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Washington — Venturing out of the White House for the first time since his headline-grabbing sports accident Friday, President Barack Obama was in the stands at Howard University Saturday for the men’s basketball game against Oregon State University, where his brother-in-law Craig Robinson is the head coach.

Buffalo –It wasn’t his own hands or the Pittsburgh secondary Sunday that foiled Buffalo Bills wide receiver Steve Johnson from hauling in what should have been the game-winning TD catch in the end zone.

New York — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) wants the House to issue a formal reprimand — rather than the more serious censure — as his punishment for violating ethics rules.

Earlier this week, the New York Daily News shined a spotlight on Reverend Al Sharpton’s non-profit organization The National Action Network. Highlighting Sharpton’s executive salary, the story attempts to portray activist Sharpton as someone more committed to building his personal fortune than advancing his mission of social justice.

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – No charges will be filed against a cop who rented a car in the name of a man who was under arrest. A city prosecutor decided no crime was committed when an undercover cop rented a car to conceal his identity. The ruling was that there was no criminal intent. The […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – For the second week in a row the Browns gave up big plays in the final moments of the game, but this time the final play went their way. John Kasay banged a 42 yard field goal attempt off the left upright as time expired to preserve a 24-23 Browns win. Carolina started […]

PORT AU PRINCE — Delays, excitement, shoving, arrests and accusations of fraud marked the morning of Haiti’s first election since January’s earthquake, as 18 candidates for president squared off for a chance to run the Western hemisphere’s poorest country as it tries to rebuild.

It seems that no matter how much Kanye West tries to turn over a new leaf, some people won’t let him get a fresh start.

North Carolina — One week before Christmas of 2009, NFL star Chris Henry lost his life after having a domestic spat with his fiancée. As his fiance drove away, Henry, 26, fell off the back of a moving pickup truck and died after suffering brain damage.

A college student is facing charges for ripping off a university and you. Charges have been filed in two cases against Cleveland State student Anthony Hall. Cuyahoga County prosecutors tell 19 Action News that he worked in a mailroom and forged a $5,000 check sent to CSU by Westlake Schools for a conference. He deposited […]

Let’s begin with the premise that no people, culture, religious, racial or ethnic group is by definition immoral. Not acknowledging this, at the core, is the problem with Juan Williams’ gross generalization about Muslims that recently got him fired from National Public Radio (NPR). But if NPR’s “Fresh Air” interview last week with the rapper […]

My grandmother used to tell me about a time when a Black murder or death wouldn’t even make the newspapers.