There will be many events celebrating the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., but this one, to be held in Flint, Michigan, seems to have crossed the line. The organization, Mid-Michigan Teen Parties, is hosting the “Freedom 2 Twerk” party this coming weekend. The image of King on the flyer, donning a […]

Brian Banks has signed on to make his true life story into a movie. His luck seems to be turning around, but this started long before he was signing movie deals. This happened after promising high school football player Banks was accused of raping Wanetta Gibson in 2002. Banks was convicted and spent five years […]

After the news of Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon‘s marriage had made the headlines, the bride said grandma Cissy Houston gave them their blessing. When we first heard that we thought two things: either Cissy finally stopped objecting  and and went along with the program or somebody is telling a big fib. Well, now we […]

DALLAS (AP) — Josh Brent is no longer a Dallas Cowboy, but the stars on his old helmet figure heavily into his upcoming trial for a teammate’s death in a 2012 wreck. Brent’s trial is set to start Monday on allegations that he was driving drunk and caused the death of Dallas practice squad player […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The chiefs of CNN and Fox News Channel are throwing shots at each other, each suggesting the other’s network is essentially out of the news business. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes struck first, saying in an interview published this week that it was interesting for CNN “to throw in the towel […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus confirmed Saturday that thieves stole some of its customers’ payment card information and made unauthorized charges over the holiday season, becoming the second retailer in recent weeks to announce it had fallen victim to a cyber-security attack. The hacking, coming weeks after Target Corp. revealed its own […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One of three people hurt when a fourth-floor balcony collapsed during a birthday party at a Philadelphia apartment has died. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. Police say the man and two women had […]

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A gay man in Cameroon who was jailed for sending a text message to another man saying “I’m very much in love with you,” and who was later declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, has died, according to a lawyer who worked on his case. Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, 34, […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis from all walks of life flocked to parliament Sunday to catch a glimpse of Ariel Sharon‘s coffin and pay their final respects to the iconic former prime minister and general. A stream of visitors ranging from former army comrades to political allies to citizens who only knew him from afar remembered […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A proposed agreement going before a federal judge could soon end decades of court battles and $1 billion in state funding to three Little Rock area schools. U.S. District Judge Price Marshall will hear arguments Monday and Tuesday on whether to officially end the dispute rooted in the 1957 Central […]