Winston-Salem State had its date with history ruined by a flurry of turnovers and a porous defense Saturday in the NCAA Division II Championship Game in Florence, Ala., while losing to Valdosta State 35-7. The Rams, unbeaten and ranked No.2 in the country entering the game, were the first HBCU to reach the Division II […]

Rob Parker only opens his mouth to change feet. Parker is a knucklehead sports analyst who deserves to be suspended from ESPN after his ignorant racial comments about Robert Griffin III, the prolific rookie quarterback of the Washington Washington Football Team. Parker was suspended by ESPN last week after creating a firestorm of controversy  when […]

Rob Parker only opens his mouth to change feet. Parker is a knucklehead sports analyst who deserves to be suspended from ESPN after his ignorant racial comments about Robert Griffin III, the prolific rookie quarterback of the Washington Washington Football Team. Parker was suspended by ESPN last week after creating a firestorm of controversy  when […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida grand jury has indicted a man on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a teenager following an argument over loud music coming from the teen’s car. The Florida Times-Union reports officials in the state attorney’s office said Thursday they won’t be seeking the death penalty against 46-year-old […]

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A suspect who fired about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall, sending shoppers sprinting for safety, was cooperative when officers took him into custody, authorities said Sunday. Witnesses said people ran, screaming and ducking for cover, when 42-year-old Marcos Gurrola fired into the […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones Saturday, the nation’s presidency said, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is still recovering from a lung infection. Doctors treating Mandela waited to perform the endoscopic surgery as they wanted to first attend to his lung ailment, presidential spokesman Mac […]

DETROIT (AP) — The finance chair for the Republican National Committee told a Michigan tea party gathering this summer that Detroit’s plummeting population and lack of a mayoral machine to get voters “to stop playing pool and drinking beer in the pool hall” has decreased its influence in elections. Ron Weiser‘s comments were secretly videotaped […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.‘s March on Washington for Civil Rights were 100 years apart, but both changed the nation and expanded freedoms. Beginning Friday, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is presenting a walk back in time through two eras. A new […]

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My Place. Two or three nights a week, Lanza — the mother of the gunman in Connecticut’s horrific school massacre — came […]

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My Place. Two or three nights a week, Lanza — the mother of the gunman in Connecticut’s horrific school massacre — came […]

Blessed are the mourners; for they shall be comforted. When I tried to process how and why such horrible tragedies like the Connecticut shooting could happen, someone sent me that scripture. Comfort is a start, but like President Obama said when he addressed the nation Friday with teary eyes, it’s time to take action. Like […]

The Smithsonian Castle was built in 1847. The historic structure sits in Washington D.C. and has recently been found to be built by slaves. Some of those slaves were owned by Martha Washington. There’s been a longtime search by historians to know which historic D.C. buildings were built by slaves. Two of the most notable […]