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Since NewsOne.com first launched in 2008, we’ve been committed to delivering the most comprehensive, 24-7 conduit of news and opinion by and for Black America. Today, we debut the first thorough update of our site. Welcome to the new NewsOne.com!

In his latest rant, Rush Limbaugh has questioned President Obama’s birthdate which is tomorrow (August 4, 1961).

The armed robbery happened around midnight in the 700 block of Glenwood Avenue, according to Atlanta police dispatchers.

A gunman opened fire early Tuesday morning during a shift change at Hartford Distributors, a beer distributorship near Hartford, Connecticut, and ABC News has been told that nine people, including the gunman, have died.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Six-year-old Queen Epps is decked out in her pink Spongebob Squarepants bathing suit and green goggles, ready to learn how to hold her breath.

Federal agents arrested the owner of a popular restaurant in Virginia Beach and charged him with running a major drug ring.

From HuffPost.com: During a segment about the ethics violations California Democrat Maxine Waters is accused of, “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” producers actually showed footage of another black woman in the news: Shirley Sherrod.

President Obama signed legislation on Tuesday reducing longstanding federal sentencing disparities between those caught with crack and those arrested with powder cocaine, finalizing a bipartisan consensus addressing a racially polarizing law enforcement debate.

The morning after a masked gunman killed two people and wounded six more at a party, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, were still on the scene investigating, authorities said Tuesday.