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SIMI VALLEY, Calif.  — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reaffirmed to supporters that he isn’t running for president, even as a speech he delivered at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library was likely to stoke fresh speculation about his White House ambitions. The Republican governor warned that the nation’s credibility abroad was being damaged by […]

Michigan authorities have issued a warrant for Danny Basim Brikho, an optometrist accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old by touching her mouth with his exposed penis after administering medicine to her eyes. According to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, Basim Brikho, a staff optometrist at LensCrafters in Macomb Mall in Roseville, is charged with assault […]

Reverend Jesse Jackson wants to revive the “War on Poverty.” Reflecting on former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s efforts, Jackon commended the nations’ introduction of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Trial Nutrition Act. “If we can bailout banks if we can reconstruct Iran and Afghanistan then we can do a war on poverty that works,” Jackson told […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Barack Obama’s chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud looms over the American economy and Obama’s political future, describing the president’s road to a second term in the White House as “a titanic struggle.” “We have the wind in our face because the American people have the wind […]

LOS ANGELES  — Opening statements have begun in the trial of the doctor accused of killing Michael Jackson with an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren began laying out the involuntary manslaughter case against Dr. Conrad Murray on Tuesday. Testimony was expected to begin later in the day. A number […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. — When Georgia executed Troy Davis last week after four years of appeals ended with the courts upholding his death sentence, thousands still protested that Davis’ guilt remained uncertain because witnesses who identified him as a police officer’s killer in 1989 simply couldn’t be trusted. The issue raised in Davis’s case is getting […]

NEW YORK  — Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed Monday he has diplomatic immunity and asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who says he sexually assaulted her. Attorneys for the former International Monetary Fund leader filed the motion in a Bronx court, arguing judges there do not have the ability […]

A group of pastors and preacher’s from a Los Angeles church are working to prevent the spread of STDs amongst African-American women in their community by encouraging them to take at-home STD testing. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia outbreaks have run rampant among the black female community in Los Angeles, reports YourBlackWorld.com Public health officials are giving […]

HARRISBURG, Pa.— Eight children taken from a New York child welfare agency by their mother last week have been found in Pennsylvania, authorities say, and their parents are in custody. Teacher On The Run After Having Sex, Two Children With Student Woman Who Claimed Black Men Kidnapped Baby Will Plead Guilty The New York Police […]

Radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show yesterday that Herman Cain would be the first Black President because current President, Barack Obama lacks any “family history traced to slavery.” Limbaugh also mocked Obama’s speech to the Congressional Black Caucus via his “Official Obama Criticizer.” Shocker! Herman Cain Upsets Frontrunners, Wins Florida Straw Poll […]

President Obama’s speech this Saturday night was controversial for more than just his call for African Americans to “stop complaining.” It has become even more of a hot topic for how the Associated Press spelled “complaining” in the headline of the story. The AP wrote “complainin” with a dropped g. Now, the debate amongst many […]

LOS ANGELES — A heckler shouting about Jesus Christ interrupted President Barack Obama at a fundraiser before security dragged him out from the House of Blues in Los Angeles yesterday. Obama Heckled By Singers: “We Paid Dues, Where’s Our Change” Obama Heckled By AIDS Activists At Democratic Fundraiser The man positioned himself up in front […]