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BATON ROUGE-Two students at Southern University, Ferdinand Dorsey Jr. and Sheena Barnett have been killed in a three day period. RELATED: Top 9 episodes of the Cosby Show WAFB reports: The latest victim, Ferdinand Dorsey Jr., 24, was shot to death Monday night at the Palisades Apartments near campus around 9:30 p.m. In a show […]
Washington D.C.– A man who posted pictures of the loot he stole on the victim’s Facebook page has pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday. Rodney Knight also pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol without a license.
MONTGOMERY-One person was arrested and several other people are being sought after a massive brawl erupted at the Alabama State University cafeteria during lunchtime. WAKA.com reports: By looking at the video closely, you can see a police officer apparently get hit by a flying chair. Students tell us there were three other fights leading up […]
Los Angeles — This past All-Star Weekend, Jay-Z and NBA Super-Star LeBron James teamed up with Sprite to make a donation to a local Boys & Girls Club gym. The donation helped make numerous improvements to the gym, including a mural by infamous tattoo artist Mr Cartoon was also presented. Watch: Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:625,p:”7162″,s:1193573,tbid:”698″}); RELATED: 25 reasons […]
SAN DIEGO-Tyson Smith, a man who was suffering form heart failure was given a second heart in a transplant at UC San Diego’s Thorton Hospital. The two hearts are working together and beating together. Related: Top 9 Black Stand-Up Comedians RELATED STORIES Star Athlete Receives Life-Saving Kidney From Coach Tragedy And A Dream Reunite Ex-Basketball […]
Florida — A Florida woman has been arrested for allegedly beating her roommate over Girl Scout cookies. RELATED: Top 9 Black TV Hosts Hersha Howard was arrested this past Sunday after launching a tirade about her Thin Mints at 1 a.m. and ravaging the apartment and her roommates. Howard, who weighs 400 pounds, allegedly chased […]
Chicago — Rahm Emanuel won the Chicago mayoral election today in convincing fashion collecting the required 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. With 85 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel, the former White House Chief of Staff, garnered close to 55 percent of the vote. Gerry Chico finished with 24 percent of the […]
ILLINOIS — Preliminary results from the Chicago mayor’s race show Rahm Emanuel with a decisive lead over his opponents, but the results are not certain until votes are fully counted. Chicago polling stations closed at seven this evening. RELATED: WBW Honors Cornel West Fox News reports: With 75 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel had more […]
WASHINGTON D.C – Officials with the Social Security Administration will hold talks in the coming week to discuss what to do in case of a potential “government shutdown” on March 4.
ATLANTA-Although for years the Bronner Brothers Hair Show haas been dominated by perms extensions and other chemically induced or artificial hairstyles, Natural Hair has made a comeback at the show. RELATED: Top 9 episodes of The Cosby Show The Root reports: For example, the show included workshops like “Innovative Styling for Natural and Locked Hair” […]