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BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — Bossier City police say a woman trying to avoid an Air Force deployment had her husband shoot her before lying to investigators that an intruder was to blame. Police say 25-year-old Judy Groomes was treated for wounds on both of her legs from one round from a handgun fired by […]
The college rankings are in from U.S. News and World Report and for the sixth year in row, Spelman College in Atlanta is the number one HBCU in the country. The all-female institution founded in 1881 has 2,170 students, with 70 percent of the students graduating in four years, according the survey released this week. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering a request by the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would rule later after […]
Some black clergy, seeing no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day, a worrisome message in a tight race. The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack Obama did […]
A request from First Lady Michelle Obama to speak at a Chesterfield County, Va. elementary school during her campaign swing through the Commonwealth today was rejected by county school leaders, citing school policy, a Chesterfield supervisor confirmed to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “I do believe and think that Mrs. Obama, the first lady, should be allowed […]
CHICAGO (AP) — More than 350,000 public school students spent a fifth day out of class Friday as bargaining to end the city's teachers strike dragged on ahead of a meeting of union delegates whose approval is required to seal any deal. Rank-and-file teachers returned to the streets for morning rallies to press the union's […]
21-year-old aspiring rapper, Ervin McKiness, tweeted popular phrase "YOLO" [You Only Live Once] about driving drunk at 120 mph right before he died in a fatal car crash that killed him and four others. (Mckiness is on the left in the photo) Rapper Drake made the phrase "YOLO" famous in his song "The Motto" featuring […]
DETROIT (AP) – A member of the Winans gospel-music family has been charged with fraud after authorities uncovered a scam involving more than $8 million and bogus oil bonds. Michael Winans Jr. plans to plead guilty, defense attorney William Hatchett said Thursday. “My client has told me it is his full intention to repay or […]
Tom Joyner will be there, and so will comedienne/actress Kym Whitley. “There” is Cleveland, OH this weekend for the 2012 Cleveland Classic. The annual football game pits Morehouse vs. Winston-Salem State and is chock-full of other activities. The Tom Joyner Morning Show broadcasts live from Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum today and […]
Full disclosure and a caveat: the following commentary about hair comes from a guy that barely has any. So get all your “Kane, if you’re so smart, why don’t you have hair?” wisecracks out of the way now, and read why Hampton University School of Business Dean Sid H. Credle is absolutely right in […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali has been awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. The award was presented in a ceremony at the National Constitution Center on Thursday. It recognizes his longtime role as a fighter outside the ring for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom. A frail Ali did not speak, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Suspected bank robbers fleeing county sheriff's deputies hurled cash from a speeding SUV on Wednesday, drawing people into the streets until a pickup blocked their path and they had to surrender. In a bizarre scene followed by TV helicopters, a large crowd pressed in as deputies with guns drawn pulled two […]
