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12/19/17- Our Seriously Ignorant News correspondent Damon Williams reports on the story of a mother who used a 64-year-old to guard a parking space. Seriously? Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior citizens amid power outages that could last for days. Hollywood Police Chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the deaths at the Rehabilitation Center at […]

I met a gentleman at a social event recently who asked me what I did for a living.  A detailed and accurate answer would be:…

The holidays are high stress for most anyone, but adding travel to the mix can make things even more complicated. For the five million people…

A 103-year-old Georgia woman was banned from an Elberton church she's served for 92 years after she voiced concerns about the pastor.

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…

A case of justice being served? In Hearne (Texas), the cop who shot a 93-year-old woman, Pearlie Jones,  has been fired. According to KBTX-TV, on Saturday afternoon, the city council met to discuss taking possible disciplinary action against Officer Stephen Stem. It took them less than 30 minutes to reach a unanimous vote to fire him. As we […]

 Bishop Secular says elderly people like to do other things besides play bingo. Listen to the audio player to hear him list three places to take senior…

CHICAGO (AP) — An ex-con who spent most of his adult life in behind bars on Thursday got what he said he wanted for robbing a suburban Chicago bank. The 74-year-old gets to go back to the place he called home — prison. Telling Walter Unbehaun he frightened a teller by showing her a revolver […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana nursing home care ranked second-worst in the nation, failing every staffing measure in a report by Families for Better Care, a nonprofit group whose goal is to improve long-term care. The group scored, ranked and graded states on eight federal quality measures, such as the average number of hours […]