JUBA, Sudan — Thousands of south Sudanese poured out to vote for a second straight day in a landmark independence referendum on Monday, bringing the region a step closer to becoming the world’s newest state. Repeating the jubilant scenes witnessed on Sunday, huge queues formed outside polling stations in the regional capital Juba from long […]

Washington — In his second written statement today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has announced that the House will delay its efforts to repeal the health care law next week as well as other legislative business “so that we can take whatever actions may be necessary in light of today’s tragedy.”

GREELEY, Colo. — A member of the Greeley-Evans School District 6 Board of Education is broadcasting an attack on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on his radio station. Brett Reese reads a listener’s letter on 104.7 FM Pirate radio that calls the slain civil rights leader a sexual degenerate, a communist and modern-day plastic […]

Washington — A veteran Congressional aide who worked most recently as a lobbyist and was married to a senior White House legislative affairs official was found dead Monday behind the couple’s Capitol Hill home following a low-speed car crash and subsequent fire. Ashley Turton, whose husband, Dan, is the White House’s deputy director of legislative […]

One of the most astounding voices in African-American literature, Maya Angelou is heralded for her literary prowess and activism. Working alongside Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Angelou was a profound figure in the Civil Rights Movement, and was the first Black woman to have a screenplay produced. The Grammy Award-winning poet is an […]

PHOENIX– A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a federal court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson shooting rampage that left six people dead.

BALTIMORE — The search continues for Phylicia Simone Barnes, a star high school student from North Carolina who went missing in Baltimore last week. The 16-year-old honor student from Monroe, N.C., was visiting her half-sister when she disappeared three days after Christmas. Phylicia was last heard from Dec.28 via Facebook when she posted a note […]

Haiti — Officer Joseph Jacquet is one of six Haitian-born NYPD officers on a three-month rotation in Port-au-Prince.

From the NYPost A ballistic bus driver attacked a Bronx high-school student as she fled a tirade of insults for coming up short on her bus fare, a lawsuit claims. Yelenys Soto, who was 15 at the time, felt sick when she boarded the BX2 near Clinton HS at around 11:20 a.m. Nov. 25, 2009. […]

Atlanta — On Thursday’s edition of “Inside The NBA” on TNT, NBA analyst Charles Barkley ripped Tucker Carlson for saying Michael Vick should have been executed. Carlson made the statement while filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News on Dec. 28.

Smokey Fontaine joins Roland Martin via the HP SkyRoom from News One’s New York headquarters with this week’s edition of Web Watch. A chance encounter with a homeless man turns into 10 million views on You Tube and leads to an opportunity of a lifetime for Ted Williams, a man down on his luck. Plus, a pro-life group […]

Denver — A busy weekend of roller-coaster activity on the Carmelo Anthony trade front has ushered the New Jersey Nets to the brink of a deal for the superstar forward for the second time, according to sources close to the negotiations. Thanks to the recruitment of the Detroit Pistons as a third-party facilitator, New Jersey’s […]