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WASHINGTON (AP) — Staking out his ground ahead of a fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama lashed out against Republicans, saying they are unwilling to raise taxes to reduce deficits and warning that the jobs of essential government workers, from teachers to emergency responders, are on the line. Obama spoke as a March 1 deadline for […]
TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A chaotic 25-minute shooting spree through Orange County early Tuesday left a trail of dead and injured victims before the shooter stopped and killed himself, police said. There were at least six crime scenes, Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino told KNBC-TV. The shootings started with an apparent carjacking just after […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show commentator Jacque Reid goes “Inside her Story” with nurse Tonya Battle and her attorney Julie Gafkay in an exclusive interview about Battle’s suit against her employer, the Hurley Medical Center, over being banned from touching a white man’s baby after he requested that no black nurses touch his son. Read the […]
18-year-old teen mother Janay McFarlane was shot just hours after her younger sister attended President Obama’s speech about Chicago’s rising violence at the Hyde Park Career Academy in Chicago on February 15. McFarlane was shot in the head in an alley while visiting friends and family in North Chicago. Reportedly, the friend she was with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city’s policy of street stops, with mostly minorities being questioned. Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the congregation of the Nazarene Congregational Church in […]
CHICAGO (AP) — An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed the same day her sister had sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation. Janay Mcfarlane was shot once in the head around 11:30 p.m. Friday in North Chicago, Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd told the Chicago Sun-Times. […]
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Serena Williams spent most of the past week downplaying the prospect of returning to the top of the rankings. Then it happened and she couldn’t hold back the tears. The 15-time Grand Slam winner will replace top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in next week’s rankings after coming from a set down to beat […]
Tonya Battle, a black nurse out of Michigan, is suing her employer alleging that the hospital acquiesced to a dad’s racist demands. According to Battle, the father demanded that no black nurses handle his white baby. She says that the father approached her while she was holding his son and then demanded to speak to […]
148 years after the original amendment prohibiting slavery passed through Congress, Mississippi has officially ratified the amendment. According to reports, Miss. voted to ratify the law in 1995 but somehow the United States Archivist was not notified, thus, it was never officially recorded as being passed. Luckily, a doctor from India named Dr. Ranjan Batra, […]
Calling all parents, teachers, kids, and well, everyone! Think you know your black history? Challenge yourself, friends, students and the know-it-all of the family to take the quiz below. Go to page two for answers. Good luck! 1. First black Miss America 2. First black to die in space flight 3. First black to win […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new White House chief of staff says President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect the automatic budget cuts scheduled for next month will have on America’s middle class. Denis McDonough tells ABC’s “This Week” that the economy has been getting stronger over the past few months. He cites improvements in […]
The custody battle over late Jovan Belcher’s daughter is on. Cheryl Shepard, mother of the Kansas City Chief’s linebacker, is seeking custody of four-month-old Zoey, as well as full control of her dead son’s rich estate. Last week, the court gave her the green light as the estate’s administrator, pending her obtaining a $1 million […]