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Former track and field athlete and nine-time Olympic gold medal recipient Carl Lewis (pictured right) has accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (pictured left) of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching an initiative to combat sexual assault on college campuses, turning the spotlight on a problem that has devastated millions of Americans yet rarely receives such White House attention. Obama planned to sign a presidential memorandum Wednesday creating a task force to protect students from sexual assault, with […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Bob McDonnell had just been elected governor of Virginia when a wealthy businessman who had donated the use of his private jet during the Republican’s campaign requested a meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York. The governor-elect obliged and brought along his wife, Maureen, who told Jonnie Williams she […]
Twitter is looking for ways to make a big buck off of its racially-diverse user base. According to reports, the social network recently hired a…
Truitt Brothers is recalling more than a million pounds of a Kraft Velveeta product for failing to identify soy as an ingredient, the U.S. government…
Three days after burying her 13-year-old son, Dinyal New‘s grief intensified when her 19-year-old son was gunned down just blocks from their home, reports ABC…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NFL star defensive back Darren Sharper has been arrested on suspicion of rape, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Sharper, who played 14 seasons in the NFL with Green Bay, Minnesota and New Orleans, was arrested and booked Friday and released on $200,000 bail just before midnight. He faces a […]
DETROIT (AP) — Correctly predicting the outcome of every game in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is no layup. There’s now a $1 billion prize waiting for anyone able to pull off the feat this spring. Quicken Loans Inc. announced Tuesday that it will team with investor Warren Buffett‘s Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway on the […]
01/22/14- Roland Martin talks with attorney Chris Chestnut, the lawyer representing the family of Jonathan Ferrell, about a grand jury’s controversial decision to not indict Randall Kerrick on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Kerrick is responsible for the death of Ferrell after he shot the former FAMU football player 10 times. For iPhone users:
On Martin Luther King Day, an African American GOP candidate for the Florida House of Representatives called for President Barack Obama to be hanged for treason, reports Mediaite.com. On a Twitter feed already full of calls for Obama’s impeachment and accusations that he doesn’t care for military service members, candidate Joshua Black quoted a previous […]
TORONTO (AP) — A new video of Mayor Rob Ford emerged Tuesday that shows him swearing and slurring his words while apparently trying to imitate a Jamaican accent. In the video — one of two new ones that have been posted on YouTube — Ford is shown in a fast food restaurant rambling and talking […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona State University fraternity’s operations have been suspended following accusations that the local Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter hosted a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, replete with racist stereotypes and offensive costumes. “We regard the behavior exhibited as completely outrageous, extraordinarily offensive and wholly unacceptable,” said James […]
