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In the days of Nicki Minaj being the only female rapper dominating the charts, it’s so easy to forget about the impact of female emcees in the hip-hop game from years past. Last night, BET aired it’s first original music documentary special, “My Mic sounds nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop”, which gave […]

These guys just have no name at all: A 41-year-old priest who was allegedly caught on videotape having sexual relations with one of his 18-year-old female students now stands accused of fathering the young girl’s baby. The parents of the high school senior suspected Rev. Luis Bonilla Margarito, an ex-chaplain at Reading Central Catholic High […]

Here is exclusive in-studio footage of Al Sharpton on his syndicated radio show talking about The Reclaim The Dream March the day before it went down.

Behind the scenes of East Tech High School when Trey Songz visited the school to surprise the students and encourage them in the midst of all of the changes with transformation. Basheer Jones, of Z1079 Street Soildiers and WERE 1490am The Basheer Jones & Company morning show, and Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders gathers all […]

Joanne Mitchell, 60, and an acquaintance panhandle at a subway entrance at Union Station. What would happen if, instead of spare change, you handed a person in need the means to shop for whatever they needed? What would they buy? Can you spare your credit card, sir? In New York City, an advertising executive recently […]

The 17-year-old daughter of the US ambassador to Thailand has died after falling from the top floor of a 25-story building in New York City. Police said Nicole John was believed to have been drinking at a party on Friday in Manhattan when she removed her shoes and climbed out onto a window ledge. She […]

A Somali man has admitted attacking a US warship in April after mistaking it for a merchant vessel. Jama Idle Ibrahim and five others chased the USS Ashland and opened fire on it before being captured, court papers said. He pleaded guilty to piracy-related charges in Norfolk, Virginia, and faces 30 years in jail. Five […]

Seven inmates at Folsom prison in California have been taken to hospital after guards opened fire during a riot, authorities say. None of the prisoners’ injuries are believed to be life-threatening, prison spokesman Luis Patino said. The riot, involving about 200 inmates, broke out on Friday night. No guards were injured, reports said. Three of […]

A worker was paid for 12 years without ever showing up for work at a Norfolk, Virginia, agency funded by federal, state and local money, officials say. Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim told CNN on Friday that when a new director took over at Norfolk Community Services Board recently, she was “doing her due diligence” when […]