CHICAGO — Former president Bill Clinton hosted a two-day job summit in Chicago to seek new, innovative ways to help grow the economy. The Clinton Global Initiative America Jobs Summit’s goal is to share the best ideas and brainstorm new ones, so that individuals, cities, states, and companies can help grow the economy, despite strains […]
CHICAGO— A Chicago mother smothered her 3-month-old son because he wouldn’t stop crying, strapped him into a stroller and went shopping. Authorities said Toyrianna Smith, 20, beat and suffocated her son, Ken Blackman Jr., at a friend’s home after drinking vodka with friends in South Chicago. The next morning Smith reportedly put a blanket over […]
Actor Charlie Sheen has come clean about an alleged use of drugs throughout his film career. Sheen said in a recent Sports Illustrated interview that his role in the 1989 hit comedy Major League was indeed enhanced with the help of steroids. Photo: Getty Images According to Sheen, this was the only time he’d ever […]
Less than a week after New York state legalized same-sex marriage, Rhode Island voted in favor of a bill to permit civil unions between gay and lesbian couples. If signed, the state will become the fifth state in the country to permit civil unions. The measure, which was voted in the senate 21-16, is said […]
Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin referred to President Obama as a part of the male anatomy this morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. In surprising fashion Halperin, a political analyst, called Obama a “d—” while offering his opinion on the president’s delivery at yesterday’s press conference. While speaking with the show’s hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike […]
Four people were charged overnight in Oklahoma City for creating a devastating and brutal scene involving a kidnapped teen and a scathing remark tattooed to his forehead. Three of the defendants involved in the scandal pleaded guilty early this week to assault and battery in the reported attack on 18-year-old Stetson Johnson this past April. […]
Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for Time, called President Obama “a dick” this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and then quickly apologized. “I thought he was a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is a senior political analyst for MSNBC, said on Morning Joe, referring to the President’s conduct during his press conference. Host Joe Scarborough hoped to […]
There is a petition on Change.Org to send to President Obama to encourage him to clear the name of Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican activist who started the “Back To Africa” movement in the 1920s in Harlem. President Calvin Coolidge granted Marcus Mosiah Garvey a pardon on November 18, 1927. However, he was deported to Jamaica […]
Change.org has started a petition to send to President Barack Obama to encourage him to pardon Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican activist who started the “Back To Africa” movement in the 1920s in Harlem. President Calvin Coolidge granted Marcus Mosiah Garvey a pardon on November 18, 1927, however he was deported to Jamaica never to return […]
Girl Scouts, Special Olympics, Dallas Mavericks… all specialty license plates seen on Texas Roadways. But what about a Confederate flag? It’s a request just one vote away from approval and it’s stirring up a whirlwind of controversy. To hear more about this story, check out the video below.
Computer hackers have shut down the internet network Al-Qaeda was using to communicate its messages to the world, according to a terrorism expert. Hackers recently carried out a similar counter-terrorism effort by replacing bomb making tutorials with cupcake recipes. “Al-Qaida’s online communications have been temporarily crippled, and it does not have a single trusted distribution […]
