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As reported by myfoxhouston.com, Grammy-nominated gospel singer James Fortune was arrested Friday, October 24 for aggravated assault of a family member and released on $20,000 bond, according to…
Tailgating, a nice turn-up, a football win… these are some of the essential ingredients of a perfect HBCU homecoming. So said students at Morehouse and…
Alleged Indiana serial killer Darren Deon Vann reportedly told police that a hit man recently paid him $300 and gave him drugs to kill a…
The Education Department has loosened credit requirements for the PLUS Loan program used by parents and college students, but some say the changes are not enough…
NEW YORK (AP) — NBCUniversal will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by unpaid interns who worked on “Saturday Night Live” and other shows who claim they are owed wages, according to court documents. The interns claim NBCUniversal wrongly classified them as non-employees in an effort to avoid labor laws. NBCUniversal […]
Donald Trump took to Twitter to blame President Obama directly for the doctor who was recently diagnosed with Ebola in New York City. Shortly after officials confirmed Craig Spencer had tested positive for the virus after treating Ebola patients in Guinea, Africa, Trump tweeted: “Ebola has been confirmed in N.Y.C., with officials frantically trying to […]
A substitute teacher has been charged with first-degree sexual assault after she allegedly had oral sex with a 17-year-old student on her first day at the job. WUSA reports: According to police, Symone Greene, who taught an English class at Options Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., performed oral sex on the teen behind her […]
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman has admitted selling hundreds of pounds of marijuana from her home but says she needed the money to raise several grandchildren after her daughter died. Candace Kelly, of Sarver, was originally charged last fall after authorities found 64 pounds of hydroponically grown marijuana and nearly $400,000 in […]
The city of Birmingham settled a controversial police beating lawsuit for over $450,000, but the plaintiff remains in prison and won’t see even half of his winnings. AL.com reports: Under terms of the settlement approved by the City Council and Mayor William Bell, Anthony Warren will receive $1,000, while his attorneys receive $359,000 in fees […]
For iPhone: Jacque Reid talks to Meneko Spigner McBeth the winner of the Lays ‘Do Us A Flavor’ contest. She won the grand prize of $1 million and will be able to receive a bonus if the sales of her chip flavor are 1% over a million dollars. On how winning the contest changed her […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms, and health officials stressed that the nation’s most populous city need not fear his wide-ranging travel in the days before his illness began. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury’s decision about whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old in suburban St. Louis. The preparations are aimed at avoiding a renewed outbreak of violence […]
