During over an hour of intense debate over the repeal of the state’s gay marriage ban on Monday, Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson (D-North Las Vegas) officially came out as a gay man, reports the Huffington Post. “I’m black. I’m gay,” he said, in what the Las Vegas Sun described as a “trembling” voice. “I […]
Antwan Rayvon James, 27 (pictured left), is suspected of fatally shooting his stepfather, Washington, D.C. police officer, Joseph Burrough Newell, 46 (pictured right) because he asked him to do yard work, reports the Washington Post. Authorities are currently searching for him. According to court documents, there Burrough requested that his James put fertilizer on the […]
Lil Scrappy (pictured) of VH1’s hit reality show, “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” was hauled off to jail Tuesday morning after Atlanta police claim that he failed to submit to a court-ordered urine test, according to TMZ. According to police reports, Lil Scrappy, whose real name is Darryl Kevin Richardson II, violated his probation last […]
Linda Fondren (pictured) is running for mayor of Vicksburg, a 50,000-plus-populated city in Mississippi. So what’s the big deal? The candidate recently acknowledged the fact that she is not only a former prostitute but that her husband was one of her clients, reports the Huffington Post. SEE ALSO: Chicago Woman Arrested 396 Times Since 1978 […]
It’s not uncommon for businesses to use social media to attract and engage with their customers, but several metro Detroit party stores were caught using it to mock its patrons. Fox 2 News Detroit reports that cellphone photos of Black part store customers with racist comments underneath them began appearing on Instagram. The customers faces […]
The new documentary film on the Williams sisters, “Venus and Serena” (pictured left and right), provides a dramatic and provocative behind-the-scenes look at lives of the two sisters who have dominated the women’s tennis world for more than a decade. SEE ALSO: Ginger Howard: 18-Year-Old Is Youngest Black Female Pro-Golfer Fans and critics alike will […]
Rapper and reality show star Jim Jones (pictured) says he was a victim of racial profiling last week, when he was ordered to step out of his vehicle at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport as four police officers searched his vehicle for drugs, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: Lauryn Hill Faces Eviction In Addition To Tax […]
Laying in his heavily guarded hospital bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, severely injured after suffering a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck and still largely unable to talk, Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was officially charged by federal prosecutors with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of […]
Could we be seeing the second coming of Tiger Woods? In Ginger Howard‘s (pictured) young career, she’s won 78 trophies, ranking first in 41 out of 66 events, and the golf world has taken notice. Now, 18-year-old Howard has made history as the youngest member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), according to BlackNews.com. SEE […]
