The 12-year-old twin brothers went missing from their home in Boston more than a week ago, but law enforcement has said their disappearance isn't considered suspicious. Here's why.

A jury found that Harris-Stowe State University, a historically Black college in St. Louis, discriminated against a white professor based on race and gender.

Kadarius Smith, 17, had tire tracks on his back, his mother said.

Russell Simmons was served with papers linked to a defamation lawsuit filed against him in a surprise move at a resort in Bali this month.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is being accused of "racial bias" due to his response to a fight video between a Black and white student.

Andrew Caldwell, who went viral for claiming in church that he was "deliveredt" from being a homosexual, announced his run for public office.

It looks like Jontay Porter might have to explain his performance on the court. The NBA is investigating him over gambling activity connected to his play. The Score is reporting that the Toronto Raptors player is now at the center of a new probe being conducted by the National Basketball Association. According to ESPN the […]

Former NFL cheerleader Krystal Anderson died shortly after the stillbirth of her daughter.

Good lord! No, this is not satire.

Meet U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.

Black Voters Matter and me too. International have joined forces for the 2024 election.

NewsOne was on the scene at this year's Bloody Sunday commemoration.

Ferguson organizer Tory Russell was there.

Just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, local rapper and comedian Messy Mya, born Anthony Barre, was shot to death in the 7th ward. He had attended a baby shower for his unborn child before heading to the block party where he would be murdered.

San Antonio (HuffPo)–Eva Longoria filed for divorce from Tony Parker on Wednesday amid rumors of infidelity, and her good friend Mario Lopez has confirmed that she found hundreds of texts from a mutual female friend on Tony’s phone. The other woman is Erin Barry, the wife of Tony’s former Spurs teammate Brent Barry, according to […]

By James Rucker–We started ColorOfChange.org after Hurricane Katrina because we believed that Black America couldn’t rely on existing organizations, leaders, or a political party to deliver the change needed to protect and uplift our communities.

The American Heart Association has joined with GMC, formerly the Gospel Music Channel and Music World Gospel to educate people about stroke through an online gospel singing competition. Most Powerful Voices, held now thru February 14, is engaging independent artists and choirs to compete on behalf of the American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke […]

Washington (NYTimes)– The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, was re-elected on Wednesday to lead the Democrats in the next Congress, despite her party’s loss of more than 60 seats and its majority control of the House in the midterm elections.

TMZ.com reports Wednesday that Chad Ochocinco proposed to girlfriend Evelyn Lozado. Lozado is known for her appearances on the “Basketball Wives” television show.

WASHINGTON – The White House says former President George H.W. Bush, poet Maya Angelou (MEYE’-ah AN’-jeh-loo) and investor Warren Buffett are among the 2010 winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Barack Obama will present the awards to the 15 honorees early next year. Other winners include a civil […]

BlackPlanet member, MELANIN7, is from the Bronx (Home of the New York Yankess and Birthplace of Hip Hop) in New York City. He is the author of Overstanding the Stresses of Time, which is being sold in Black book stores and online. You can check out his profile here to learn more about him. In […]

Roland Martin appears in The Situation Room with Leslie Sanchez and host Wolf Blitzer to discuss Charles Rangel being found guilty by a House subcommittee for ethics violations.

By Michael Tapia The GM winter meetings are here and with them, the huge contracts featured in baseball. A lot of talk this off-season has been oscillating around the New York Yankees’ captain Derek Jeter whose contract expired this year. It is obvious that Jeter who is a lifelong Yankee and the face of the […]

A former bride-to-be is now paralyzed and has put off plans to marry after a bachelorette party prank went terribly wrong.

North Carolina (AP)– The Rev. Cedric Miller said 20 couples among the 1,100 members of his Living Word Christian Fellowship Church have run into marital trouble over the last six months after a spouse connected with an ex-flame over Facebook.