AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Despair all around him, President Barack Obama on Sunday offered hugs, tears and the nation's sympathy to survivors of the Colorado shooting rampage and to families whose loved ones were shot dead. He looked for hope in the heartbreak, insisting a brighter day will come for the grieving and declaring that […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles say they have located Katherine Jackson and that she is safe and with a family member. Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy Mark Pope says investigators continue to speak with Jackson's relatives and gather more information about her whereabouts. A relative reported the Jackson family matriarch missing on Saturday […]

A sobering new study finds that at least one black person dies nearly every day at the hands of law enforcement, a security guard or some other level of “self-appointed vigilante” here in the U.S. The use and concept of deadly force against blacks is now such standard practice among many of those otherwise designated […]

Our focus this week is on financial behavior in the office. — People find themselves in difficult situations with co-workers where the proper course of action isn’t always clear. To start, what should you do if your co-worker asks you to grab a sandwich or a coffee and never pays you back? So I think […]

U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant Emily Perez a.k.a. "Kobe" was the first black woman at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to reach the rank of Corps Commander Sergeant Major. She was nicknamed "Kobe" because she "always made the shots" according to family and friends. A 2005 graduate, Perez was fluent in German and a […]

This year’s Tom Joyner Family Reunion is taking place at the Gaylord Resort in Orlando, Florida from August 30-September 3  and 15-year-old Jacob Latimore will be there as part of the teen concert that also features the OMG Girlz and Diggy Simmons.  The Milwaukee native and his family moved to Atlanta in support of his […]

Africa finally gets to bat in the Little League Baseball World Series. For the first time in the series’ 66-year history, a team from Africa will vie for the championship when the summer classic begins next month in Williamsport, Pa. The Lugazi Little League from, Lugazi, Uganda, qualified for the series by defeating a team […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate that experts say may reflect a problem with the effectiveness of the vaccine. Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far — more than twice the […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The entire U.S. government seems to be lined up against Westchester County these days. The county just north of New York City, home to actors, ballplayers, Clintons and Kennedys, is mired in a housing dispute that encompasses race, taxes, zoning and other sensitive suburban issues. The Justice Department, the Department […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The deadly earthquake that leveled Haiti's capital more than two years ago brought a thread of hope: a promise of renewal. With the United States taking the lead, international donors pledged billions of dollars to help the country "build back better," breaking its cycle of dependency. But after the rubble was […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The women assaulted by their Air Force training instructor don't sleep much these days and when they do, he sometimes haunts their dreams. They testified Saturday about being suddenly unable to relate to husbands, boyfriends and even fathers and brothers after they were sexually assaulted. One said her fear during a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. And Barack Obama's White House pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in its first official response to the deaths of at least 12 people in a mass shooting at a new Batman movie screening in suburban Denver. […]