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(Frederick, MD) — A former pastor at Barnesville Baptist Church in upper Montgomery County has admitted that he sexually abused a child. Seventy-four-year-old Joe Ivey of Walkersville pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to one count of a sexual offense linked to a girl who was about ten-years-old when she was molested at Ivey’s […]
(Brentwood, MD) — Some but not all charges are being dropped by the Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office against a man who was the target of police gunfire this past weekend in the Brentwood area. Two county police officers have been suspended in the incident in which 19-year-old Ryan Dorm of Cottage City escaped […]
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama and “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady’s “Let’s Move!” fitness campaign. SEE ALSO: Obama’s Grandma Survives Crash Mrs. Obama and Fallon did pushups and twirled hula hoops. They competed at dodge ball and tug-of-war. And the first lady triumphed over […]
In a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Professor Cornel West “went HAM” on Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry. SEE ALSO: Black Farmer Wrests Billion-Dollar Settlement From U.S. In what might be his strongest public comments yet, West referred to Harris-Perry as a “fake” and a “fraud” for allowing herself to be used […]
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO: Obama Rejects Money Tied To […]
By theGrio From Bay Area: Lelia Boroughs, 84, wasn’t known to many. SEE ALSO: Bachmann Says She Was Perfect Candidate Obama’s Grandma Survives Crash At least not outside her apartment building in San Francisco’s lower Pacific Heights. Her neighbors knew her well as an eclectic, kind soul who would offer to pick up their groceries […]
Police were called to the mansion of Deion & Pilar Sanders after Pilar was allegedly accosted by a female friend of Deion and had to be taken to the hospital for her injuries. According to TMZ: “…a woman named Laura arrived to the mansion to see Deion … but Pilar told Laura she was not […]
Just after The New York Giants won the Super Bowl against The New England Patriots, rookie Greg Jones, got down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend Mandy Piechowski! With his mother right beside him, his new fiance shed tears of glory on the Indianapolis field… Congrats! David Beckham Steals The Show With His […]
Kris Humphries isn’t going away without a fight. After an embarrassing 72-day marriage which ended in “irreconcilable differences,” Kris is seeking to expose Kim Kardashian for the fraud he claims she is. Sources tell TMZ: Kris and his lawyer, Lee Hutton, want to ‘expose the M.O. of reality TV’ by proving Kim had no intention […]
Today, as the Black community recognizes the 12th Annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we stand at the crossroads of heightened awareness, education, and potential eradication. To understand the magnitude of being in such a positive position, it is imperative that we examine how far we’ve come and how close we find ourselves to alleviating […]
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 Shockley, reports AZCentral.com. SEE ALSO: Amare Stoudemire’s Brother Dies In Car Crash The nation has […]
Monica and Brandy team up again after 14 years since their “The Boy Is Mine” hit. “It All Belongs To Me” shows each woman’s vocal and personal growth. This Rico Love produced single picks up where “The Boy Is Mine” left off. Remember they were fighting over the same man and now they’re kicking his […]