Five weeks ago, Bessemer’s Nick Bell had just emerged as a starting defensive end for Mississippi State in his quest to one day play in the NFL. Tuesday, the Birmingham and Starkville communities mourned his death after a brief bout with cancer.

The Boston Celtics pounded the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, and messages sent from Charlie Villanueva’s Twitter account indicate Kevin Garnett may have made it personal.

Police say 29-year-old Minchillo McLester fatally shot his 25-year-old wife Madison McLester shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday after the couple returned from a Halloween party. He is charged with murder. According to CBS affiliate WGCL, the pair had just married Oct. 10.

President Obama will hold a news conference at 1pm today.

RAP SESSIONS WITH BAKARI KITWANA Bakari Kitwana speaks with political strategist, writer and organizer Alexis McGill Johnson about key mid-term election races that she’s watching today. They also discuss what is at stake for the Black community overall in today’s mid-term elections. McGill Johnson tells newsone.com why Senate and House races, key races in California […]

Willow Smith performed “Whip my Hair” for the first time on Ellen Degeneres.

In an interview with Matt Lauer on The Today Show, former President George W. Bush claimed that Kanye West’s statement that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” at the Concert For Hurricane Relief in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, was the lowest point of his presidency. Bush: “Yeah. I still feel that way, As you […]

Republican Tim Griffin defeated Democrat Joyce Elliott on Tuesday night for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Vic Snyder.

Just about the only thing that was able to catch up with Olympian Marion Jones was the law. Now John Singleton’s new film, “Press Pause,” examines the long, glorious, ultimately tarnished career of the track and field superstar and asks: should she be forgiven? The documentary debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN as […]