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Former Chicago-area gynecologist, Dr. Bruce Sylvester Smith, has been charged with criminal sexual assault almost a decade after a patient claimed that he sexually assaulted…
On Michelle Obama‘s 49th birthday, NewsOne offers 49 reasons why we love her! 1) She is a great Mother. It is evident that Mrs. Obama…
Congratulations to Stephanie Jenkins, the winner of AARP’s Caregiver Contest. She was nominated by her brother, Eric. — Stephanie Jenkins is my sister and a “caregiver” who needs a well-deserved break. A single mother of three, Stephanie had become established in the Atlanta area for four years. Concerned with our mother’s health, Stephanie pulled her […]
President Barack Obama nominated Minnesota U.S Attorney B. Todd Jones to the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Jones has served as the ATF’s interim director since 2011 while continuing to serve as the U.S attorney for Minnesota. The former acting director of the ATF, Kenneth Melson, resigned in August […]
Companies are constantly outsourcing jobs to other countries but have you heard of an individual who outsourced his own job? Well for one top programmer at an unidentified US firm did just that. The man who is being identified as “Bob” outsourced his job to China for a fifth of his six-figure salary. A fifth […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A story about Manti Te’o‘s girlfriend dying of leukemia, which the Notre Dame All-American credited with inspiring him as he led the Fighting Irish to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker, the school said Wednesday. The university issued a news release […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of New York City children who usually ride school buses took subways, taxis and private cars to school Wednesday as more than 8,000 bus drivers and aides went on strike to keep their jobs. “I love my job and I don’t want to be looking for another one,” […]
A North Carolina State University basketball star proved to be a hero on and off the court this weekend. Shortly after the team defeated top-ranked Duke, the crowd immediately rushed onto the court in celebration. As fans poured from the stands to the basketball court, wheelchair-user Will Privette was knocked to the ground. He said […]
As our country engages in serious discourse over violence and gun control, Bernice King reminds us of her father’s message 45 years later. The youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. believes that her father’s platform against violence is just as essential today as it was during the civil rights movement. King and other Christian […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The young man stumbled into the emergency room late one night after a house party, saying his heart wouldn’t stop pounding and he could barely breathe after downing liquor mixed with energy drinks. Emergency physician Steve Sun soon found the patient was so dehydrated he was going into kidney failure — one […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. A month […]
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Marine was set to face court martial Wednesday for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photos with the corpses. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola is accused of the desecration of remains and posing for unofficial photographs with human casualties. He […]
