Hawaii — Officials in Hawaii have tracked down papers indicating that President Obama was indeed born in their state, according to its new governor. Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who took office in December, told Honolulu’s Star-Advertiser on Tuesday that “our investigation” indicates there is a recording of his birth. “It actually exists in the archives, written […]
Detroit— Police are questioning a “person of interest” in connection with a series of rapes that has terrorized women on the city’s east side. Investigators picked up man for questioning today, although he hasn’t been placed under arrest, Detroit Police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens said. “At this point, we’re just calling him a person of […]
Philadelphia — Antonio Rodriguez, the suspect in the murders of three women in Kensington, has confessed to the murders, police sources said today. Rodriguez, 22, gave a statement to police but has not been charged in the killings. Police arrested him Monday on outstanding bench warrants, hours after a DNA match in a database identified […]
New York — An infant kidnapped 24 years ago from a city hospital improbably resurfaced this month to reunite with her family, resolving one of the NYPD’s most perplexing cold cases. Carlina White – last seen by her biological parents as a feverish 3-week-old infant – met her mother, father and other now-ecstatic relatives over […]
COMPTON-Compton, California, a neighborhood once notorious for drugs, gangs and violence has seen a significant drop in crime. Yahoo News investigates why. With a huge drop in homicides in a historically crime-ridden part of Los Angeles County, longtime residents say they finally feel safe sitting on their front porches and visiting neighborhood parks. Compton, Calif., […]
New York– Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele recently reflected on his ouster from the RNC, drawing a Shakespearean parallel and claiming that he felt like Caesar, with new Chairman Reince Priebus, Steele’s former colleague and confidant, playing the part of Brutus.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Wyclef Jean will head to Washington D.C. for a fundraiser benefiting the National Press Club to raise funds for journalists in Haiti next week.
WISCONSIN — 200 cows were found dead Friday on a farm in Portage County, Wisconsin. The dead cows had to be removed with semi-trucks. The rest of the farm has not been quarantined, as officials say no threat is posed toward humans or other animals, according the The AP.
Every year during Stellar Awards weekend, it’s always a well-kept secret of who will perform which musical tributes for the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Luncheon. Of course, we already knew who’d be honored – Pastor Shirley Caesar and Commissioned, but taking a wild guess to find out who’s singing for each one is surely the […]
BALTIMORE Baltimore’s police commissioner, Frederick H. Bealefeld has made a harsh public criticism of the HBO TV Show, “The Wire” for the way it portrays Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports: “I heard all this stuff about, ‘Well there’s crime shows about L.A., about New York, about Miami,'” Bealefeld said. “You know what Miami gets in […]
Was there a better decade for black films than the 1970’s, when the Blaxploitation era was in full effect? Though it was a controversial era for African-Americans, Blaxploitation cinema was a creatively rich period that broke down racial barriers for many black actors and filmmakers. Names like Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, and Melvin Van Peebles […]
Gospel has gone galactic with the exciting new project from urban/contemporary worship singer and songwriter Deitrick Haddon. That’s right! You heard it correct the first time – Deitrick invites the saints to live above the norm and have some good ol’ fashioned Church on the Moon, his newest musical offering expected to hit the scene […]
