On paper, Bluefield State College is a notable historically black institution in the rolling hills of West Virginia where the children of black coal miners were educated in the early 1900s. But in reality, Bluefield State College is 90 percent white in 2013 — a place where black students are few. Should Bluefield State College […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cee Lo Green has pleaded not guilty to giving a woman ecstasy during a 2012 dinner in Los Angeles. The singer appeared in court on Monday and entered the plea through his attorney Blair Berk. The hearing occurred hours after the singer was charged with one felony count of furnishing a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country today. So says Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who examines both its success and shame in “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” his new PBS documentary series that traces 500 years of black history. “Slavery […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At 78-years-old Diahann Carroll keeps a sense of humor. “I don’t think I realize what the passage of time really means until people talk about things that I did in the ’50s and I wonder ‘Who the hell are they talking about?,'” the actress, singer and Golden Globe-winner said while being […]

BREINIGSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — If you ever had your lunch disappear from the office refrigerator, consider what one southeastern Pennsylvania man did: He called the cops. KYW-TV in Philadelphia reports that Upper Macungie Township police were called Oct. 10. That’s when, according to a police news release, an employee at Wakefern Food Corp. reported “that […]

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Naquan Smith and his Grambling football teammates have no regrets about a nearly weeklong boycott that forced the university to forfeit its game against Jackson State on Saturday. Grambling players stood behind Smith Monday during a press conference outside of the Eddie Robinson Museum on campus. Smith said the entire team […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $30 cover charge led to a nightclub shooting early Monday on the Las Vegas Strip that left one patron dead when he tried to subdue the gunman and two employees in critical condition, officials said. A man opened fire about 5:45 a.m. wounding a manager and a guard at Drai’s […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to same-sex marriages on Monday, removing the possibility that the vows of couples who began getting married hours earlier could be undone by a court. New Jersey became the 14th state to allow gay marriages Monday, three days after the state Supreme Court unanimously […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday offered “no excuses” — and little explanation — for the computer bugs still frustrating Americans who are trying to enroll online for insurance plans at the center of his health care law. But software developers tasked with building the site said they saw signs a year ago […]

Contemporary and traditional are two very different sounds in Gospel music, but Tye Tribbett merged the two sub genres beautifully on “He Turned It.” Listen…

We are sad to report that there has been a shooting at a Nevada middle school, and there was a casualty. The victim was reportedly a staff member of Sparks Middle School who was shielding the children from the gunfire. The shooter was killed, and more information about this sad story can be found by […]

Singer Toni Braxton talked in-depth about her heart health issues and how she takes care of herself.