A published report says Apple Inc. uses subsidiaries in Ireland, the Netherlands and other low-tax nations as part of a strategy that enables the technology giant to cut its global tax bill by billions of dollars every year. The New York Times on Sunday outlined legal methods used by Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple to avoid paying […]

President Barack Obama scattered the barbs during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he poked fun at White House races past and present, the Secret Service and Donald Trump. Even the entrance to his speech Saturday night was part of his schtick. The president walked off stage just before he took the podium […]

An out-of-control SUV barreled across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children, authorities said. The 2004 Honda Pilot apparently flipped over […]

Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama. Commanders at the Fort Knox, Ky., post nixed Nugent’s segment of a June concert after the rocker and conservative activist said at a recent National Rifle Association meeting that he would be […]

Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It’s also where three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted warlords. Obo was the first place in the Central African Republic that Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army […]

I often wonder how far some people will to go to get what they want and what rules they’ll follow or break along the way. Just this past week, I was on BlackAmericaWeb.com reading about that aspiring actress, Racquel Bailey, who rented the billboard near Tyler Perry’s studio in the ATL, basically asking him to […]

Walter Gordon was a L.A. civil rights lawyer with a list of clients ranging from dining-car waiters aboard the train to singer Billie Holiday. It was Walter Gordon who defended Holiday when she was accused of assaulting a white customer at a local nightclub. The customer disturbed the singer while she was performing “Strange Fruit,” […]

According to TMZ, Tawanna Iverson claims the NBA legend has been harassing her and her family and now, she wants a restraining order. TMZ reports that Tawanna Iverson recently filed legal documents in the couple’s bitter divorce battle. SHe claims that her estranged husband “has engaged in increasingly contemptuous, threatening, and disturbing behavior” over the […]

With dreadlocks covering part of his face, Robert Griffin III couldn’t keep his Washington Football Team’s cap on straight. Trent Richardson’s Browns‘ hat sat all the way back on his head, tilting precariously over hair dangling below his shoulders. Others, such as Richardson’s Alabama teammates Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick and Dont’a Hightower, tugged firmly on […]

If your idea of TV is filled with Tyler Perry shows, BET and TV One, you might not know that there are a bunch of great shows on TV that also have black characters. Some you might not have heard of before, some you might have but just didn’t realize there were any black actors […]

Toya Wright, the former wife of rapper Lil’ Wayne, and new husband Memphitz are welcoming a new edition to his and her family. Wright posted this photo to her Instagram account of her holding her belly, gazing down at the life inside of it. Go to Hellobeautiful to see photo.

Producers of the popular reality show “Basketball Wives” plan on filing a lawsuit against cast member Jennifer Williams for publicly degrading the show. TMZ reports that producers of VH1′ hit series were upset after Williams filed a lawsuit against fellow cast member Nia Crooks after she slapped Williams in the face while taping an episode. […]