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[Update 10:31 a.m.] Virginia Tech is in lockdown as authorities look for a man three youths said may have had a weapon, possibly a handgun. The white male was described as having light brown hair and being 6 feet tall and was walking in the direction of a volleyball court. The man was wearing a […]
Pictured: Cathy Hughes with Radio One Baltimore Cathy Hughes, Founder, Chairperson of the Board and Secretary of Radio One, Inc. was honored with the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in conjunction with the National Bar Association Wednesday in Baltimore. Ms. Hughes was truly honored by the […]
Cue Marilyn Monroe! Better yet, cue Jennifer Hudson! Barack Obama hits the half century mark today. Jennifer Hudson led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to “Mr. President” at a fundraising event in Chicago last night.
LOS ANGELES-Charles “Bubba” Smith who played nine seasons in the NFL and starred in six “Police Academy” movies as officer Hightower has died at 66. TMZ reports: Law enforcement officials tell TMZ … LAPD received a 911 call at 12:54PM today — and officers responded to his home in the Baldwin Hills area. The fire […]
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is suing the Obama Administration in response to a law that requires gun dealers along the Mexican border to report bulk sales of semi-automatic rifles. Enacted to make it harder for Mexican drug cartels to obtain military style weapons from America, the law requires gun merchants in Arizona, California, […]
Despite successful efforts to quell the rate of new HIV infections among African-Americans, a particular sliver of the community — young Black gay and bisexual men — are being infected at an alarming rate. According to a new report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Black gay and bisexual men of all ages […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson likely will stay overnight at a hospital after suffering a seizure at training camp at Lehigh University, trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday. Patterson dropped to the ground between plays during a morning practice, and the player began violently shaking. He was immediately tended to by Burkholder and […]
The Obama Administration filed suit on Monday against the state of Alabama’s enforcement of its newly passed immigration law. The suit challenges H.B. 56, a law set to take effect in September that enforces some of the toughest immigration efforts in the nation. If put into effect, H.B. 56 would enforce the detention of undocumented […]
CALIFORNIA — Organizers and inmates in California are rallying on Monday against the state’s prion system for poor living conditions and other practices they say amount to systematic abuse and torture. The rally comes after inmates in four of the states prisons waged a hunger strike that lasted nearly a month long in protest of […]
While the full details of the recent debt ceiling deal signed by President Obama have yet to be released to the public, many pundits and political experts are claiming that the hardest hit groups will be the poor and minorities. Since the deal was signed, President Obama has been criticized by the Congressional Black Caucus […]