Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West will auction off the Maybach luxury car that was used in their new music video “Otis,” to support recovery in the East Africa. The rap duo gave the car a makeover during the video– stripping the exterior apart with saws and a torches, giving the uber-expensive vehicle a cool new […]
Here at NewsOne, we decided to take a look at some of the most notorious female gangsters of all-time. They all range from mob-wives to drug-queens. And some of their brutal ways make some of the most notorious male gangsters look like petty thieves. 5. Stephanie St. Clair aka Queenie or Madam Queen was a […]
ST. ELMO, ALA.– A former candidate for one of Alabama’s U.S. Senate seats is being sought by authorities in Alabama after he allegedly tased a pastor during a church knife fight. While the exact details are not clear, various accounts are surfacing. In one account, Simone De Moore tased a pastor at New Welcome Baptist Church in St. […]
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.–Legendary NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame today in Springfield, Mass. Famous for his colorful hair, tattoos, and his on and off-the-court antics, Rodman played for five NBA teams during his 14-year career. Rodman is a five-time NBA championship, won two Defensive Player of the Year […]
NEW YORK — An education program that uses hip-hop to prepare students for standardized tests is showing promise and legitimizing the art as a learning tool. By infusing rap lyrics into subjects like language arts and history, Fresh Prep is helping students memorize lessons and increase their scores on New York’s required Regents exam. Just […]
Dorothy Brunson, the first African-American woman to own a radio station, has died at 72-years-old. Brunson died Sunday of complications from ovarian cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, according to Baltimore Sun. The media pioneer acquired Baltimore’s WEBB-AM in 1979 and later added stations in Atlanta and Wilmington, N.C., as well as a […]
Conservative cable news pundit Glenn Beck is once again back in the news for making controversial racially based remarks. This time, Beck said Obama would ignite race riots if he is not re-elected. “I firmly believe that race riots are on the way,” Beck told listeners of his radio show. “They are being encouraged…[the Obama administration] […]
In a meeting with the Sun-Sentinel‘s editorial board Tuesday, Rep. Allen West compared being gay to liking chocolate chip ice cream or riding scooters. It’s part of his belief that being gay is a “behavior,” and he has frequently said that people “can change their behavior” but that he can’t change something like his skin color. Now, […]
A year before Columbus set sail for America, an African king was baptized and converted his kingdom into a Catholic nation that lasted nearly 370 years. King Nzinga a Nkuwu, ruler of Kongo, located in what is now northern Angola, decided to become a Christian not long after Portuguese mariners reached his shores in 1483. […]
OWENSBORO, Kentuck — Bob Howe points to an overgrown, muddy patch of land in a cemetery in Owensboro, gesturing to where the grave of the last man publicly executed in the United States may be. “I think it was over there,” said Howe, an 81-year-old lifelong Owensboro resident and retired county coroner. “I used to […]
WASHINGTON — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs. Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems. Congressional approval would be […]
A 24-year-old Connecticut woman pummeled a 12-year-old girl at a family birthday party for “looking at” her 30-year-old boyfriend, authorities said. Candace Kiley was busted Tuesday in North Branford for grabbing the pre-teen by her hair and hurling her to the floor, authorities said. Kiley confronted the girl in the kitchen while she was waiting for […]
