Williams is set on claiming her 23rd title in a major tournament, and looks to accomplish a record setting seventh U.S. Open title
Retired Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré discusses the aftermath of the historic Louisiana floods.
The Red Cross is calling the flooding the worst U.S. disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, with damage costing at least $30 million.
Many are not happy with President Barack Obama enjoying his a few rounds of golf during his scheduled vacation in Martha’s Vinyard. In a blistering editorial, Louisiana’s largest daily newspaper The Advocate is urging Mr. Obama to cut his vacation short and visit Louisiana. A portion of the article says states: “The president’s vacation is scheduled […]
Brazilian law enforcement authorities charged Ryan Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen on Thursday with reporting a false crime. The Olympians initially reported that they were robbed at gunpoint Sunday morning after a night of partying. Authorities could not verify the swimmers’ timeline of events and later discovered the men vandalized a local gas station. Prosecutors must decide whether they will […]
Gov. Bel and President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency, freeing up funds for flood related assistance.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama made history by issuing the largest number of commutations this nation has ever seen in one single day. In a move that has critics on multiple sides of the issue crying foul, Mr. Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates who were incarcerated for low-level drug offenses. President Obama’s commutation […]
In recent years, tensions between the African-American community and the nation’s law enforcement agencies seem to have reached an all-time high. The deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and a whole host of others have brought this issue to the forefront of our consciousness, as video of the circumstances surrounding their deaths […]
Under a new law signed by President Barack Obama on Friday, food labels must declare whether or not the item contains genetically modified ingredients. In a recent study, researchers said they did not find any evidence that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) pose a hazard to human health, but advocates say the public does not have […]
President Barack Obama says Donald Trump does not appear to have basic knowledge about critical issues and is “woefully unprepared to do this job.” “This job” being the President of the United States. Mr. Obama also questioned why Republican leaders continue to endorse Trump while at the same time repeatedly denouncing what he says. On Wednesday’s edition […]
Donald Trump has said on numerous occasions he is going to do well with African-American voters in the general election. On Wednesday’s edition of NewsOne Now, Corrogan Vaughn, a Maryland GOP delegate, and James Evans, a Republican delegate from Utah, spoke with Roland Martin about why they have decided to throw their support behind Trump. Vaughn explained he is […]
President Barack Obama is receiving a lot of heat following The President and the People town hall that broadcast across all of the Disney networks on Thursday night. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner – the man killed by an illegal chokehold in 2014 – expressed her disappointment with the town hall on race via social media. In one […]
