DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's police chief stepped down Monday after a week of embarrassing revelations about a sexual relationship with a subordinate, forcing the city to search for a fifth leader in four years for a department dealing with one of the nation's highest violent-crime rates. During a news conference, Mayor Dave Bing said he […]

Since rumors of allegedly feuding “Idol” judges, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, have surfaced, the show’s producers have spoken up about the issue, saying the reports aren’t all true. “This is one of the best, most passionate, dynamic and invested judging panels we’ve ever had,” producers said in a statement released to “Access Hollywood.” “We […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure. The New England Compounding Center announced the recall Saturday. The company said in a news release that the move was taken out of […]

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, pastor of the Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, was honored by the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. on Friday, September 28 during the organization’s 27th Annual Hall of Fame Weekend Conference in Atlanta. Dr. Haynes is a member of the 2012 Class of Inductees and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign. Nine years is a blink of the eye on a court where […]

Chris Paul blasts through 60 seconds of Shaquille O'Neal's "beef" with current Lakers' center Dwight Howard, the first male model on "The Price is Right," and Jimmie "JJ" Walker bashing President Barack Obama; joking, "nobody kisses asses that are white more than Kid Dyn-o-mite." Listen to the full Morning Minute here. If something Chris Paul […]

Cissy Houston is really afraid that her granddaughter, Bobbi Kristina, will go down the same path as her mother, Whitney Houston, and end up dead from drugs. This reportedly why Houston wants to withhold Bobbi’s multi-million-dollar inheritance, sources tell TMZ. Sources say Houston feels Bobbi is currently surrounded by numerous negative influences — including her […]

For the last concert of Jay-Z’s eight-night run at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, not only did the rapper allow the show to be live-streamed (via his new Life and Times YouTube channel), but he brought out the wife, Beyonce Knowles. “I’m so proud to be here,” said Beyonce as part of her “Diva”-“Crazy In Love” medley […]

Click Here to watch her performance! Angie Stone is a real soul sister, but she got her first big record as a hip-hop artist.  It just goes to show you how versatile the singer/songwriter/actress really is. Stone has made several gorgeous records and despite the dearth of real singers on the charts, her career remains […]

Desharee Williams is one lucky young woman, but she worked hard to be. As one of the recipients of the Quotes for Education scholarships, the Bethune-Cookman senior is more than ready to take on the world outside her college campus. Quotes for Education is the joint scholarship program between Tom Joyner and Allstate Insurance which […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago fan who came to Jacksonville for the Bears-Jaguars football game had his throat slashed inside a bar. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old William C. "Chris" Pettry died early Sunday inside Fionn MacCool's, an Irish-themed restaurant. Twenty-seven-year-old Matthew Hinson is being held without bond on a murder […]

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas woman who super-glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall also beat the girl so badly that she suffered bleeding on her brain, a doctor testified Monday during the mother's sentencing hearing. Elizabeth Escalona faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty in July to attacking her daughter, Jocelyn […]