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NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman were convicted of charges stemming from the cover-up of the […]

As the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a “re-imagining” of the classic Planet of the Apes movies premieres today in theaters, many are questioning the racial politics and stereotypes that have long fueled the franchise and are still very present in Hollywood. Combine the discrimination the apes face in the movie with the long-held stereotype […]

The New York Times cover story on Thursday highlighted the growing spending power of the super rich. While average American families struggle to make ends meet, the wealthy are flooding high-end stores to the point where Nordstrom has a waiting list for a Chanel sequined tweed coat for $9,010. But instead of emulating the frivolous […]

PHILADELPHIA-Two men are charged with shooting at a Philadelphia bus after a woman asked them to shoot a passenger for criticizing her for hitting her child. Fox News reports: Chapman then made a phone call directing brothers, Karon and Raheen Patterson, to fire at the passenger when the bus arrived at her stop, prosecutors say. […]

CHARLESTON, S.C.–A Charleston man is fighting a battle most men never imagine that they might endure. Raymond Johnson, 26, was diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago, after pain from a lump in his chest sent him to the emergency room. Though Johnson has a job laying tile, he does not make enough to […]

The recent release of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that Black unemployment declined during the month of July. It had reached 16.2 percent and dropped over the course of the month to 15.9 percent.  While the number is an improvement, it is still nearly double that of white Americans. Black women were […]

NEW YORK — The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, a historically Black neighborhood famously depicted in Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing,” is becoming more and more mixed due to a high influx of whites moving in. The white migration has made rent prices higher and forced many African Americans to move from […]

A NEWSONE EDITORIAL The Rev. Al Sharpton and MSNBC are being attacked by critics for the network’s recent hiring of Sharpton to replace weekday host Cenk Uygur. We at NewsOne always liked Uygur, even before his MSNBC show. We consider ourselves to be political progressives. We like MSNBC’s forward lean, in word and often in […]

DALLAS — Police have released audio of the 911 call from the Dallas hotel Nicki Ninaj was staying at after an alleged altercation between her and a man that resulted in her face being bruised. In the audio, Nicki Minaj can be clearly heard saying “what you hit me for” while the male asks her […]

NEW YORK- The man who made the “rent is too damn high” a national catchphrase, is now living up to his name. Jimmy McMillan,who made news by running for governor of New York state in 2010, is fighting eviction from his low rent Greenwich Village apartment. The New York Post reports: Jimmy McMillan says he […]