At 7:00 a.m. this morning, more than 40 people, including the FBI and the child Abduction Response Team began a search through 6,000 tons of trash in Arizona’s Butterfield Station Landfill in hopes of finding the body of 5-year-old Jhessye’s Shockley, reports AZCentral.com. SEE ALSO: Amare Stoudemire’s Brother Dies In Car Crash The nation has […]
By Donovan X. Ramsey Beginning in March, a black woman will be at the helm of a major fire department for the first time in U.S. history. SEE ALSO: Obama: I Deserve Re-Election Top 5 Winter Travel Destinations Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed has been fighting fires […]
A 19-year-old mother of two in Milwaukee called 911 after a brick was thrown through her bathroom window and someone began kicking her front door. SEE ALSO: Top 5 Winter Travel Destinations Top 7 Places To Visit For Thrill-Seekers But when the cops came, one of them raped the woman, The Daily Beast reports. Below […]
Today is Bob Marley’s 67th Birthday. Even though Bob Marley died thirty years ago, his songs still have a great impact on society spiritually, emotionally and also politically. Marley’s songs not only dealt with the politics of his native Jamaica, but Africa and the whole world. Here are ten of his most politically significant songs. […]
NEW YORK-William Masso, a veteran NYPD officer has plead guilty to conspiring to sell M-16 rifles and other guns. Masso was part of a group of 28 people, including eight former and current NYPD officers charged with operating a gun-running ring. Aside from selling guns Masso also admitted to selling stolen cigarettes and conspiring to […]
The gay rights group Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is demanding the resignation of news show host and CNN analyst Roland Martin, after tweeting during a sexy David Beckham Super Bowl underwear commercial that people should “smack the ish out” of male fans who like the ad. RELATED: Did M.I.A. Go Too Far With The Bird Flip? Martin was reportedly […]
Surveillance footage has been released from the killing of Ramarley Graham by the NYPD. The footage clearly shows Graham walking into his building and officers kicking down the door and entering the building without a warrant. In the video, police can be seen pointing a gun at a resident and another resident claims the police […]
Today, Bob Marley would have been 67 years of age. RELATED: Happy 58th Birthday, Oprah! In the 31 years since his untimely death, Marley still remains the most-popular figure in Reggae music. Succumbing to cancer at age 36 in 1981, Marley had become a global ambassador for the music he helped make famous. Marley’s passing […]
This weekend, a huge discussion, on Twitter, was brought up about a Time magazine article titled, “‘The Help’ Is The Most Loathsome Movie In America”. It was written by Toure, who a lot of people are criticizing him for slamming the movie’s actresses, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. In his article, Toure was trying to […]
By theGrio A Georgia judge has ordered that hip-hop star Bow Wow be arrested on sight and held in custody until he can produce documents in connection to a civil lawsuit. SEE ALSO: 10 Best Super Bowl Ads TMZ reports that the 24-year-old was ordered to pay almost $100,000 to a tour bus company for […]
Laure Quinlivan needs more time on Cincinnati City Council. The councilwoman is proposing the idea extending a member’s term from two years to four years. This idea could be decided by the voters this November, and could take place, starting next year. If this vote is approved, anyone who is elected to council in 2013 […]
55-year-old John Hughes got in a high-speed chase with police — a chase he started. The chase took place early in the morning. When the police finally pulled him over, they asked him, “why?” They noticed that he wasn’t drinking, and he didn’t have any drugs in his car. To hear more about this story, […]
