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NEW YORK-Choy “CC” Barrington, a 21-year-old nurse and cosmetology student, who was three months pregnant, was burned to death in her own room after falling asleep while smoking a cigarette. The New York Daily News reports: Her roommates tried in vain to save the cosmetology student and geriatric nurse, who was three months pregnant, after […]

ALABAMA — Almost three weeks after the first round of tornadoes swept across the mid-west, a dog that suffered two broken legs in the storms crawled back home to his owners. Although no one is exactly sure how far the injured animal had to crawl, the extent of damage to his legs was so severe […]

ORLANDO-Robin Leigh Pagoria, a female sheriff’s deputy in Polk County, Florida is charged with recording vicious beatings of girls between the ages of 10 and 18 on a “spanking bench” with leather paddles and then sending the videos to her boyfriend. The New York Daily News reports: One of the girls told investigators she twice […]

DEKALB COUNTY, GA–  Bishop Eddie Long reached a settlement and paid off the four young men who accused him of sexual misconduct to avoid being interviewed by the plaintiffs’ attorney, says former DeKalb County Prosecutor J. Tom Morgan.

ARIZONA-A helmet cam video from a SWAT team member who was with the SWAT team that killed former Marine, Jose Guerena, has been released. Gurena was shot 60 times in the raid. One member of the SWAT team can be heard saying “bang bang,” before the raid. RELATED STORIES Shot 60 Times!? Arizona SWAT Team […]

Comcast Interactive and DreamIt Ventures have partnered to create a program to provide opportunities for budding self-starters. Billed the “Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program,” the goal is to give training, mentoring, and other funding to five minority-led startup businesses. The program is now taking applications, and those that are accepted will be given their own office […]

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA-The NAACP will be looking at the way businesses and police treat African American motorcycle riders for Black Biker Week to monitor racial discrimination. WMBF reports: Thursday the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced year seven of Operation Bike Week Justice in Myrtle Beach. The organization will be […]

A San Francisco elementary school recently shed its old name as stand against racism. Formerly named Peter Burnett elementary after the state’s first civilian elected governor and a known racist, school officials were prompted to remove Burnett’s name from the building.

SAN DIEGO– California prisons are paying the price after U.S. Supreme court ruled that the prisons must release 36,000 prisoners within five year; forcing them to either build more facilities, or outright release the prisoners.

From her impact on the national lexicon, to propelling the careers of numerous celebrities and figures and to the countless self-help revelations and mantras that have helped us shape our lives,  Oprah Winfrey’s influence will be long cemented in the public conscious. As the daily dose of wisdom that has become the Oprah Winfrey show […]