NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te’o told Katie Couric the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were real and reiterated he had nothing to do with the hoax. The All-American linebacker said he was truly sorrowful and pained after finding out the woman he knew as Lennay Kekua […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A second suspect may emerge in the aftermath of the shooting at a Houston-area community college that left three people injured, the Harris County sheriff said Wednesday. At least 10 shots were fired Tuesday during a dispute between two men outside the library at the North Harris campus of Lone Star College, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said women have become integral to the military’s success and have shown they are willing to fight and die alongside their male counterparts. “The time has come for our policies to recognize that reality,” Panetta said Thursday at a […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama promised to visit his father’s homeland — Kenya — before the end of his presidency, but of the 51 country visits Obama made the last four years, America’s first black president spent less than a day in sub-Saharan Africa. That could now change. Presidential travel trends suggest Obama is […]

1. Weights will make me bulk up. Unless you are on steroids and throwing around some serious iron, you will not bulk up. In fact,…

Later this year, Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks will be the first African-American woman to be honored with a statue of her likeness on Capitol…

MIAMI (AP) — The caretaker of foster child Rilya Wilson grew to hate the 4-year-old because of defiant behavior, finally smothering the girl with a pillow in 2000 and covering up the slaying with a web of lies, a Florida prosecutor told a jury Tuesday. Assistant State Attorney Joshua Weintraub said in closing arguments that […]

On January 22, Houston mother Lessielee Ann King, 20, was arrested under suspicion of child abuse after the father of their 1-year-old son discovered bite marks…

The puzzling Manti Te’o hoax recently unearthed by Deadspin stirred up quite the controversy, and it wasn’t long before people connected the news with “Catfish,” MTV’s hit show that uncovers deceiving online relationships.  With even national media outlets linking Te’o story directly to “Catfish” and millions of people looking for love online, I decided to […]

It’s  been a long journey for Mary Young. She’s been on this earth for 91 years. She was born in the 1920s, during the time when racism and jealously drove white mobs to destroy a black business district in Tulsa, Okla., that was known as the Black Wall Street. She was born during a time […]

Well guys, it’s been a political week. President Obama was inaugurated and sworn in for the second and now he’s working to define his legacy. And while this is very big news, it’s certainly not the only ground breaking political news involving African Americans and the White House these days. Because every Thursday night there’s […]

On last night’s season finale of “Totally T-Boz,” T-Boz received the results of her annual MRI and after seeing some of the symptoms of what…