Jada Pinkett-Smith used Facebook this past weekend to clarify some comments she made a few weeks ago about having an open marriage in an interview with HuffPost Live. During the interview, Smith told host Marc Lamont Hill that her husband, Will Smith, can do “whatever he wants” in response to a question about the couple’s […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually battered and then cyberbullied with a humiliating photo planned to file a civil action against the suspects on Monday and also speak publicly about the case, their representatives said. Family spokesman Ed Vasquez said Monday the girl’s parents […]

Samuel Little, 72, was arrested for being in possession of a crack pipe and now finds himself accused of being a notorious serial killer responsible for the murders of women in Los Angeles dating back to 1989, reports ABC News. Little, an alleged career criminal, was discovered in a Kentucky homeless shelter and was extradited to […]

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The persistence of 8-year-old Aamira Fetuga (pictured above) played a pivotal role in causing  (R) to drop a discriminatory bill and may have changed the course of Tennessee welfare reform, reports Colorlines.com. Tennessee parents of under-performing students risked losing their welfare benefits if they did not show up for at least two parent-teacher conferences. As Campfield explained to Fetuga, […]

Lauryn Hill says she didn’t bother to pay taxes for three years and stayed out of the public eye for so long because of threats to herself and her family. According to TMZ, the singer filed legal docs asking for mercy before her sentencing later this month, explaining why she failed to file tax returns […]

GIRARD, Pa. (AP) — Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave. Troopers say the woman called just after 1 a.m. Saturday asking that officers be sent to her home in Girard Township in northwestern Pennsylvania. Police say […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial contamination. No illnesses have been reported The Manda Packing Company recall announced this past week now includes 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, […]

With the announcement of another pregnancy, fans are a little worried about the risk Halle Berry’s taking. Already in her mid 40s, the actress joins the world of older-pregnant women. According to CNN, statistics show that the number of pregnancies for women in other age groups is at a historical low, while for women in […]

“It is easier to raise strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass Douglass said those words years ago, but their wisdom is timeless. Watching DMX on the latest episode of “Iyanla, Fix My Life,” I was reminded of them. The rapper/actor, born Earl Simmons, agreed to appear on the show at the urging […]

McCraig Warren and Miles Warren are suing US Airways for asking them to change out of their hoodies, jeans and baseball caps into slacks and a button-up shirt before boarding a first-class fight, reports Alternet.com. In a discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Warrens claim that an employee informed them of the dress-code when they tried to claim first-class tickets at the […]

Note to self: don’t ever go to the dentist in Indiana. A man learned that lesson the hard way when he went to the dentist to have three teeth pulled and walked out of the dentist office with a mouth full of gums. An Autistic 21-year-old named Christopher Crist went to the Amazing Family Dental complaining of […]