TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two Tucson-area Girl Scout troops were crime victims as thieves grabbed and ran off with the troops’ cash boxes from cookie sales. The Arizona Daily Star reports that both thefts took place over the weekend. In one case, two women spoke with girls selling cookies outside a grocery store before one […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world moved closer Tuesday to tightening sanctions on North Korea for its latest nuclear test after U.N. diplomats said the United States and China had reached agreement on a new draft resolution to punish the country. In response, Pyongyang threatened to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War. […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A civil rights group that tracks extremist groups warns that President Obama‘s tenure and the gun control debate after the Connecticut school shooting have led to surging numbers of anti-government “patriot” groups. The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday reported the rising numbers as it released its annual report on extremist […]
Michael Jordan may hav a love child, that’s 16-years-old, with some chick, but his current girl isn’t worried about it and wants to marry him anyway. The wedding to his fiancée Yvette Prieto will go on, though Pamela Smith, 48, the child’s mother, is suing him. Smith says she became pregnant with Jordan’s son while […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K’naan will take center stage in an unexpected place next year, highlighting their generation and art form alongside opera, ballet and theater at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The center, a memorial to President John F. Kennedy, announced Tuesday that its 2013-2014 season […]
In anticipation of her latest album, “Better,” Chrisette Michele is sharing her “Journey To Better” with the world via a video series, detailing the most intimate moments of the songstress’ life as she readies herself for her fourth studio album. #TeamBeautiful loves Chrisette and her soulfully funky vocals. We can’t wait to see what she’s going to […]
The Brits have been through this before. In 2011, Prince was rumored to headline the UK’s biggest music event, the Glastonbury Festival. But it was Beyonce who ultimately took the main stage. Now the Daily Star claims seven-time Grammy winner Prince will grace the concert’s Pyramid stage. The paper reports he’s booked three gigs at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will furlough about 15,000 military school teachers and staff around the world because of the automatic budget cuts that took effect last Friday, but spokesman George Little said Monday the department will manage the process so the schools don’t lose their accreditation. Little said the military will also close all […]
La Toya Jackson is firing back at a New York Post article that called her relationship with Michael Jackson’s three children “false” and “derogatory.” On Sunday, the publication reported that the 56-year-old had quietly begun to profit on the showbiz ambitions of the late singer’s children, signing them as the only clients of her Ja-Tail […]
Is there really an HIV cure, now that a baby has been successfully treated? U.S. researchers have reported that a Mississippi baby girl born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cured. The child was born to a mother who had tested positive for HIV only after the child was born – meaning […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show commentator Jacque Reid went “Inside Her Story” with supermodel Naomi Campbell about her hit TV series “The Face”. However, the most interesting portion of the interview is when Reid asked Campbell about her opinion on the controversial French magazine Numéro’s pictorial that used “blackface” on a white model to portray an African […]
We really thought that this Harlem Shake craze was on its way out (especially after we did our own). But the NBA Champion Miami Heat have squeezed out one more that has gotten almost 3 Million video plays in 24 hours. We can’t front…it is kinda funny. Center Chris “Birdman” Anderson sets things off flapping his arms around […]
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