Commander Titus Hall was the first African American two-star general to lead the base at Wright-Patterson Air Force base. After graduating from Tuskegee Institute with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Hall earned a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Southern California. He then took on Reserve Officers Training. Hall went into […]

First Lady Michelle Obama teams up with hip hop legend Doug E. Fresh, singer Jordin Sparks, Ryan Beatty and lots of children in a new video promoting exercise and healthy eating. Dr. Oz even raps and does “The Dougie.” Watch the video “Everybody” above.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — After a tragedy like the Trayvon Martin killing, calls routinely arise for a conversation about race. But Henry Louis Gates says a more direct way for change is through schools and their curriculum. That’s what this historian-filmmaker is hoping will happen with “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak later this month at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The White House says the speech will be delivered during the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony on the Lincoln Memorial steps on Aug. 28. No other details were released. Obama’s speech will come […]

Higher blood-sugar levels, even those well short of diabetes, seem to raise the risk of developing dementia, a major new study finds. Researchers say it suggests a novel way to try to prevent Alzheimer’s disease — by keeping glucose at a healthy level. Alzheimer’s is by far the most common form of dementia and it’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Those cells eventually helped lead to a multitude of medical treatments and laid the groundwork for the multibillion-dollar biotech industry. It’s a saga made famous by the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An apparent bomb threat made in connection with a trans-Atlantic flight forced law enforcement officials and emergency personnel to meet the jet on the tarmac. USAirways Flight 777 from Shannon, Ireland, landed in an isolated part of Philadelphia International Airport shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. Passengers exited the Boeing 757 via staircases […]

DETROIT (AP) — Mike Duggan accomplished something in Detroit’s mayoral primary that may never have been done before: He won as a write-in. By early Wednesday morning, with most of the city’s 614 precincts reporting, Duggan and popular Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon had clear leads over the rest of the field in the race […]

Transgender TV personality B. Scott is suing BET, claiming the network humiliated him during the recent BET Awards by snatching him off the air because he was wearing women’s clothes. According to TMZ, Scott claims in his lawsuit that he was hired to be the Style Stage Correspondent for the pre-show in June. At the […]

Beyonce and Jay-Z have reportedly given their staff $6.4 million in bonuses. The pair reportedly has a full-time staff of 80 employees for the three homes they own, in addition to staff at Jay Z’s 40/40 clubs. “He’s spreading the wealth around and everyone is blown away… Nobody got left out. A lot of them […]

  R&B songstress Tamar Braxton has waited long enough and is finally ready to drop her second album titled “Love & War.” Since it’s close…

This is a day we knew was coming. After the runaway success of Issa Rae’s online series “Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl” it was only…