Here’s a little positivity for the start of 2015. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), more than 2.95 million jobs were created last year. The latest figures confirm that 2014 was America’s best year of job growth since 1999. And economists believe 2015 will see similar numbers, if not better. From CNN Money: The […]
Legendary gospel songwriter and performer Andrae Crouch died Thursday afternoon at Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, his publicist Brian Mayes confirmed. Crouch was admitted to the hospital Saturday after suffering a heart attack. The seven-time Grammy award winner is known for penning gospel favorites like “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power,” ”My Tribute […]
UPDATE: 11:30 AM EST According to the Le Monde newspaper and the Associated Press, the Charlie Hebdo suspects were killed in assault by security forces in Dammartin-en-Goele. BREAKING: Police official: Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre killed, hostage freed. — The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2015 Story developing… ——– The manhunt for two gunmen suspected of killing 12 at […]
Here’s some positivity. President Obama proposed two years of free community college for American workers late Thursday. Earlier that day, the president announced the proposal would be coming in a video uploaded to Facebook. “Put simply, what I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for anybody who’s […]
On Wednesday night, Fox’s new show Empire premiered with historic numbers — reaching 9.8 million viewers, the Lee Daniels-produced series became the network’s highest rated show in years. And the network may want to call actress Taraji P. Henson and personally thank her — her character Cookie Lyons, the matriarch to a family full of men, made […]
And now we present to you a teenager’s worst nightmare. The White House is reportedly investigating how a selfie of First Daughter Malia Obama rocking a t-shirt of Joey Bada$$’s rap crew, Pro Era, made it onto the internet. Thanks a lot, President Obama, aka DAD! It’s no secret that the president and First Lady Michelle […]
In the fourth quarter of 2014, protesters took to the streets to stage demonstrations denouncing police violence, finding strength by invoking the names of those who perished by a law enforcement officer’s gun (or hands). At least two of those names, Tamir Rice and John Crawford III, belonged to black individuals who were shot dead for […]
The FBI is continuing their investigation into an explosion that occurred outside a Colorado National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) office earlier this week, but officials could not confirm that the act was one of domestic terrorism. Officials are not, however, ruling out the possibility of terrorism. “Certainly domestic terrorism is one possibility, among […]
On Wednesday, Cleveland city officials released an extended video of Tamir Rice’s shooting that captures the moment police forced his 14-year-old sister on the ground after the 12-year-old’s death. Police shot and killed Tamir in a city park on Nov. 22 after a 911 caller reported that an individual was walking around with a “probably […]
Police in France are still in the throes of a massive manhunt to track down the two suspects connected to the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices that left 12 people dead. Officials may catch a break, the AFP reports. The two men — brothers who were identified by authorities as Said and Cherif Kouachi — were spotted […]
Following a Showbiz 411 report that Phylicia Rashad dismissed longtime friend Bill Cosby’s rape allegations by suggesting the women are orchestrating a plan to disgrace his legacy, the beloved television mom from The Cosby Show told ABC that she was misquoted. Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411, who ran into Rashad at a Selma movie luncheon, said the actress responded with […]
Two sisters, ages 15 and 11, have been charged with premeditated murder after killing their older brother because he was bullying them, police say. The older of the sisters claimed the brother had beaten her and locked her in a room. When the brother, 16, fell asleep, the teenager got a gun out of her […]