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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The 17-year-old beaten to death for refusing to marry a man old enough to be her grandfather. The teen dragged by her family to be raped to force her into marrying an elderly man. They are among 39,000 girls forced into marriage every day around the world, sold like cattle […]
Terry Foster, an African American columnist for the Detroit News, recently wrote about his disgust of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the way he taunted the wife of another boxer during a recent fight, according to Yahoo Sports. It all went down at a Feb. 23 boxing match in Detroit, which featured Cornelius “K9″ Bundrage […]
33-year-old Florida native Nora Silva was arrested this week after she allegedly stabbed two teens with a box cutter who were bullying her sons. According to ABC News’ Orlando WFTV, Silva’s 17-year-old and 14-year-old sons were getting off the bus in their neighborhood when approximately 12 boys surrounded the boys and pummelled them to the ground. […]
Kerry Drake is thankful after United Airlines delayed his connecting flight to Lubbock, TX so he would have the chance to see his dying mother. Back on January 24, 2012, the San Francisco resident learned that his mother was dying. He booked a trip to Lubbock immediately, however, after his first flight was delayed, it […]
Tia Norfleet broke barriers last year becoming the first female African-American to get licensed as NASCAR driver, but she’s recently coming under fire for what level of racing she is actually licensed for. According to the New York Times, Norfleet bought a license to compete at local and regional events, but hasn’t earned NASCAR approval to […]
Brooklyn resident Jurard St. Hillaire recently won a $14,000 settlement from his city, after surveillance video proved he was illegally stopped and frisked last June, according to the New York Daily News. In the video, Officer Leonard Clarke is seen roughly forcing Hillaire against a building in the borough’s Flatbush neighborhood, after the 21-year-old recorded Clarke pulling over a car. […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the Black […]
Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing slain teenager Trayvon Martin‘s family, clarified the reason behind Zimmerman’s defense team’s puzzling decision to abandon the “Stand Your Ground” trial.
She had blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes. She looked nothing like little Aliya and Laila Crawley, who were affectionately called “pretty brown girls” since birth by their father Corey. Still, the then five-year-old and six-year-old sisters and their African American friends wanted her: the pretty white doll. Shocked and disheartened by what should […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s administration wants New Yorkers to avoid. The city Health Department said Wednesday it plans to warn young people that they risk hearing loss from listening to personal music players at high volume. The agency says it hasn’t finalized the […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 50-state study says those with the most gun laws have the fewest gun-related deaths. The research doesn’t prove that the number of laws makes a difference. And some experts say this kind of comparison is hard to do because states are different in so many ways. The authors are from Boston […]
It’s time to man up – I was wrong about Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. First, some background. I wrote a column in 2008 under the title, “Winners and Losers from Election ’08” in which I listed Jesse Jackson, Sr. as one of the biggest losers of that year. Here is what I said: “His past […]
