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titled “Michelle O.” was painted by New York-based Mickalene Thomas, who is also African-American and is part of the “Americans Now” exhibition at the Smithsonian. Thomas is the first artist to paint an individual portrait of the country’s first African-American First Lady. The exhibition features portraits of famous names in business, government and the arts. […]
PIKETON, Ohio — An Ohio sheriff says a marijuana bust was so big authorities chose to burn the 22,000 plants in the outdoor area where they were found, not destroy them elsewhere. Sheriff Richard Henderson says the plants found Friday growing on two adjoining properties in southern Ohio’s Pike County have an estimated street value […]
ATLANTA — Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations. The Drug Enforcement Administration recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent Michael Sanders said Monday. Ebonics, […]
He has been in the White House 18 months, but President Obama already has seven U.S. schools named after him, far more than his predecessor George W. Bush and a designation that educators say bucks the trend. Barack Obama Elementary School in Upper Marlboro, Md., which opened its doors today, became the latest U.S. school […]
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A few months ago, a little birdy told us that Halle Berry would grace the coveted cover of the September 2010Vogue and the issue is about to hit newsstands on August 24.
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren announced their divorce Monday, ending months of speculation about the future of their marriage.
TOLEDO, Ohio — As a child, Wanda Butts learned to stay away from the water. Her father had witnessed a drowning when he was young and passed down a fear of swimming. Like many blacks, she didn’t learn to swim, and she instilled those same anxieties in her son, never taking him to the pool […]
Fantasia Barrino broke her silence today and talked about her suicide attempt on “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Ladies, do you think every man use the same line on every woman he talks too? Many women feel they are, they feel like men aren’t original, they come with lies, and women are tired.
Ten Oregon high school football players remain hospitalized as they’re treated for a rare soft-tissue condition that has school authorities puzzled. Eighteen McMinnville High School athletes experienced “compartment syndrome,” which caused soreness and swelling in their triceps and high levels of creatine kinase, a protein that can harm the kidneys. Three players had surgery to […]
Police raiding a marijuana farm in western Canada were astonished to find black bears apparently guarding it. However initial alarm wore off when officers realised the 10 or so bears did not behave aggressively and were in fact docile and tame. Police believe dog food was used to attract the animals onto the farm in […]