WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.  — The parents of a college football player are suing the policeman who shot and killed him, calling the shooting an “unconscionable use of force.” In a complaint to be filed Wednesday afternoon, Danroy Henry Sr. and Angella Henry of Easton, Mass., say the officer violated the civil and constitutional rights of […]

Indiana — An anonymous email from an Indiana University student sent to legal blog “Above the Law” talked about the overrepresentation of Black men in the school’s public materials. In the email, the student explained that the banners placed around the school were not a fair representation of the institution. “We should support diversity, not […]

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.– The father of three children who died along with their mother when she drove her minivan into the Hudson River said he is not directly responsible for the tragedy but wishes he could change parts of his past.

Cleveland —  A fight broke out at a Cleveland area McDonald’s “Hiring Day” when four people were run over by a car after an argument broke out. A large crowd gathered after two girls started fighting. The McDonald’s manager then came out to break up the fight and was run over along with the restaurant […]

California — President Barack Obama expanded on his fiscal message Wednesday at a virtual town hall meeting at Facebook’s headquarters here. In what felt like a campaign stop, the one-hour event, which was streamed live on the White House’s Facebook page, Obama discussed the budget deficit, fiscal responsibility, investments in technology, health-care reform, the housing […]

WOBURN, MA-John A. Amabile, lawyer for the defendant, Jabrai Copney, in the Harvard Murder Trial, said that it was, Copney’s former friend and co defendant turned government witness, Blayn Jiggetts, who killed Justin Cosby not Copney. Amabile referred to Jiggetts as Blayn “Blizz, Fatboy” Jiggets and claimed he as a “homicidal maniac and bully from […]

ATLANTA–A Clark Atlanta intern allegedly stole $10,000 from Steve Harvey’s office, and later told his supervisor he would get the money to Harvey, even though he denied stealing it.

NEW YORK-Evelyn Seeger was stabbed in the head with a pen by Cordero Coroberto after she took a lighter from  him while he was trying to light a “blunt” or marijuana filled cigar, according to witnesses and police. The New York Post reports: “The argument started when he tried to light it . . . […]

Los Angeles — The long standing feud between directors Tyler Perry and Spike Lee is still as hot as their movies. Perry recently fired back at Lee telling him to “go to hell” after Lee said Perry’s movies “harken to the Amon n Andy” days. While Perry’s website message was vague and resilient, defending his […]

New Orleans — While many will look at this as a surprise, many won’t when they hear that Congress hasn’t adopted any major laws on oil and gas drilling after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Despite introducing more than 150 bills to improve the safety and oversight of offshore drilling and holding more […]

Recently Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. took to the floor to discuss one of the major causes of unemployment, the iPad. He made claims that the device almost single-handedly caused the demise of newspaper industry, college textbook manufacturing and the Borders bookstore chain.  You can see the video of his remarks here. His remarks were so […]

Here is an episode from our popular “On The Road” series from last year when Washington Watch correspondent and Interactive One Chief Content Officer Smokey D. Fontaine traveled to Louisiana to expose the frightening dilemmas of living in the Gulf Coast region after the worse oil spill in US history. Like this? Then def check […]