Even though law enforcement officials have surmised it was not an act of terrorism, baggage handler Dicarlo Bennett (pictured) was arrested and charged with possession of a destructive device following a police investigation in to two dry ice bombings that took place Sunday and Monday night at Los Angeles International Airport where he is employed, reports […]
Michael Dunn, 46, has written over 100 pages of correspondence while in a Florida jail awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, letters which an attorney for Davis’ family call “shockingly racist,” reports News4Jax.com. As previously reported by NewsOne, Dunn gunned down Davis at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida […]
Brigitte Geiger and Sharon Jones were fired from their jobs as gym teachers at Mount Olive High School in northern New Jersey for referring to their Black students as “Negroes,” reports NJ.com. Both women, who had been teachers for 30 around years, had their their tenures revoked in addition to getting booted after a year-long investigation of the March […]
Buses intended to transport Grambling State University football players to Jackson State University for their Homecoming game sat empty as players did not show up to board them, a culmination of days of intense meetings and exchanges between players, the university and the student government, and three days of boycotted practices, reports USA Today. As […]
(Special to NewsOne) — This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (PDF). The question in this case is whether a state may pass laws that single out race as a factor to be excluded from policy-making, including college admissions and public […]
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For most business travelers, the goal is to get the most work done in between meetings, conference calls and business dinners, and If you’ve traveled, you know that task can be near impossible if the hotel isn’t accommodating. Well, no more! Marriott Hotels in conjunction with News One is hosting the Experience What’s Next Now event, […]
In a bizarre home invasion case, a Detroit family was in the process of letting their cat back into their residence when three men suddenly barged through the door, demanded to know where they kept their weed stash, and then, out of the blue, shot their dog before escaping, according to Fox 2 News Detroit. Patricia Graham, […]
Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin spoke with Shreveport Times reporter, Matt Vines and The Gramblinite’s David Lankster about the financial fall out at Grambling State University. Due to financial cuts, the athletics department is in turmoil, and the Grambling football team continues to boycott practice due to inadequate funding. Lankster says it’s unclear whether […]
According to a recent study by the Williams Institute, the number of African-Americans within the LBGTQ community is rising fast. RELATED: The LBGTQ Factor: The Hidden Side Of Stop and Frisk The study estimates that there are 1,018,700 LBGTQ African-American adults in the U.S today. Eighty-four thousand African-Americans are in same-sex couple households, with 33.9% […]
 A’zhari Jones (pink bow), one of the formerly conjoined female twins, who made surgical history when she and her sister were surgically separated by doctors last year at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, passed away on Sunday night, just days after her first birthday, according to WTVR. A’zhiah and A’zhari Jones’ bodies were fused at the […]
IIem Mintor (pictured), a Florida bus driver for a handicap bus company, was fired after he was caught on a cellphone video cursing and tying the hands of a 20-year-old autistic student with a seat belt, according to WPBF 25. On Monday, Minto was chaffering three students from West Palm Beach’s Renaissance Learning Center, a school […]
