CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn’t rush back to their everyday lives. SEE ALSO: Get Out! Woman Offers Sex For McNuggets Instead, the Marine Corps put them into a kind of decompression chamber, keeping them at […]
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, […]