Louisville, Kentucky– The father of a second grader who was found hanging unconscious in a Frayser Elementary school bathroom stall is saying his son was attacked by older boys. Also read: “Real Housewives Of Atlanta” Walk The Carpet For Bravo Party [PHOTOS] “I was in the bathroom using the bathroom, when I got in the […]

It was announced a few weeks back that Toni Braxton would be doing a show with her sisters on WEtv titled “Braxton Family Values” The show is set to premier April 12th at 9pm EST on WEtv. In the teaser below you get to see Toni and her sister’s discuss the name of Tamar’s future […]

FRESNO, Calif.—President Barack Obama has declared March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day, honoring the late farmworker activist on his birthday. Obama signed the proclamation Wednesday, saying that “Chavez’s legacy provides lessons from which all Americans can learn.” Through non-violent boycotts, marches and fasts, Chavez led a movement to protest the use of harmful pesticides and […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Six surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, America’s first all-female integrated jazz band — were honored by the Smithsonian Institution in ceremonies and events this week. In this exclusive video for NewsOne, Radio One founder Cathy Hughes (who is the daughter of original Sweethearts band member Helen Jones Woods) discusses […]

Alicia Keys, Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore have each been recruited by cable network Lifetime to direct a short film about breast cancer and its impact on people’s lives. “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman is overseeing the collection of five short films called “Project Five,” the TV network announced this week. This is the first time […]

Okay! Now we’ve all heard of women who try to trap men by getting pregnant, but to go as far as to impregnate HERSELF!? You know it’s coming…wait for it…wait for it…C’MON SON!! WTH? This has got to be the most bizarre case for a child support order on record. He not only unwhittingly fathered […]

An editorial in this week’s New York Amsterdam News, the legendary Black newspaper of New York, highlights the rise of Rev. Al Sharpton’s storied civil rights organization The National Action Network, which will celebrate its 20th year of operation April 6-9 at their national convention in New York City. Related: NewsOne Columnist Rev. Al Sharpton […]

INDIANA — Republican Eric Turner recently  introduced a bill that would make abortions illegal after 20 weeks instead of 24 weeks. ALSO READ: 25 Black Women You Should Know About When Democrat Gail Riecken proposed an amendment to that bill exempting  women who are the victims of rape or incest,  Turner countered by saying that […]

A federal judge sentenced a former New Orleans police officer to 25 years in prison for his role in the shooting and then burning a man’s body after Hurricane Katrina. David Warren was convicted in December of shooting 31-year-old Henry Glover without justification outside a strip mall less than a week after the storm hit […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians will have to wait at least a few more days to learn the preliminary results of their presidential election because of alleged irregularities and fraud uncovered at the vote-counting center, officials said Tuesday. ALSO READ: 25 Black Women You Should Know About While not disclosing specifics, Gaillot Dorsinvil, the president of […]

“Sparkle” the remake has been green lighted by Sony productions and is set to begin filming soon. It’s not “Dreamgirls” and it certainly isn’t anything like it, let’s just put that out there right now, at least that’s what producer Debra Martin-Chase told Sister 2 Sister and now you know. Although the story is also […]

Jay-Z may be in trouble with the NBA over a locker room chat with the Kentucky Wildcats after they made the Final Four. According to the AP, the rap mogul and part owner of the New Jersey Nets visited the college players after their victory over North Carolina on Sunday at the Prudential Center in […]