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12-year-old Reginald Wells was knocked out cold after making fun of a teacher’s favorite NFL team. CBS Houston reports the student says he was  innocently joking with an assistant math teacher in the hallway of the Willie Ray Smith Middle School but after making a wise crack about the Houston Texans, the teacher punched Wells. […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman is once again a free man after an arrest on criminal charges — but his freedom carries conditions. The former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin earlier this year was released from jail Tuesday pending arraignment on the latest […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman‘s girlfriend said he tried to choke her about a week ago during an altercation that wasn’t initially reported to police, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday during his first court appearance on domestic violence-related charges. Assistant State Attorney Lymary Munoz said Zimmerman’s girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, feared for her life […]

DeAndre Windom, mayor of Highland Park, Michigan, was shot Nov. 17 at Detroit’s Key Club, reports 7 Action News. MUST READ: Arne Duncan: ‘White Suburban…

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor says George Zimmerman’s girlfriend claims he choked her about a week ago but she didn’t report it to police at the time. The prosecutor told a judge about the allegation during a first appearance Tuesday on domestic violence-related charges of aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief. The judge set […]

Police in a ritzy Detroit suburb allegedly humiliated Black men by forcing them to sing and dance like chimps and then videoed the antics and…

A picture of a 14-year-old’s bruised face taken after a recent shoplifting arrest is raising questions as to whether officers brutally assaulted him or if…

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, the Atlanta Business League will honor radio host Tom Joyner and sons, Thomas, Jr. and Oscar, with the Booker T. Washington Legacy Builders Award. The award recognizes individuals for longevity in business, investment and continued support of community and advocacy of African‐American owned enterprises. The event will be held on Tuesday, […]

The Stone Mountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter (SM-LAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is not only a strong step team–they are also a group of community-minded…

APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman was charged Monday with assault after deputies were called to the home where he lived with his girlfriend, who claimed he pointed a shotgun at her during an argument, authorities said. Zimmerman pushed the woman out of the house and barricaded the door with furniture, Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Once seen as sexist and outdated, the all-male educational model had been resurrected to serve New York City’s poorest boys, a group feared to be more likely to go to prison than college. The Eagle Academy for Young Men was the city’s first all-boys public school in more than 30 years […]

ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Virginia State football coach Latrell Scott says there was a “rush to judgment” after a fight at last week’s CIAA championship luncheon left Winston-Salem State’s quarterback injured and caused Saturday’s game to be canceled. “I acknowledge that we had one young man who made a bad decision, as young men sometimes […]