Stoudemire apologized Sunday to a fan for using the slur in response to a crude tweet in which the fan admonished the All-Star to   Amare Stoudemire has been fined $50,000 by the NBA after the New York Knicks star tweeted a gay slur. Stu Jackson, the league’s executive vice president of basketball operations, […]

Sam Moore, music legend and known ‘Soul Man,’ is back at it again, fighting for the story of his life. Sam and his wife Joyce are battling it out against the Weinstein Co. and MGM, the studio he claims ripped him of his story for a film starring Samuel L. Jackson. The couple has been […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a vote looming to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama's claim of executive privilege, invoked to maintain secrecy for some documents related to a failed gun-tracking operation. Obama's claim broadly covers administration documents about the program called Operation Fast […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration says there are now 390,276 people living […]

Drake and Chris Brown have been offered $1 million each to continue their feud in a boxing ring. The pair and their entourages were involved in a brawl at a New York club earlier this month in which several people were injured. Now, a promoter for Celebrity Boxing has revealed that billionaire Alki David has […]

Since the mid 1970s, Experience Unlimited (EU) has been one of the most seminal groups in the Go-Go music genre. Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott founded the group during their stint as students at the well known Ballou Senior High School in Southeast, Washington, DC. They’re one of the original Go-Go bands in Washington, DC. The […]

Saxophonist Mike Philips keeps good company. He’s played the Super Bowl with Prince and Stevie Wonder, has played for Presidents Clinton and Mandela  is now one of the featured musicians in The Cirque du Soleil presentation of “Michael Jackson: Immortal World Tour.” Philips has enjoyed a flourishing solo career as well, recording his CD “You […]

It’s going to be a Patti, Patti summer. Living legend Patti Labelle is heading out on the Summer Music Festival with some of her friends who also happen to be soul icons. Frankie Beverly and Maze, the O’Jays,  Babyface and Tank join Labelle as the festival hits several cities for its six-week run. Labelle, who […]

I guess some people would rather live with their failure than risk crediting someone who doesn’t look like them for turning it into a success. By some people, I mean the Republican lawmakers, state attorneys and legions of Tea Partiers who are hoping that perhaps as soon as tomorrow, the Supreme Court will throw out […]

Got a question about cancer and cancer myths? Text them to “646464” (OHOHOH). — Cancer can have devastating effects on families and communities. And cancer, like many other life-threatening diseases, hits the black community harder than any other group of people. Blacks are diagnosed with advance/late stage cancer more than their White counterparts. A major […]

Are you happy where you are? Nikki and Mary talk to author Michelle Mckinney Hammond about how to reach your goals but still enjoy the moment you're in.  

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former cruise line worker has filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles against John Travolta, accusing the "Pulp Fiction" star of embracing him naked after complaining about neck pain. The lawsuit was filed June 21 by Fabian Zanzi and seeks unspecified damages. Zanzi contends Travolta disrobed and held him against […]