CALIFORNIA — More than 1, 700 California prisons, held in maximum isolation units, have gone on a hunger strike in protest of their penance, which is met with no explicit crime. The strike began with inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison. Your Black World Reports: Their isolation, which can last […]
NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates. The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain. […]
A 15-year-old boy has died after he was involved in a collision with a chauffeur-driven SUV carrying NBA star Lamar Odom. The boy died this weekend after he was rushed to the emergency room in a New York City hospital. Odom, who was back in his old Queens neighborhood to attend a “cousin’s” funeral, was […]
SAN DIEGO — Reggie Bush’s family has taken back a copy of his 2005 Heisman Trophy from a San Diego sports museum. The San Diego Hall of Champions said it returned the trophy to the family on Friday and declined further comment. The museum received the trophy from the family in March but never displayed […]
“Degrassi: The Next Generation” kicks off its eleventh – yes, eleventh – season on Monday night on TeenNick at 8 p.m. with a special one-hour episode… and Degrassi High will be visited by none other than fellow TeenNick star Keke Palmer. Palmer, who stars on “True Jackson, VP,” plays herself in the episode, and she […]
CHICAGO – A father and son duo are accused of killing the father’s girlfriend in a shocking crime. Devin Bickham Sr. allegedly orchestrated the killing and then called 911 after his girlfriend died, blaming unknown assailants. ABC reports: In his frantic 911 call, Bickham Sr. claimed ignorance of the shooter’s identity, crying, “My girlfriend got […]
Pep Guardiola has said in his first press conference of the season that between all things we have the money to spend and Barça are negociating to try and sign Cesc Fábregas, beside we are not in any rush: “we have until the 31 of August which is enough time to sign him.”
European Union regulators approved Merck & Co.’s hepatitis C drug Victrelis, the company said Monday. The ruling allows Merck to market Victrelis in all 27 European Union countries. Victrelis is a pill taken three times per day, and it blocks an enzyme that helps the hepatitis C virus reproduce. It was approved for use in […]
Rapper Ja Rule has been formally sentenced to two-years in prison for failing to file tax reforms between 2004 and 2006. The rappers, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is already serving a two-year prison sentence in New York on a gun charge. Ja Rule has been ordered to pay back $1.1 million in unpaid […]
Incarcerated Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie’s legal woes continue. The rapper, real name Torrence Hatch, was indicted two days ago for conspiracy to smuggle drugs into a federal prison. This is the second time in two months that this has occurred. He is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for drugs and gun possession. Read more […]
WASHINGTON — A year to the day after Shirley Sherrod was ousted from the Agriculture Department, the former government employee is still seeking vindication. On July 19, 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ordered Sherrod’s resignation from her job as a Georgia rural development official after learning about a video of Sherrod making supposedly racist remarks. […]
In light of the News Corporation scandal, Rupert Murdoch has been called almost every name in the book. Some have even characterized him as the devil himself. Media outlets, Fox News adversaries and liberal pundits alike have taken advantage of the media tycoon’s tumultuous fall. Certainly, the bias and somewhat racial-innuendo reporting of Murdoch’s Fox […]
