Since everyone’s on a health kick around this time of year, including myself, I thought I’d introduce Juice Week. Each day for a week, I’ll post my favorite juice concoction, complete with the benefits of each ingredient. Before we delve into the first recipe, here are a few tips: Start with cold fruits and veggies […]

The United Negro College Fund helps thousands of college students with the financial help they need to achieve their higher education goals. One of the ways that they raise money is via their annual star-studded special, the UNCF Evening of Stars. This special event, hosted this year by “Guys With Kids” star Anthony Anderson, features […]

Add Junior Seau‘s family to the thousands of people who are suing the NFL over the long-term damage caused by concussions. Seau’s ex-wife and four children sued the league Wednesday, saying the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed […]

A half century after one of the worst racially-motivated incidents of the civil rights era, Alabama’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal to the four black girls who were killed in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church. If approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate, […]

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous has a bold suggestion for President Barack Obama: Appoint an African American woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. “He still has several more appointments, and we expect that we’ll see at least the same diversity that we saw the first time around,” Jealous told POLITICO. “What we’re hoping to see is […]

The reality series “R&B Divas,” which followed Faith Evans, Nicci Gilbert-Daniels, Monifah Carter, Syleena Johnson and Keke Wyatt working together to produce a compilation album, begins production in Atlanta this month for a second season on TV One. The show will be joined on the network by a spinoff series to take place in Los […]

A New York dentist was busted for swigging on the job. Lindenhurst police arrested Robert Garelick after his dental assistant Kimberly Curtis and dental hygienist Dina Fara reported that he made several mistakes after drinking vodka from a sports bottle. “I observed Dr. Garelick give [a] patient Novocain, an anesthetic for pain relief, in the […]

James Hood was among the first black student to integrate the University of Alabama. Hood passed away last week in his hometown of Gadsen, Alabama. Hood was the last key survivor for the historical breakthrough at the university. On June 11, 1963, Hood, and his classmate Vivian Malone, were physically blocked from walking inside the […]

Mikel Ruffinelli is proud to show off her larger than average curves. The 39-year-old plus-size model is recognized by the World Record Academy for having the largest hips in the world. Ruffinelli is 5’4 and weighs 420 pounds with hips measuring at an eight-foot circumference. Her waist, however measures only 40 inches. “I love my […]

Researchers are shooting down long-standing myths that condoms interfere with pleasure. The new study, led by Debby Herbenick, a sex researcher at Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health found that people who use condoms experience the same amount of pleasure as those going without them. Herbenick says that the skewed view about condoms hindering the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge refused Wednesday to grant Laurence Fishburne a three-year restraining order against a convicted felon who claims he owns the actor’s home. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson said she could not consider Mark Francisco‘s criminal history and she did not think his conduct warranted a lengthy restraining […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama‘s emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to what steps should be taken next. “I was very moved,” said Jon Davidson, legal director of the gay-rights group Lambda Legal. “But there’s a lot more to do […]