The Trinidadian-based Caribbean Airlines pilot of a 737 that broke in half when it landed in Guyana this weekend has flown into the airport for 25 years, officials said. The pilot, whose name has not been released, was among the injured when the plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on Saturday. All of the passengers […]
A Brooklyn teen was struck and killed by a SUV on Saturday evening after helping six other children escape the out-of-control vehicle. Kira Goddard, 13, was outside her Brownsville residence when she noticed a Range Rover approaching erratically. Goddard shepherded the other children into the building but was struck and killed before she could save herself. […]
LOS ANGELES- — A reporter for KABC-TV channel 7 in Los Angeles was shot with a BB gun during a live  newscast last week. Leanne Suter, who was standing near a highway when she was reporting on a story, was shot with a BB gun and it was caught on video. The Huffington Post Reports: […]
Fresh off his own 44th birthday celebration, breakthrough R&B/soul artist KEM had the ladies falling in love with his suave demeanor and his debonair ways this weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio. In town for a smoldering hot live performance on night two of the 2011 Macy’s Music Festival, KEM managed to squeeze in not one, but […]
NEW YORK-Professors from New York colleges including NYU, Barnard and Columbia as well as their archaeology students have uncovered a lost Black village under Central Park in New York City. BET.com reports: At its height, Seneca Village was a robust community of nearly 300 people that existed between between the 1820s and 1850s. Though it […]
Photo: Getty Images Jimmy Fallon is always up to something hilarious on his late night talk show and this past weekend, special guest Neil Patrick Harris joined the fun with a game of charades. Turns out his acting chops are still in tact, but not strong enough for him to win live on the show. […]
There was an incredibly exciting energy permeating the entire city this weekend as the 2011 Macy’s Music Festival kicked off for the legions of R&B, soul, jazz and funk music fans arriving for yet another year of great live music. Just hours before the show began, R&B singer/songwriter EL DeBarge – one of the top […]
Courtesy of: AC – Radio One Detroit, HotHipHopDetroit.com From HOT 102.7 – #TeamDrizzy was going crazy tonight as they enjoyed historic performances Drake brought to OVO Fest at the Molson Canadian Amphitehatre in Toronto. Stevie Wonder was the first surprise guest of the evening appearing on keyboards singing Sir Duke. Nas, J Cole, Lil Wayne […]
MONEY, Miss.— The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is providing $152,000 to restore a gas station as part of the story of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who was lynched for whistling at a white woman in 1955. Ben Roy’s Service Station stands next to what used to be Bryant’s Grocery and […]
Courtesy of: AC – Radio One Detroit, KissDetroit.com From 105.9 Kiss – Access Hollywood host Shaun Robinson posted a photo on twitter from the wedding of Eric Benet and his longtime girlfriend Manuela Testolini as she congratulated the pair. Manuela Testolini who is the former wife of Prince filed for divorce almost exactly on the […]
If you think you can breathe easy, knowing that a deal agreement has been made between Congressional Democrats and Republicans, think again. Although a deal has been made Congressman James Clyburn doesn’t believe he can gather enough votes from his caucus. To hear his reaction to the deal, listen to the interview below.
NEW YORK — A Bronx high school principal has been connected to white supremacist groups and philosophies. Frank Borzellieri, a principal at Our Lady of School Mount Carmel in the Bronx, has a majority student population of Blacks and Latino students which makes this even more shocking to many parents. The New York Daily News […]
