National

Washington D.C.– For those who’ve been waiting to mark it on their calendars, President Obama and Congress have agreed he will deliver his 2011 State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Jan. 25.

PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is breathing under her own power and generally “holding her own” in her third day of recovery from a near-fatal gunshot wound, doctors said Tuesday.

New Jersey — Reuters is reporting on a new law proposed by New Jersey lawmakers that intends to curb steroid use by police officers and firefighters: Law enforcement steroid use is a problem around the country and, given that steroid use can cause aggression, can invite problems for police, said Larry Gaines, chairman of the […]

PORTLAND, Tenn. – A father in Portland was arrested after police said he let his child play with marijuana. Officers found photos of the incident on his phone.

Virginia — Lexington, Virginia is causing a storm of controversy over the way it is celebrating Lee-Jackson Day. The local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter, asked the city to put up Confederate flags on Monday prior to Lee-Jackson Day and leave them up until next Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The city council […]

LAS VEGAS– The ex-boyfriend of Debbie Flores-Narvaez, the missing Las Vegas burlesque dancer, was arrested on suspicion of her murder after her body was found Friday. According to Las Vegas police, Jason “Blu” Griffith, 32, was booked Friday night and being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center in the case in Flores-Narvaez’s […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Auburn running back Michael Dyer never heard any whistle, so he just kept running — past the tackler who thought he had him down and deep into Oregon territory. Dyer broke stride, then took off on a once-in-a-lifetime run in the final minutes, setting up a field goal on the last play […]

Washington – President Barack Obama mourned victims of an Arizona gunman on Monday and steered clear of a debate on whether harsh political rhetoric inspired the attack on a congresswoman. As many members of his own Democratic Party decried the often rabid level of political discourse in the country, Obama said he is grieving for […]

From NBC Chicago Illinois Congressman Danny Davis on Monday clarified reports that his office had received a threatening email. He said the message, received Sunday, came from someone who was warning him that he might be in danger from another group.   The message itself was not threatening, he said. “The group that [the sender was] […]

New York — The controversy now brewing over an edition of “Huckleberry Finn” was first mentioned to me at least a decade ago. Some highly irritated black parents were protesting a public school district for using a book that contained many instances of what is now known as “the N-word.” Now, the book has made […]