Roderick Clanton, 23, was arrested last week on having carnal knowledge (sex) with a 15-year-old girl in a New Orleans courthouse bathroom, reports WWLTV.com. SEE ALSO: 19 Great Joseline Hernandez Quotes from “Love and Hip Hop” The pair were caught in the act by a court employee who walked into the men’s bathroom and saw […]
Daniel Collins of Teaneck, New Jersey was arrested after he reportedly threatened to take his neighbor’s life when he farted in front of his apartment, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: If ObamaCare Bites Dust, GOP Plan To Do Nothing Collins, 77, pulled a 32-caliber revolver and threatened to “put a hole” in […]
Twenty-five-year-old Deshawn Balka (pictured) is suing both Clayton County, Ga., and Sheriff Kem Kimbrough for allegedly taking inadequate care of her baby after she prematurely gave birth to her son, who later died, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Somalia’s Terrorist Prisons In April, Balka was arrested for violating probation on a marijuana possession […]
Magic Johnson‘s Atlanta-based cable network, “Aspire,” debuts today, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. SEE ALSO: How Bush’s Man Has Shoved Supreme Court Right The network, which will focus on family programming, has partnered with Atlanta-based GMC, which carries its own positive programming. Magic will be the majority owner. He also inked several advertising deals with Coca […]
Today, a group of over 400 surviving members of the Montford Point Marines was recognized by Congress after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest honor for a civilian in the nation. SEE ALSO: Charlie Rangel Wins Primary The Montford Point Marines, the first African-American soldiers trained for the Marine Corp, began their historic […]
When Anthony Davis (pictured) began playing hoops as a freshman at the University of Kentucky, folks urged him to get rid of his unibrow. Now as the expected top pick in this week’s NBA draft, Davies plans on cashing in on his facial faux pas, so he trademarked the likeness of his now-famed brows, reports CNBC. SEE […]
African-Americans awaiting bone marrow transplants face a harsh reality: Of the 10 million potential bone marrow donors in the “Be The Match Registry,” only a scant 7 percent of eligible donors are African-American. SEE ALSO: Who’s Screwed If Obamacare Is Axed This is why “Be The Match” launched a new nationwide campaign to help increase the […]
Election year politics are fun for the junkies among us who can’t get enough of the verbal sparring and behind-the-scenes machinations that help fuel the news cycle. The unfortunate by-product of this sort of activity is the need for politicians to rabidly purse agenda-laden causes that defy common sense and decency. In the case of […]
It was the fall of 1990, and a new and inexpensive drink, Tropical Fantasy, hit the inner-city scene like gangbusters across the country. Its popularity spread like wildfire, but it was only a matter of time before it became riddled with Black conspiracy theory rumors. RELATED: Black Conspiracy Theories 101: Atlanta Child Murders With its yummy taste and […]
More than 1 million folks in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but 20 percent of them don’t know they are infected. The National Association of People With Aids founded National HIV Testing Day 19 years ago. Today, on Wednesday, June 27th, Americans can go get tested and know their status. […]
An elderly man, 77, and an elderly woman, 63, were killed within blocks of each other on the South Side of Chicago, reports the Chicago Tribune. The man was fatally stabbed in his home and the woman was shot to death. There is no indication that the murders are related. Want to Keep Up With […]
Tired of the entire ‘Wives’ facade, record executive MeMpHiTz decided to call a spade a spade and create the latest in the “women as nothing but reflections of their men franchises,” reports Sister2Sister Magazine. Introducing ‘Real Mistresses of Atlanta’: It seems it wasn’t just a rumor: A trailer for the sure-to-be-controversial new series “The Real Mistresses […]
