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A recent article appearing in the New York Times focuses on the growing trend of weaves stolen from beauty shops across the country. Just last month, a pair of robbers stole close to $90,000 worth of weaves from a Chicago beauty shop. The robbery is just one of many which illustrates how quality hair weaves […]

CHICAGO, Il. — A homeless man in Chicago named Curtis Jackson has given  thousands of dollars he earns panhandling to a struggling single-mother who lives out of a hotel room with her 10-year-old son. Fox Chicago News reports: Sandy’s Good Samaritan is Curtis Jackson, who’s been homeless since 2004. He pays for Sandy’s hotel room […]

CALIFORNIA — A woman was escorted off an Amtrak train on Sunday for speaking too loudly on her phone. Huffington Post reports: Lakeysha Beard, 39, was charged with disorderly conduct after she wouldn’t stop talking on the 16-hour trip from Oakland, California, to Salem, Oregon. The train was stopped short of its destination. Train operators […]

WASHINGTON — The government is giving Haitian immigrants who fled their island nation after last year’s devastating earthquake more time to live and work in the U.S. legally while their country rebuilds. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it was extending a temporary protective status for qualified Haitian immigrants for another 18 months. It […]

PHILADELPHIA — Four white Philadelphia teachers filed federal race-bias lawsuits that accuse a black principal of creating a hostile work environment and suggesting they were unfit to teach black children. The teachers work at a predominantly black elementary school that has a recent history of racial tension. Their lawsuits say that a former principal had […]

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a Kentucky man who was arrested after police burst into his apartment without a search warrant because they smelled marijuana and feared he was trying to get rid of incriminating evidence. Voting 8-1, the justices reversed a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that threw out the evidence […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that it’s “more vital than ever” for Israel and the Palestinians to restart peace talks, as he plunged again into Mideast diplomacy with hopes of reaching an elusive accord. Addressing reporters after an Oval Office meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Obama said the U.S. would continue to […]

NORFOLK,VIRGINIA – Details have emerged in the shooting deaths of Bill Bonney and Daquan Hill both of whom were shot and killed after a rap battles in Virginia. Hampton Roads has detailed stories on both killings: Pound(Bonney) delivered two slams during the battle rap, witnesses later testified, that brought Stress to a boil. He called […]

CALIFORNIA — Cali Swag District released a statement to MTV News urging people who know something about the circumstances of the shooting of M-Bone to come forward and help police.

The PBS Documentary, “Freedom Riders” about the Civil Rights movement and the young men and women who would travel through out the south and willfully violate unjust segregationist policies is getting rave reviews after premiering last night. Critics have compared it to the award winning Civil Rights documentary series, “Eyes On The Prize.” The New […]

Singer Alicia Keys has broken her silence on allegations by the ex-wife of Swizz Beatz that she ruined their marriage. Keys, who married Swizz Beatz early last year, has been accused by singer Mashonda of breaking up their happy home. The allegations have hurt her a lot, said Keys. “We didn’t start seeing each other […]

The suspects who attacked transgender woman Christy Lee Polis in a Maryland McDonald’s restaurant are now facing hate-crime charges. Two young women, ages 18 and 14, are facing hate-crime charges for the brutal attack that ended up making its way on the internet. They were also charged with hitting the McDonald’s employee who tried to […]