Hundreds of homecoming attendees, upset that they could not get into Friday’s annual Yardfest homecoming concert at Howard University, rushed the gates, injuring eight people, including two D.C. police officers, according to school and law enforcement officials. Keith St. Clair, a spokesman for the deputy mayor of public safety, said most of the injuries were […]

To hear the O’Jays tell it, gospel singing groups are the worst when it comes to competing with others in the industry. On “NewsOne Now” with Roland…

  As we predicted yesterday, actress/”Dancing With The Stars” alum Julianne Hough has issued an apology for her ill thought out concept of a costume. RELATED: White…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones sued Michael Jackson‘s estate claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees on some of the superstar’s greatest hits. Jones’ lawsuit Friday seeks at least $10 million from the singer’s estate and Sony Music Entertainment, claiming the entities improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z — under increasing pressure to back out of a collaboration with the luxury store Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers — said Saturday he’s being unfairly “demonized” for just waiting to hear all of the facts. The rap mogul made his first statement […]

Lolo Jones is a step closer to the Sochi Games, and Lauryn Williams might not have raced in her final Olympics after all. Jones and Williams are best known for their track accomplishments, Jones as one of the world’s elite hurdlers and Williams as an NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist sprinter. They were among […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a shooting inside a Connecticut nightclub has left one woman dead and five people injured. New Haven police say gunfire rang out inside the Key Club Cabaret at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, sending more than 100 patrons rushing out through the main doorway. Police say 26-year-old Erica Robinson, of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A two-alarm fire broke out in the basement of Macy’s flagship store Friday night, sending plumes of smoke into the air and forcing shoppers and store clerks outside while firefighters brought the blaze under control. No one was injured in the fire that broke out about 8:15 p.m. at the iconic […]

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Police said a wanted parolee fired first in a shootout that left six officers injured and led to an hours-long standoff in a suburban Sacramento city before he surrendered. Roseville police spokesman Lt. Cal Walstad said that one officer with a jaw wound and a federal agent shot in the leg […]

The most chaotic 10 days in the history of the winless Grambling State football team ended Saturday when the Tigers, who forfeited their game against Jackson State last week because of a player boycott, hosted SWAC foe Texas Southern.  But the losing continued as the G-Men suffered a 23-17 overtime loss that extended their losing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Brown was arrested early Sunday in Washington after a fight broke out near the W Hotel, police said, complicating an already snarled legal history for the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer. Brown, 24, was charged with felony assault in an incident that started just before 4:30 a.m., D.C. police spokesman Paul Metcalf […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy who became one of the nation’s youngest killers when he shot his neo-Nazi father to death as the man slept should be incarcerated in a state juvenile justice facility to protect him and the public, a judge was told Friday during a sentencing hearing. As the baby-faced, blond-haired […]