Oprah and her execs over at the struggling OWN cable network are rethinking programming strategy to appeal more to her African American audience. According to The Hollywood Reporter, execs at OWN are taking note of the success of “Welcome to
Police arrested Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky again after a grand jury brought nine more indictments against him involving two more alleged victims, bringing the total number of charges he’s facing to 49 and the total number
One-year-old Hiram Lawrence was in his father’s arms in the parking lot of a liquor store in Oakland, Calif., during the filming of a rap video, when gunfire erupted and a bullet struck the baby in the head. Hiram has
Internet comment boards lit up recently when news reports surfaced of a 9-year-old black boy in Gaston, N.C., who was suspended by his school’s principal after a teacher overheard the boy telling a classmate that another teacher was “cute.” Emanyea
For 30 years, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s murder conviction and pending death sentence for the shooting of Daniel Faulkner, a white police officer, have been the subject of reasonable doubt and furious debate. Abu-Jamal’s case birthed the “Free Mumia” movement, attracting hundreds
D’Andre Lane and his attorney fielded questions from the press on Dec. 6 in response to growing speculation that Lane is somehow involved in his 2-year-old daughter’s disappearance. Lane failed a lie detector test conducted by Detroit police, but his
A Chicago police sergeant responded to a report of a shooting at 1 a.m. on Nov. 27 and arrived at the scene to find a dead body in the driver’s seat of a white Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Sgt. Darwin Butler,
If you have watched even one episode of the Lifetime show “Supernanny” featuring Londoner Jo Frost as a professional nanny who provides parents with the skills they need to discipline their out-of-control offspring, you have witnessed how some creative child
“I lost a friend over this. She felt my decision made me look bad.” –LaWanda Flake Detroit homeowner LaWanda Flake posted an ad on Craigslist offering to trade her four-bedroom, three-bath house in one of the city’s nicer neighborhoods —
One of the most dangerous myths about HIV/AIDS is that you can tell by looking at someone if they are infected. Contrary to what many people think, the HIV virus can invade the blood stream of the beautiful, the rich,
A tiny church in Pikeville, Ky., made international news when its leadership voted 9 to 6 to “promote greater unity” by barring mixed-race couples from joining the congregation or serving the church in any official capacity. The new policy at
On Nov. 30, Wendy Williams showed her audience a letter she said she received from Oprah addressing a rumor Williams had sparked about Gayle King and O’s friendship being in trouble. Within 48 hours, radio host Tom Joyner and his co-hosts
Jerri Gray, a single mother who says her child gained weight while she was away from the home working overtime to provide for her family, was arrested and charged with criminal neglect because her 14-year-old son, Alexander Draper, weighs 555-pounds.
Byron Thomas, a black college student at the University of Southern Carolina Beaufort drew complaints from fellow students and their parents for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window. He took the flag down at the university’s request,
A convicted child molester who had evaded Georgia authorities for six years, saved the life of a suicidal teenager and rescued a police officer who might have died without his help. Michael Rogers, 49, said he could not walk away
On Nov. 29, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Atlanta home of Vinia Lee, a 103-year-old woman, who, along with her 83-year-old daughter, was scheduled to be evicted from the home she had lived in for more than 53 years.
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a day on which all of us are asked to help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and to create a sense of urgency about preventing, treating and curing this deadly disease. Unless you have been
FDNY firefighter Neil Malone and his colleagues braved a raging apartment fire to rescue 8-month-old Josiah Alexis, but the infant wasn’t breathing. Malone administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the tiny boy, but Josiah had not taken a breath for 5 1/2 minutes, and the
Shar Jackson, who starred alongside Brandy in the show “Moesha,” and became famous for being Kevin Federline’s baby’s mama, is struggling to overcome a horrible tragedy that happened near her home just a few days before Thanksgiving. Perez Hilton has
Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson made history on Nov. 23 when his colleagues voted unanimously to name him the first African American president of the City of Angel’s council since it was established in 1889. The story made the
