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CHICAGO-Ryan Royall, a high school basketball star was shot and killed at a birthday party in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports: At approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Royall and a group of friends were leaving a birthday party at Ho-Chunk Sports and Expo Center in Lynwood. They were at their car when they heard a […]

A minor earthquake rocked the St. Louis, Missouri area overnight. Some Missouri residents said they felt their home shaking for 5 to 30 seconds. There are no reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter of the quake, which had a 4.2 magnitude, was roughly thirty minutes southwest of St. Louis. Read more at KCStar RELATED: […]

Is the KKK trying to re-brand itself? The organization who has wreaked havoc throughout history on various minority groups from Blacks to Jews, may have taken a “right” turn to some after their appearance last week at the Arlington National Cemetery defending gay soldiers. Members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church were protesting the celebration […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The former International Monetary Fund head charged with trying to rape a Manhattan hotel maid formally said he was innocent of the charges Monday in his first court appearance in the case in two weeks. Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty in a strong voice at the brief proceeding, standing between his […]

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY TOPIC Are you Feeling Like a Victim or a Victor? If you are you tired of feeling like a victim and are ready to begin living life on your terms, then read this article.   Stop right now, and ask yourself “what am I thinking?” How much of your lifestyle would change if Jesus […]

Update 10:00 a.m June 7th The scandal just worsens for New York Congressman Anthony Weiner as reports are surfacing that he offered porn star Ginger Lee tips on how to lie about their sexting scandal, according to TMZ. “Weiner and former porn star Ginger Lee exchanged scores of sexual emails over a long period of […]

Sister Souljah is no stranger to controversial statements. In the ‘90s, her politically poignant remarks fueled anti-hop-hop sentiment and even caused president Bill Clinton to publicly denounce her comments. In a recent interview with The Root, the bestselling author, MC and social activist sits down to talk about her career, her writing and tell why […]

NEW ORLEANS–Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, descendatnts of the landmark Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson have joined forces to highlight to fight for racial equality. The 1896 trail cemented Jim Crow as the law of the land, upholding the then legality of racial segregation in the U.S. The two launched the Plessy & Ferguson […]

The 30-year battle against AIDS is an unbelievable chapter in the history of medicine and 30 years later more than 60-million people around the world have been diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. And of those, 25-million people have died as there is no cure. On June 5, 1981, a bombshell quietly exploded […]

NEW YORK-More sexually suggestive pictures of New York congressman, Anthony Weiner have surfaced online, supposedly originating from social networks, Twitter and Facebook, where Weiner would send pictures to women he was involved with. The New York Daily News reports: RadarOnline published some of a March 16 exchange in which Weiner wrote that he had a […]

BALTIMORE-David Simon, the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series, “The Wire” has addressed Eric Holder’s request for a new season of “The Wire.” At a recent conference on the impacts of drugs and families, with “The Wire” stars Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn, Holder begged for a new season of the show. Both Holder […]