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NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Angela Gilliam called the police at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday. She was worried about her niece’s well-being and said there was a domestic tussle going on at the younger woman’s apartment in this hardscrabble city on New York’s Hudson River.

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DURHAM, N.C. — A man who police say was stabbed by a woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape has died.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The only adult charged in the gang rape of an 11-year-old Southern California girl pleaded not guilty Wednesday to multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, kidnapping to commit rape and engaging in criminal street gang activity.

From TheUrbanDaily Documents recently released by the FBI name late rappers Eazy-E and 2Pac as targets of extortion. The pair were allegedly targeted by the Jewish Defense League. Click here to view Pac’s FBI file “On September 11, 1996 [redacted] reported that JDL, and others yet unidentified have been extorting money from various rap music […]

This past Sunday, MSNBC hosted a panel titled “The Black Agenda” which received more press for the heated debate between Rev. Al Sharpton and Cornel West than for its focus on the issues affecting African Americans. TheRoot’s David Swerdick recently wrote a piece agreeing with Rev. Al Sharpton’s stance that we can’t blame President Obama […]

Illinois — With 130,000 children adopted each year in the USA, researchers find growing numbers involve kids whose race is different from their parents’. About 84 percent of children adopted from other countries are either trans-racial or trans-ethnic. The most common type of adoption in the USA is from foster care, which makes up 68% […]

New York — The New York Daily News is reporting that the MTA is using trains to transport garbage late nights collected from tracks by the work crews. A transit worker told the paper that he’s seen passengers sharing cars with big orange trash magazines. “I’ve seen stacks of bags, leaking, blocking the doorway, blocking […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A police union has given its Officer of the Year award to the policeman who shot and killed a college football player during a disturbance in the New York suburbs.

MILWAUKEE — A judge dismissed a drug paraphernalia possession charge against former talk show host Montel Williams, who was briefly detained at a Milwaukee airport in January after a search of his luggage turned up the type of pipe commonly used for smoking marijuana. Williams, who says he legally uses marijuana to treat chronic pain […]

NEW YORK– A mother and 3 of her children died after she drove her minivan into the Hudson River last night.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA– Children as young as 11-years-old can now pick up or order free condoms from the Philadelphia Public Health Department through a program called Take Control Philly.