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Queens — Trevor Bell, a cab driver was shot by an assailant while be recorded by the camera in his car in Queens, New York. Bell a Jamaican immigrant and father of two is in serious condition at Jamaica hospital in Queens. RELATED STORIES Brutal “Gladiator School” Video Shows Jail’s Culture Of Violence Seattle Officer […]

Clearwater, FLA The New York Times is reporting on the case of John Ditullio, a man who is on trial for stabbing a woman and killing a teenager in 2006. When John Ditullio goes on trial on Monday, jurors will not see the large swastika tattooed on his neck. Or the crude insult tattooed on […]

New York — The gap between being an adorable girl from Queens and becoming the face of an international clothing brand just got a lot smaller for this Ridgewood cutie.

A dramatic new chapter in the legal fight over Proposition 8 opens today, with debate over the purpose of marriage, the power of social convention and the rights of gay individuals televised live from federal court for the first time.

From TheGrio Miami — Willard Wigan’s art gallery is not one of your typical galleries — you have to look through a microscope to see the arts he creates. Artist Willard Wigan says “when they come in here, they get the shock of their life, everybody walks through doors, see work, they’re blown away.” Wigan’s […]

Congressman Charles Rangel joined Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss the ethics committee trial, verdict and subsequent ruling to censure him.

Smokey Fontaine joins Roland Martin from News One’s New York headquarters via the HP SkyRoom with this week’s edition of Web Watch. If there’s one thing we know for sure about African-American women is that when it comes to their hair, it can be a touchy matter. Recently, a Florida news reporter decided enough was […]

Republicans cannot stand when people call them “racist” or being “bigoted,” but as long as people like Cong. Steve King of Iowa are in their party, it will continue. This week, we saw Cong. King stand on the floor of the House of Representatives and talk about a very, very, very urban Sen. Barack Obama […]

Washington — Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he has authorized “significant” actions related to the criminal investigation of WikiLeaks as the website faces increasing pressure worldwide for publishing sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables. “National security of the United States has been put at risk,” Holder said. “The lives of people who work for the […]

Washington — 42 years ago, the Kenner report, issued by President, Lyndon B. Johnson claimed that our nation was “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Today,the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke told “60 Minutes” that income inequality in America is creating “two societies” primarily based on education. The Huffington Post reports: […]