Little Known Black History Fact: Anniversary of Emmett Till’s Murder
As the civil rights movement and Brown vs. Board of Education was blatantly being ignored in most of Mississippi, the decision to send a young…
Daily Archive: August 30, 2012
Stephanie Robinson
MBA Lockout
So by now, you may have heard of Hampton University’s MBA Program’s ban on cornrows and locks, a controversial ban that got national attention this…
National News
Atlanta School’s Cheating Scandal
ATLANTA (AP) — Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At…
On Screen
Mother of GMA Co-Host Robin Roberts Dies
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts has died. Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said…
National News
U. of Iowa Rejected Colorado Shooting Suspect
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa rejected the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shooting rampage from a graduate neuroscience program last…
National News
Harvard Probing Dozens for Possible Cheating
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Dozens of Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or plagiarized…
National News
FACT CHECK: Ryan Takes Factual Shortcuts in Speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts Wednesday night…
National News
Levees Around New Orleans Prove Reliable
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, the Army Corps of Engineers was desperately trying to plug breaches in the city's broken and busted levee…
Top News
Weakening Isaac Hovers Over Water-Logged Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to…
Top News
New Judge Assigned in Trayvon Martin Case
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new judge has been assigned to oversee the case of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing…
