OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The stories from family and acquaintances of a Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials describe a caring father and enthusiastic musician who struggled with mental illness and pursued a conspiracy theory to its farthest reaches. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, wrote numerous Web posts over […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was briefed for an hour Friday morning on the developments in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Vice President Joe Biden also attended the briefing in the White House Situation Room. The briefing was led by Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Secretary of State John Kerry, […]

The Tom Joyner Morning Show pays tribute to Hip Hop icons Public Enemy for being elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Kym Whitley had an hour to decide if she wanted a baby. The actress/comedian mentored young women and when one of them got pregnant she decided that Kym would make a better mother than she would. That’s how Kym Whitley became a mother, a journey documented in the new OWN show “Raising Whitley,” debuting Saturday […]

This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute.  Brittney Griner has opened up about her sexuality.  The Baylor Women’s basketball star who was just drafted number one in the WNBA says that she is in fact gay.  And it’s a good thing that […]

WEST, Texas (AP) — A Texas law enforcement official says 12 bodies have been recovered following a massive explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes said Friday that about 200 people were injured in the explosion at facility Wednesday night in the small farming community of West, about […]

D.l. Hughley talks with the crew about being eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. law enforcement official and the uncle of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are confirming that the name of the second suspect is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother of Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a gun battle with police in Massachusetts overnight. Three law enforcement […]

Over thirty New Zealand  hospital staff members have been fired for releasing photos of an x-ray of a man who had an eel stuck up his buttocks. 33 workers were fired from the Auckland City Hospital according to the New York Daily News. The unidentified man underwent surgery to have the eel removed in September […]

Whoopi Goldberg is known for having strong opinions about people and events. In the latest, the talk show panelist bluntly told the press that she doesn’t really care who is going to replace the ultra-conservative co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck because they’re not friends. “Let me tell you this about The View: I take a paycheck every […]

Find out why Marvin Dixon was announced this week’s “Bama of the Week.”

Jacque Reid goes “Inside her Story” with Florence McCormack and her son, an openly gay comedian named Sampson about the first time he came out of the closet, how she adjusted and why she decided to support her son despite being a devout member of the Pentecost church.