In a gripping story of war and courage, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the U.S. Navy’s first black pilot, died when his plane’s fuel line took a bullet. It was December 4, 1950. His partner, a white pilot named Thomas Hudner, crash-landed his own plane to try and save his wingman. His efforts were lost. Brown […]

I suppose Cornel West just couldn’t help himself. One day after his sidekick, Tavis Smiley, ripped President Barack Obama on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” West called Obama a “global George Zimmerman” during a rambling critique where West accused Obama of being hypocritical in his response to the Travyon Martin killing and George Zimmerman’s acquittal. “We […]

According to USA Today, Olympic athlete LoLo Jones is currently under investigation for her role in a bar brawl. The brawl was between Jones and the stepdaughter of bobsled Hall-of-Famer, Tony Carlino. The two women were at Roomers, a popular club in Lake Placid, N.Y., when they got into an altercation and had to be […]

A rep for Michael Jordan has denied a report from Gossip Extra that claims Jordan is planning to get his vasectomy reversed at the urging of his new wife, Yvette Prieto. “A source close to Jordan tells me His Airness agreed to undergo a vasectomy reversal at his new wife’s urging,” reports Gossip Extra’s Jose […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular character actor played a TV cop on “Law & Order” during his wide-ranging career, has died. Death came Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after Farina suffered a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist, Lori De Waal. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson‘s mother, Katherine Jackson, testified Monday that she does not believe her son had any responsibility for his own death. Katherine Jackson was responding to a question from attorney Marvin Putnam, who represents AEG Live LLC, the promoter of her son’s ill-fated “This Is It” concerts. Katherine Jackson, 83, is […]

LONDON (AP) — It’s a boy! Prince William‘s wife, Kate, has given birth to a prince who is now third in line to the British throne. The child was born Monday afternoon, after many Britons woke up to the news that Kate, also known as the Duchess of Cambridge, had gone into labor with the […]

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man possibly influenced by a serial killer was charged Monday with aggravated murder after three bodies wrapped in trash bags were found in suburban Cleveland. A call to police Friday led authorities to a home and a standoff with the man, who was eventually taken into custody, East […]

MIAMI (AP) — Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor’s office, the jury’s verdict that George Zimmerman was justified in shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin is unlikely to spur change to any of the nation’s stand-your-ground self-defense […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman helped rescue four people from an overturned vehicle in central Florida last week, just days after he was cleared of all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, officials said Monday. Seminole County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Kim Cannaday said in a statement that deputies responding last Wednesday afternoon to […]

Let the laughter fill your insides then spill onto the living room floor! Season 2 of “The Rickey Smiley” show airs July 26th and the…

LeToya Luckett is back to work. The singer and former Destiny’s Child member is the new host of Centric’s “CultureList.” According to reports, the 32-year-old…