Philadelphia, PA– Police say a 22-year-old Philadelphia man told them he strangled three women late last year after paying for sex and sometimes continued the sex acts after they died.

New York– Three of Malcolm X’s six daughters are feuding over Betty Shabazz’s estate. There have been charges of irresponsibility, mental incapacity and fiscal mismanagement of an estate estimated at about $1.4 million, according to the New York Times.

Washington, D.C.–  AFRO.com announced that they partnered with Google to  digitize the newspaper’s historic archives and make them searchable on-line and available to everyone on the web. Link to Afro-American/Google archive

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to cut $2.5 billion from a $5 billion home heating aid program for the poor, two people familiar with his 2012 budget proposal said Wednesday. The proposal would cut the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to its 2008 level of about $2.5 billion.

Roland Martin appears on JKUSA with Erick Erickson, Dana Bash and host John King to discuss Sen. Jim Webb decision not to run for office in 2012 plus the Tea Party’s desire to obtain the vacant seat. WATCH:

A recent study revealed that only 12% of African-American boys are on grade level. Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu joins Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss the topic. Dr. Kungjufu details where our education system is failing young African-American males and what can be done to fix the problem. For more information about […]

After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.