In the town of Clinton, La., a white 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with a hate crime and an additional misdemeanor charge after he cornered a 12-year-old Black boy and unleashed a racially-charged tirade. Ronnie Barnes is accused of pulling down the boy’s pants inside a gas station and using the “n-word” to address […]
A Texas mother took initiative when her 10-month-old son was discovered locked inside of a daycare by staffers overnight.` Sharonda Ross says she dropped her son Jordan off Monday morning at Joann’s Day Care in northeast Houston and expected her husband to pick him up later that evening, reports the New York Daily News. When she realized he hadn’t, […]
Bill Cosby continues to be at the center of the news, with more than thirty women accusing him of sexual assault over the last four decades. The latest bombshell came from New York Magazine – whose July 26 cover story featured 35 women alleging Cosby assaulted them — a story that has seemingly become the final nail […]
NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Cincinnati Officials Reportedly Prep For Protests After Viewing “Disturbing” Footage Of Samuel Dubose Killing UC Police Officer Ray Tensing Indicted In Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Mother Of Eight Becomes Fifth Black Woman To Die In A […]
Soon after Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing would be indicted for murder in the killing of Samuel DuBose, his attorney claimed his client was disrespected during the hearing. According to Fox19, lawyer Stuart “Stew” Mathews believes Deters treated his client unfairly during the hearing, using labels like “murder,” “asinine” and “an execution.” He also says the […]
An 8-year-old Baltimore boy who is being dubbed a medical phenomenon is looking forward to finally being able to play with his little sister and, hopefully, the new puppy he asked for. And while Zion Harvey’s wishes seem simple enough, picking up his 2-year-old sister or eating a slice of pizza were both things he had difficulty doing […]
More stars have been added to NBC’s live version of The Wiz, while Shaft is headed back to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah have joined the cast of the musical. Blige will play Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Latifah will star as the Wiz. The […]
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A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Ray Tensing — the University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man last month — on murder charges. Tensing shot Samuel DuBose, a father of ten, during a July 19 traffic stop near the university campus. According to the New York Times, DuBose was stopped […]
An Ottawa, Canada memorial for Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old woman who died in a Texas jail cell earlier this month, was defaced with an “All Lives Matter” slogan just a day after it appeared, the Huffington Post reports. The tribute, made possible by Ottawa-based artists Allan Andre and Kalkidan Assefa, showed a colorful depiction of Bland […]
There have been a string of new updates in the case of Samuel Dubose, the Ohio man who was shot in the head by a University of Cincinnati campus police officer after a traffic stop last month. A few weeks after Dubose was killed by Officer Ray Tensing, hundreds of family members and supporters gathered Tuesday […]
Funeral plans have been set for Bobbi Kristina Brown following the death of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s only child last weekend. According to reports, Bobbi Kristina’s funeral will take place in Georgia on Saturday at the St. James United Methodist Church. Her body will then be flown to New Jersey so that she can be buried beside […]
