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(from AOL BlackVoices) School breakfast, lunch, summer programs and subsidized meals for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are vital to the health and well-being of the nation’s children and adolescents, despite claims of links to obesity, according to an updated report. Approximately one in six infants, children and adolescents live in homes that experience limited […]
VIA CNN: President Obama took a key step in cementing his judicial legacy Monday, nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, the 50-year-old Kagan will become the 112th Supreme Court justice. She would be the third woman on the nine-member bench and the fourth […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Lena Horne, the singer and actress who died Sunday at 92, cut a singular path through modern culture. She was the first black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM in 1942) and the first black actress to be popularly accepted in roles that were as […]
SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has been arraigned on rape and prostitution charges in an assault on a 16-year-old runaway who police said was brought to his New York hotel room against her will. A Rockland County judge set bail at $75,000. The former New York Giants linebacker was […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The Washington area is still at high risk for drops in housing prices by the end of next year, despite a recent uptick in home sales and prices, according to a new report. There is a 77 percent chance that local home prices will be lower in the fourth quarter of […]
VIA CBS NEWS: Today marks the federally-recognized National Day of Prayer, an annual tradition that dates back to 1952. Will it be the last? Last month, a U.S. District Judge in Wisconsin ruled that the government-sanctioned event, established by Congress and marked with a proclamation from the president, is unconstitutional. “It goes beyond mere ‘acknowledgment’ […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V told police he repeatedly shook his former girlfriend’s head into a bedroom wall, according to police documents that described the gruesome scene where the young woman died. But the Chevy Chase man’s defense lawyer said Huguely did not intend to kill ex-girlfriend Yeardley […]
VIA NEWS ONE: In protest of the recently passed immigration law in Arizona that many believe will lead to racial profiling, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has moved its annual convention out of the state. The fraternity’s leadership announced this decision through an email to members, saying: ” … the Board of Directors of Alpha Phi […]
VIA CNN: Authorities hunting for the suspect in the botched Times Square bombing dramatically beat the clock overnight, seizing a Pakistani-American citizen moments before he was set to begin a long trip to his strife-torn homeland. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. ET Monday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, said […]
Do you know what to do if you’re arrested? Under what circumstances can a cop stop you? What is probable cause? Listen live at 5pm today when Bernie McCain interviews Robert Davis in a new weekly segment “Watch The Cop.” Robert Davis is a former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department. He has […]