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NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Goetz said he thought he was going to be mugged by a man who turned out to be a plainclothes cop arresting him in a low-level drug sting — the same explanation he used nearly three decades ago when he opened fire on four panhandling youths on a subway train. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public school students in the nation’s largest cities are improving their performance in reading and math faster than their counterparts in suburban and rural schools, according to federal data released Wednesday. The biggest gains by far were in the nation’s capital. The results from the 21 urban school districts measured by the […]
12/18/13- Roland Martin talks with 22-year-old Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson about balancing life as a college student and being the youngest elected official in Mississippi State Legislature history! For iPad/iPhone users:
NEW YORK (AP) — Gallant guide dog Orlando was just doing his duty. The black Lab bravely leapt onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway platform Tuesday after his blind owner lost consciousness and tumbled in front of an oncoming train. Cecil Williams, 61, and Orlando both escaped serious injury when the train passed over […]
Jeramey Anderson recently received the birthday gift of a lifetime! Along with celebrating 22 candles this December, the Tulane University senior was sworn into the…
The family of a 13-year-old California girl (pictured) is reeling over decision no one ever thought would have to be made: whether or not to…
12/17/13- Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Tenesha Patrick, the sister of missing 30-year-old Teleka Patrick. Patrick, a medical resident in psychiatry at the WMU School of Medicine, was last seen on December 5, 2013 in the parking lot of Borgess Medical Center in Downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her 1997 gold Lexus was found in […]
Over the weekend, an 11-year-old from Ohio was taken into police custody after allegedly punching his grandmother after she refused to buy him the toy he wanted. 60-year-old Barbara Weeks told police her grandson punched her in the nose. Luckily, another customer in the store called 911. The child was charged with domestic violence and […]
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit may have to rely on the generosity of strangers to keep its impressive art collection that was amassed with taxpayer dollars in better times. The bankrupt city is expected to learn this week the value of roughly 2,800 of its pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts when New York auction […]
Daycare worker, Desire Santiago (pictured), awakened an 18-month-old sleeping toddler from her nap as she reportedly snatched a pair of gold and diamond hoop earrings…
Earl Dennison Woods, Jr. (pictured), who is the half-brother of Tiger Woods, was cuffed Thursday for allegedly calling in a phony bomb threat to his…
Travyon Martin’s parents want to honor their late son’s memory in a book. According to The New York Times, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin recently…
