About Desire Thompson

Desire is contributing writer for NewsOne.com and GlobalGrind.com

A video of Chelsea fans spewing racist remarks to a black man in Paris has gone viral, leaving the British football team to investigate. The incident happened on Tuesday when the team visited France to play Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League. Fans who were on the train before the game began can be heard chanting, “We’re […]

Afroman, the artist behind the single “Because I Got High,” was arrested Tuesday evening after slapping a female fan. The incident happened at his show in Biloxi, Mississippi when the woman snuck her way on stage. After hitting her, he continued performing. Afroman was arrested and charged with assault. He released a statement to Billboard claiming he didn’t […]

I had to switch the flow up on you niggas, shit was getting too predictable.  -Drake, “No Tellin” While you were enjoying NYFW festivities or catching the nightly news, Drizzy Drake broke the internet with his new mixtape, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.    The rapper released his short film Jungle on Thursday […]

A 15-year-old teenager was shot in the back by the LAPD while he was standing next to his friend who was carrying a toy gun, the LA Times reports. The near-fatal incident happened early Tuesday morning, when police spotted the teen holding the gun in an alley. Police claim he was pointing the suspected weapon at another person. […]

Sureshbhai Patel, a grandfather from India who was visiting his family in Madison, Alabama, ended up in the hospital with paralyzed limbs after he was arrested by police. The incident happened on February 5, when Patel was walking in his son’s neighborhood. The 57-year-old arrived in the U.S. on Jan. 31 to help care for […]

The stylish and beautiful Ericka Pittman gives us a look into Miami’s gorgeous scenery and fabulous nightlife in our final installment of Nissan’s Diaries Of A Globetrotter Series. Pittman, who is the vice president of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ The Blue Flame Agency, has traveled the world perfecting her craft and even manages to find love […]

Spirit Week, a fun event for high school students that allows teens to get creative with costumes and sport their school pride, was shaken up when a North Virginia teen showed up as a slave for “Throwback Thursday.” A Heritage High student wore the costume with fake blood smeared on the back of his shirt. The tag, […]

Aunt Viv said it best… As we embark on Black History Month, there are plenty of people, places, and things to explore and discover far beyond what we were taught in elementary school. And while we’re thankful for the history (albeit brief) we received in grade school, it’s up to us to understand that the […]

On Tuesday, NBC took action in the Brian Williams scandal by suspending the news anchor for six months following his inaccuracies regarding actions in Iraq in 2003, and fabricated stories about his time in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. NBC News president Deborah Turness announced the suspension on Tuesday. Calling it a hard decision, Williams will be suspended […]

UPDATE: 2/11/2015 11:05 A.M.  Police have charged Craig Stephen Hicks  with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of North Carolina University students Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. A preliminary investigation revealed that a long running parking dispute may have been the motive behind the shooting. — A shooting […]

A high school football player has been arrested after he shot his classmate in the face and posted with the teen’s lifeless body on Snapchat. The shooting took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week, when Maxwell Marion Morton (above) shot 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in the Jeanette area. Mangan was found by his mother in their home on Friday. A […]

After being involved in a fatal car accident that left one woman dead over the weekend, Bruce Jenner is sending his condolences to the victim’s family. The former Olympic athlete and reality star released a statement through his publicist on Sunday. The 65-year-old reportedly rear-ended a Lexus on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Saturday afternoon. The multi-vehicle accident […]