New Orlean’s sole historically Black state-funded university, Southern University at New Orleans, with a predominately White institution, the University of New Orleans,  in an effort he said to improve both schools’ educational conditions.