WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama, the nation’s first lady and a high-profile spokeswoman for healthy eating, has added a new book on growing and cooking nutritious food to her resume. Go to Black America Web for an easy soup recipe from “American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America.” […]
Commander Wesley Brown became the first black Naval Academy graduate on June 3, 1949. Brown, who served in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, was admitted to the Naval Academy with five other black candidates in 1945. The Howard University Graduate attended Annapolis alongside President Jimmy Carter, who was his friend and colleague […]
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The crime shocked South Florida and has drawn the attention of the world. A naked man is shot by Miami Police while eating another naked man’s face on the MacArthur Causeway. As the story quickly went viral across the Internet, some have likened the attack to one by a zombie. Details of […]
Heat advisory in effect for the DMV this Memorial Day so why not cool off with homemade banana ice cream. What? You didn’t know that bananas can make some of the best ice cream? It turns out that frozen bananas are good for more than just dipping in chocolate. If you freeze a banana until solid, then […]
Donald A. Thigpen, charter member of the Maryland Chapter of the Buffalo Soldier motorcycle club, said the cyclists arrayed across the parking lot of the Sears in Landover, some of whom had come from as a far as Michigan and Florida, showed how the group had expanded to include 97 chapters across the country. He […]
Only the police tape, the bloodstain on the ground and a grotesque mystery remained Sunday after the brutal attack on the MacArthur Causeway in which one naked man was shot dead by police after he attacked another naked man and began eating his face. Drivers coming back from Miami Beach on the causeway took their […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards. The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states more power […]
New help is on the way for those who are visibly challenged. Now, the blind can reap the benefits of technology with Apple’s new phone. Unlike much of the population that uses sight to find and use apps, the new iPhone allows the use of fingertaps to navigate. One tap and a voice tells you […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years. Brian Banks, now 26, pleaded no contest 10 years ago on […]
The communications industry is mourning the loss of Hal Jackson, 96, who succumbed to illness this afternoon. WBLS announced the news of his death on their website but posted limited information about his passing. We will keep you updated as more information surfaces. “As a radio pioneer, Jackson has experienced many ‘firsts’ that have assisted in opening doors […]
Dominique talks about Usher’s divorce court appearance and Ray J at the Billboard awards and his alleged exhaustion, listen here.
Filming for season 5 of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” has begun, but NeNe Leakes said she hasn’t met the alleged new addition, Kenya Moore. “I don’t know where all those rumors came from. I haven’t seen her,” NeNe told Wendy Williams, asserting that she doesn’t even know the beauty queen. The ‘very rich’ reality star […]