WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is on track in many states, the White House asserted Wednesday. But officials said the administration is preparing a federal backstop anyway for states in which opposition to the new law has blocked planning. SEE ALSO: Man Marries Dead Girlfriend In Joint Ceremony The law calls for […]
Eugene Pothy (pictured) of East Orange, N.J., was finally reunited with his 10-year-old son, Philippe-Emmanuel, on Tuesday, after the boy’s mother, Judith Any-Grah, sent him to relatives in the the Ivory Coast for eight years, according to the NY Daily News. SEE ALSO: White Students Yell N-Word While Beating Asian Student For Pothy, finally reuniting […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to travel to five states following next week’s State of the Union address, courting voters who will be critical to his re-election campaign. SEE ALSO: Woman Who Injected Bath Salts Loses Arm To Flesh-Eating Bacteria The president will discuss proposals from Tuesday’s address in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Phoenix […]
Tiawanda Moore (pictured) has filed a suit against the city of Chicago, after she was arrested for secretly recording a police officer asking her not to file a charge against his co-worker for touching her inappropriately. SEE ALSO: White Students Yell N-Word While Beating Asian Student Moore, 21, called in to report an officer who’d […]
NEW YORK — The NBA’s all-time scoring leader is now a global cultural ambassador. SEE ALSO: Man Married Dead Girlfriend In Joint Ceremony (VIDEO) The State Department announced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s appointment Wednesday. Ann Stock, assistant secretary of state for education and cultural affairs, says Abdul-Jabbar will travel the world to engage a generation of young […]
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of New York City police officers who claim that they’ve been barred from receiving promotions to the department’s Intelligence Division because they’re black. SEE ALSO: Wikipedia Goes Dark For 24 Hours The black officers allege that there is a “secret […]
By theGrio A conservative African American pastor who founded a Tea Party organization in South Central L.A., says he agrees with Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich that many blacks lack a work ethic. The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson‘s solution: send them back to the plantation. SEE ALSO: Newt Gingrich, Back In The Game? Peterson explained […]
If you’re confused about all of this “Blackout” business, NewsOne has put together a quick rundown of what you need to know. SEE ALSO: Wikipedia Goes Dark For 24 Hours Happiest Celebrity Mugshots 1) The Basics As Reported By NBC Bay Area: The Stop Online Piracy Act (known as SOPA), introduced on Oct. 26 by […]
I am not a fan of President Barack Obama, nor am I titillated by every second in the life of a little dog named Bo and two adorable girls named Sasha and Malia, even though they’re all extremely precious and make us all proud. To be honest, what I care more about is the wishy-washy, […]
WASHINGTON-The White House was on lock down for more than an hour after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown over the fence onto the executive compound. The smoke bomb was thrown while between 1,000 and 1,500 people affiliated with Occupy D.C. were protesting outside the White House. Reuters reports: A majority of […]
