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John Strickland, also known as “The Franchise” or “Strick” a legend on NYC basketball courts such as the Rucker has died at 38, according to the New York Post. The sad news was spread all over Facebook and Twitter by different members of the city’s streetball community, by which Strickland is revered. They shared stories […]

Lil Wayne is a free man. Weezy was released from Riker’s Island this morning, after serving eight months of a one year sentence for a 2007 weapons charge in New York City. Wayne is planning a big concert in Miami November 6th according to Drake. Wayne’s release has even caught the attention of former president, […]

President Obama said Wednesday that Congress should reauthorize extended unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.

Rhode Islanders have voted to keep the word “Plantations” in the state’s official name despite concerns that it evokes images of slavery.

California voters declined to make their trendsetting state the nation’s first to legalize marijuana use and sales, heeding warnings of legal chaos and that pot smokers would get behind the wheel and show up to work while high.

Shortly after the final Midterm Election results started trickling in, “African Americans” became a surprising trending topic on Twitter. The topic came about after the revelation that there would be no African-Americans in the U.S. Senate next year. Tweeters of all races and ethnicities began making fun of this revelation, as well as the ‘supposed […]

It was a story of “girl bites dog” for a teenager who thought she was in a battle for her life with a police K-9. The dog attacked Natalie Bradley-Wilson outside the Kingdom Hall in the 8200 block of Five Points Road Sunday.

Roland Martin appears on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss midterm election results. Roland said, “If there was one word the could describe last night for Democrats – absolute massacre all across this country.” Roland explained that Democratic losses went beyond congressional races and the US Senate. Ten to fifteen state houses flipped for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy McMillan says he can’t quit now — the rent is still “too damn high.” The man who became the breakout star of New York’s race for governor said Wednesday that he got so much support, he has to keep going. The 63-year-old McMillan became a sensation after a debate in […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Californians heeded warnings of legal chaos and other dangers and rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have made their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The spirited campaign over Proposition 19 pitted the state’s political and law enforcement establishment against determined activists seeking to end the prohibition of […]

Voters in Arizona have approved Proposition 209 which in effect, bans affirmative action. Inside Higher Ed. reports: Arizona voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 107 to ban the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender by units of state government, including public colleges and universities. With 2,075 of 2,239 precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, unofficial […]

Police say 29-year-old Minchillo McLester fatally shot his 25-year-old wife Madison McLester shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday after the couple returned from a Halloween party. He is charged with murder. According to CBS affiliate WGCL, the pair had just married Oct. 10.