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ATLANTA (AP) — A fourth American who contracted Ebola in West Africa was expected to arrive in the U.S. for care Tuesday and will be treated at an Atlanta hospital where two other aid workers successfully recovered from the disease, the hospital said Monday. Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. James Wilson said the patient, as […]
LONDON (AP) — Prince George is not going to be an only child for long — the toddler will soon have a baby sister or brother to share his fancy digs at Kensington Palace. British royal officials said Monday that Prince William and the duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, are expecting their second […]
On May 4th in Kalamazoo, Mich., White 63-year-old Joseph Houseman (pictured) engaged a phalanx of local police for a 40-plus-minute argument as he held a…
Ray Nagin (pictured), who will forever be remembered as the mayor who held New Orleans down, as the city tried to withstand the deadly and…
Twitter is testing a way to let users go shopping or make charitable contributions between tweets. A small percentage of users will receive tweets from Twitter test partners Monday featuring a “buy” button that lets them make purchases or donate money. Initial partners include the musical groups Soundgarden and Panic! At The Disco, retailers Home […]
The latest jobs numbers are out and despite the overall unemployment rate falling to 6.1%, unemployment for African Americans remains in double digit figures. Roland Martin and…
Michael Elsbury, a 15-year-veteran with the Baton Rouge police department, resigned on Thursday after racist text messages he sent to a friend became public, reports…
President Barack Obama might need a little space from the ever watchful eye of the media. When the leader of the free world decided to…
Judy Evon Bingham (pictured) is facing felony charges of cruelty to children in the first degree and battery, after being arrested for reportedly dragging a…
Since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, various versions of what went down have been told by a string of witnesses who knew Brown, lived at or near where the shooting happened or were visiting friends or relatives there. Adding to the accounts are two new men from a […]
Norfolk State University has been named the Tom Joyner Foundation ‘School of the Month’ for September. The university, located in Norfolk, Va., has 6,728 students, offering more than 50 degree programs at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. On its 134-acre campus, there are 35 buildings, including state-of-the-art technology centers, a 28,000-seat football stadium and […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Four children were killed early Monday in a fire on Chicago’s South Side and their mother and her boyfriend were critically injured, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said. The children included a 5-year-old and a 15- or 16-year-old girl and two boys ages 10 and 14, Langford said. The blaze started […]
