New York — Republican Rep. Christopher Lee of New York resigned his House seat Wednesday following a report that the married congressman had tried to meet a woman on Craigslist. “It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York,” said a statement by Lee posted on his website. “I regret […]
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama says her daughters aren’t on Facebook, and that’s the way she likes it.
NEW YORK-Rep. Christopher Lee a married Republican Congressman from New York State has had racy pictures and texts that he sent to woman on Craiglist revealed. You can read all about it at Gawker and see other photos. In the pictures, Lee appears in his bathroom taking a pictures with a cell phone camera making […]
Los Angeles–An LA Times correspondent recently criticized they way Huffington Post compensates their writers and journalists. LA Times’ Tim Rutten believes that the Huffington Post’s editorial quality will decline after the AOL acquisition, because the writers are allegedly underpaid.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Washington-area teacher has been charged with choking and hitting students during the school day. Greencastle Elementary School teacher Susan Burke was charged Tuesday with nine counts of second-degree assault. Nine of the 6- and 7-year-old students in her class reported that Burke choked them. Some said she kicked, punched, or […]
WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Rick Santorum’s crushing 18-point loss in his 2006 re-election bid in Pennsylvania seems an unlikely launching pad for a White House run.
VICKSBURG, Miss.– Soul-Blues singer Marvin Sease has died at age 64 after a lengthy illness. James Jefferson, owner of Jefferson Funeral Home in Vicksburg, said Sease died Tuesday at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg.
Vienna, Ga– A draft pick of the New York Yankees who is suffering a rare disease received a life-saving kidney from his coach. Kevin Jordan was diagnosed with ANCA vasculitis, a disease which attacked his kidney.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio- Jason Popp, the coach of the Richmond Heights Boys Varsity Basketball has come under fire for racist comments and harassment. According to documents, Popp would use racial slurs against his players and insult them for being poor. Among the things he said were “I”m going to need you to play like n—-ers, […]
California — Weekends usually aren’t the best time to engage high school students in important issues. But this past week, over 70 students packed the Berkeley High School auditorium to talk about the challenges facing Black youth. The conference titled “Black Youth in Crisis” discussed ways to address difficulties affecting Blacks in this school. “Our […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio homeless man whose deep voice made him a web phenomenon has left rehab and says he’s still fielding job offers.
NEW YORK — Magic Johnson is set to play point again, this time as chairman of Vibe Holdings, the owner of the magazines Vibe and Uptown and the Soul Train TV show.
