Def Jam Rapstar, BET Networks, and the Get Schooled Foundation have collaborated to unveil a nationwide video contest for high school students.
NEW YORK — D’Angelo has resolved his New York City prostitution case by pleading guilty to disorderly conduct.
Philadelphia –A former Philadelphia high school basketball star has been sentenced to 230 years in jail for raping a woman in Center City. RELATED: The Top 10 Black Movies That Should Have Won Oscars Domenique Wilson, 25, was convicted of raping a woman while her boyfriend was bound and gagged in 2008. He was also […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the earthquake and tsunami in Japan are a potentially “catastrophic” disaster, and he says his thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people. RELATED: Top 10 religious moments of the decade Speaking at a White House news conference, Obama says the U.S. is prepared to send whatever assistance Japan […]
BALTIMORE-The creator of “The Wire,” David Simon has written a piece in Slate Magazine about the recent arrest of Felicia “Snoop Pearson.” RELATED: Black Presidents in the movie theaters First of all, Felicia’s entitled to the presumption of innocence. And I would note that a previous, but recent drug arrest that targeted her was later […]
By Courtenay Escoffrey We happened to get our hands on Google’s new phone made by Samsung called the Nexus S. It’s running the company’s latest version of Android…Android 2.3. Check below to see what we thought! RELATED: Top 10 internet moments of the decade Likes: We loved the overall sleekness of the design. I’m a […]
NEW YORK — Bill Cosby has not run out of words or wisdom. Also read: Top 9 Episodes of the Cosby Show
Update: The last of the 20 men who raped an 11-year -old girl accepted a guilty plea in Fall of 2013. Two of the men had trials and were both sentenced to life or 99 years in prison. Eleven other men were handed 15-year sentences. Seven of them, still juveniles, entered guilty pleas and received seven-year probated sentences. ———————————————————— Cleveland, Texas– […]
Watoto From the Nile, the young sisters from Baltimore who created the “Open Letter to Lil Wayne” video that went viral on the Internet last week, have finally given their first on-camera interview. In this NewsOne exclusive, meet 10-year-old Nia, 9-year-old Nya, and their father Jabari Natur, who reveal how they conceived the song and […]
BALTIMORE – Police in Baltimore say an actress who appeared on the HBO series “The Wire” is among about 30 people arrested in an early morning drug raid. RELATED: Top 15 Black Biopics of All-Time Police say Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, who played a killer of the same name on the hit television series, is one […]
Libya — Qaddafi forces took to the strategic refinery town of Ras Lanuf and battered rebels with air-strikes and artillery fire. RELATED: Top 15 Black Biopics Of All-Time Read more at NYTimes RELATED: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 2000’S 25 REASONS WE LOVE “A DIFFERENT WORLD” TOP 9 BLACK TELEVISION TALK SHOW HOSTS
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man previously tied to a white supremacist organization was arrested Wednesday on charges that he left a sophisticated bomb along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane. RELATED: Top 15 Black Biopics Of All-Time Kevin Harpham, 36, was arrested Wednesday and scheduled to make an afternoon appearance in […]
