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DETROIT (AP) — A member of an elite Detroit police team failed to follow his training when he stormed a house looking for a murder…
Nicholas McDonald, a senior at Norfolk State University, has been named this week’s Tom Joyner Foundation “Hercules Scholar”. At Norfolk State University Nicholas is majoring in Mass Communication and is recognized as an honor student with a 3.72 GPA . Nicholas uses his time on campus not only in the classroom but also with the NSU Television Station. His […]
Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (pictured) is now also former vice chair to the Arizona Republican Party, after making the mistake of exposing just…
Vic Jagger and Lamont King joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” for this week’s installment of WTH?! Thursday. Our list of wild and crazy stories…
HARRISON CITY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making three 911 calls to report bogus emergencies simply because he was lonely and wanted paramedics to show up. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports 52-year-old Gregory Shaffer was jailed after his arraignment Wednesday on charges of making false reports to authorities. Penn Township police […]
September is National Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month. That is fact. But contrary to the cruel hoax article circulating that plays…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is pulling ads for the Fox television show “Red Band Society” from nearly 200 buses amid complaints they are racist and offensive to women. The ads show cast members in front of a wall with graffiti describing each of their characters. A denigrating word […]
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — As a drizzly mist enveloped Edinburgh in the grim weather locals call dreich, Scots coped Friday with a potent mixture of relief and disappointment, anger and joy, after voting to reject independence. The result — 55 percent to 45 percent — was more decisive than pollsters had foreseen and prompted Scottish […]
A memorial statue honoring Tim Cole, the man that was wrongfully accused of rape, was unveiled in Lubbock, Texas. USA Today reports: LUBBOCK, Tex. – A statue depicting someone who spent 13 years in prison accused of rape may seem an odd memorial. But the new bronze statue of Tim Cole — 13 feet high […]
Jeremy C. Julien, 24, of Greta, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday in the December 7, 2011 killing of 16-year-old Michael Taylor, reports NOLA.com.…
One happy couple’s big day ended in what will likely go down in history as the biggest wedding brawl ever. Most brides worry about small…
A handcuffed Georgia man was shot and killed by a police officer after spotting a firearm in a patrol car, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. The New York Daily News reports: Charles Smith, picked up on outstanding warrants in Savannah late Thursday morning, had been cuffed behind his back before police say he kicked […]
