WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts. Obama’s decision grew out of a desire to share in the sacrifice that government employees are making, a […]

This past Monday at the National Zoo in Washington D.C., there was an exhibition of dated black and white photos called “Easter Monday: An African-American Tradition.” As far back as 1891, black families would come in their Easter clothing to the National Zoo the Monday after Easter. Some said that it was because the black […]

Beyonce has just released a 6-second video clip promoting something that’s supposed to happen tomorrow, April 4, at 9 a.m. EDT. The video is a quick montage of three shots – a medium shot of Bey standing in what appears to be a dance studio, a close up of her hand sporting the steel “Single […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers late Tuesday gave final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. The state House voted 68-21 to give final passage to the Women’s Health and Safety Act. The vote came hours after the state Senate voted 20-10 to approve the bill after amending the […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives and hometown supporters of the nation’s first black heavyweight boxing champion are turning to YouTube (watch on page 2) to convince President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 conviction for accompanying a white woman across state lines. Jack Johnson, nicknamed the “Galveston Giant” after his Texas hometown, was […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A man who did more than 40 years in prison in a Tucson hotel fire that killed 29 people broke down in tears Wednesday as he reflected on his case and described how he spent his first hours of freedom, including going on a hike and enjoying a burger from a fast-food […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs. In 1968, wages were so low that some workers had to stand in welfare lines to feed their families. Working conditions were so dangerous […]

Has a Saudi Court taken an eye for eye too far?  A reported Saudi Arabia court ruling has sentenced a man to be paralyzed as retribution for having paralyzed another man. Rights group Amnesty International calls it “outrageous.” “Paralyzing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture,” said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North […]

OraSure Technologies, Inc., maker of the OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test, has announced the launch of a nationwide awareness campaign to encourage everyone to learn their HIV status. The campaign, “Make Knowing Your Thing Today” asks people across the country to share their story about their decision to test for HIV. The awareness campaign is part […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Children from across the nation will rub elbows with Michelle Obama and dine off fine china in the East Room of the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating. The first lady is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch […]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie, and the head of the New Jersey Assembly called for Rice […]