Phaedra Parks of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” has filed a $30 million lawsuit against Vibe Holdings, which operates Vibe.com, Uptown Magazine, and Augustus Publishing, reports Atlanta Journal Constitution.com. Parks, a high-profile Atlanta attorney who has represented R&B singer Bobby Brown, is suing for defamation of character after Vibe Magazine seemed to highly publicize the book […]

Veteran actor/comedian Eddie Murphy and BET’s own 106 and Park co-host Rocsi Diaz are allegedly the hottest new couple that you didn’t know about, reports the always reliable YBF.com. The couple was spotted holding hands and smiling for the camera in Beverly Hills after a run to the Coffee Bean. Want to Keep Up With […]

Angry at her husband, Ron Smalls, over an alleged affair with a family member, Stacey Smalls, 41, has been charged with the murders of her 18-month-old twins Adam and Eve, reports NBC Philadelphia. The mother is currently in the hospital being questioned by Philadelphia Police. She allegedly attempted a murder-suicide by drowning one baby and […]

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt “Poverty is Un-American” Romney is preparing to install quite the futuristic contraption in his home in LaJolla, California — an elevator for his cars. The “Phantom Park” is a car lift that lowers into a subterranean garage, reports local San Diego news source 10News.com. RELATED: Romney Hires Veteran Black Strategist 10 […]

Racist website, Chimpmania.com coined the insulting nicknames “Lil Skittles” and “Traycoon” for slain 17-year-old teen Trayvon Martin and has a forum “dedicated” to him under the website’s banner (pictured left). RELATED: NewsOne’s Coverage Of Trayvon Martin’s Murder Black Football Star Killed By Racist Hispanic Gang May Receive Death Penalty The site lists its purpose, rules […]

40 years. That is the sentence Howard Morgan (pictured) received on April 5 from Cook County Circuit Court Judge Clayton J. Crane, after the former Chicago police officer was convicted of the attempted murder of four Chicago police officers. RELATED: Black Football Star Killed By Racist Hispanic Gang May Receive Death Penalty The paradox is […]

Pioneering musician Miles Davis remains as one of the most significant cogs in jazz music, and is most certainly regarded as the best trumpeter the genre has ever seen. SEE ALSO: How Etan Patz’s Soda Could Have Led Police To Suspect Innovative in his approach to music, Davis challenged himself constantly and introduced new styles […]

It’s only appropriate that one of the cases that helped launch National Missing Children’s Day may be coming to a resolution after 33 years almost to the day. New York City Police announced Thursday that they arrested a New Jersey man who allegedly confessed to the murder of Etan Patz. The 6-year-old boy vanished on […]

It is hard to imagine, but the Detroit Free Press reports that a 7-year-old Detroit boy is dead from an apparent suicide. And the boy’s suicide appears to be a clear sign of the times. SEE ALSO: Are Black Celebs Trapped In the Closet? The boy’s 14-year-old sister found him hanging from a bunk bed […]

R&B legend Bobby Womack (pictured), who was diagnosed with the early stages of colon cancer in March, was given a clean bill of health after undergoing surgery Wednesday to have the mass removed, reports the Houston Chronicle. SEE ALSO: Are Black Celebs Trapped In the Closet? Womack, whose singing career has spanned more than 50 years with a […]

Just in time for the summer pool season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released its annual childhood drowning report on Thursday, and this year, the focus of its campaign will be to advocate for increased swimming education for Blacks and Hispanics, reports the Associated Press. SEE ALSO: Will Black French Star Translate To U.S. […]

The Rev. Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network — the civil rights organization so instrumental in bringing the Trayvon Martin case to national prominence — is beginning its annual membership drive, asking Americans to support its work. According to the NAN website, membership begins at $25, and includes: An Annual or Lifetime membership card. Participation in […]