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It’s not CNN or NBC or CBS, but BNC that will be making waves when the first 24-hour Black news network launches this November.

Nine years ago, Detroit native Kevin Morton Jr. received a gunshot wound that put him in a coma for weeks. Doctors gave him a 10% chance of survival, and not only did Morton beat the odds, but this month, he graduated from medical school. In a profile by the Washington Post, Morton said the level […]

1.Terrorism Sadly the year ended and began with trouble in one of the most famous and beautiful cities in the world. In January, the world was stunned when Muslim extremists stormed the building where satire magazine Charlie Hedbo had their offices, killing 12 staffers. The killers said that the magazine’s parodies of Muslims were blasphemous […]

North Carolina lottery winner is spending more money – but this time it’s not to bail her alleged heroin dealer fiance out of jail. Marie Holmes, who won $188 million dollars with one of three winning tickets in the North Carolina Powerball lottery, donated $800,000 of those earnings to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury watched intently Thursday as a prosecutor showed video from multiple angles of perhaps the most stunning scenes of carnage ever on the Las Vegas Strip: A vehicle-to-vehicle shooting, a high-speed crash that sent cars spinning, and a fireball that left three people dead — including two who burned to […]

Uh oh, it looks like Rudy Giuliani also got the attention of Minister Farrakhan when he said President Obama “doesn’t love America.” Minister Farrakhan is not pleased. “How did you grow up Giuliani? A privileged cracker! Or I should say, a privileged devil! You grew up on the sweat and the blood of Black men […]

A handcuffed Georgia man was shot and killed by a police officer after spotting a firearm in a patrol car, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. The New York Daily News reports: Charles Smith, picked up on outstanding warrants in Savannah late Thursday morning, had been cuffed behind his back before police say he kicked […]

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man who prosecutors say did not commit a 1990 rape for which he served 12 years in prison should be exonerated based on recent DNA testing he did not request, a judge recommended Friday. The conviction of 57-year-old Michael Phillips should be vacated, Dallas County Criminal District Court Judge Gracie […]