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Mateen Cleaves, the Michigan basketball hall of fame winner and former Detroit Piston hopes to help families in need with 1Goal, 1Passion. The campaign is raising funds to provide holiday gift packages for 1,000 families across Michigan and he is just shy of his $1 million goal. To donate and learn more, go to www.1goal1passion.com
COGIC pastor Michael Bryant, 48, who had been a fugitive from justice, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of sexual battery by an authority figure,…
R. Kelly has been dealing with an avalanche of negative media that began with the release of his latest studio album, “Black Panties,” and an…
In what many civil rights advocates are calling a bold judicial breakthrough, President Obama on Thursday used his extraordinary executive power to commute the sentences of eight federal inmates — some of whom are black — who were convicted of non-violent crack cocaine offenses – the first time in recent memory that a U.S. president […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The attorney who helped get George Zimmerman acquitted of murder charges said Tuesday that he expects an ethics inquiry opened by the Florida Bar will find nothing wrong in how he handled a defense fund and social media during the case. Mark O’Mara said on his website that the inquiry was […]
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Thursday, rejecting a self-defense argument for the killer’s “bad choice.” There is no dispute that Theodore Wafer shot Renisha McBride, 19, through the screen of his front door […]
Think tank Demos and the NAACP Economic Department collaborated to survey moderate-income American households with credit card debt for the study. Black Americans weren’t any more likely than whites to be late on a payment, the survey found, and they were also no more likely than whites to declare bankruptcy or get evicted. But what […]
George Zimmerman has a new job–he’s a painter now– and that’s not all. His first painting is on eBay and the current bid is $110,000!…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A District of Columbia police officer charged with running a prostitution operation from his apartment will remain behind bars, a judge ruled Wednesday, calling him a “rogue” cop and a major flight risk. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Frederick Sullivan rejected a defense lawyer’s request to release Linwood Barnhill Jr., during a court […]
ATLANTA (AP) — On her way to work, Ira Curry heard on the radio that one of the winning lottery ticket numbers was her family’s lucky No. 7. She called home, her daughter checked the ticket and in an instant, Curry was a multi-millionaire. Curry came forward Wednesday to collect half of the $636 million […]
I guess I should be shocked that a judge and a psychologist in Texas would see a rich white kid as a victim of his privilege before seeing the people he killed as victims of his drunkenness. But I’m not. That’s the thing about privilege; it extends to being able to rewrite rules and to […]
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A young, drunk woman fatally shot on a man’s porch in suburban Detroit was hurt, scared and confused a few hours earlier when she crashed her vehicle into a parked car, a witness testified Wednesday. Carmen Beasley provided details about the hours preceding the death of Renisha McBride, 19, who […]
