Phyllis Asinyanbi

Mick Jagger And Ballerina Partner, Melanie Hamrick, Choose Unique Name For His Eighth Child

Mick Jagger recently became a father for the eighth time. He and his 29-year-old partner, ballerina Melanie Hamrick, have revealed the name of their baby boy, Deveraux Octavian Basil. The child’s name is not one of the most popular, but it’s meaningful. Sister of the new baby, 32-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Jagger, the daughter of Mick […]

8y ago

Dylann Roof: Charleston Shooter’s Trial Begins With Emotional Testimony From Survivor Felicia Sanders

On the first day of the Dylann Roof trial, Felicia Sanders, one of four survivors of a domestic terrorist attack that took the lives of nine victims shared a soul-wrenching testimony. Twenty-two-year-old Roof was the infamous Charleston shooter who sat through a Bible study with nine people at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, then killed […]

8y ago

New Orleans Bourbon Street Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Injured; An Argument Between Two Men Sparked The Gunfire [Video]

New Orleans Bayou Classic Weekend is a huge event each year. It spanned four days, and a parade and a football game between Grambling University and Southern University highlighted the gala. At about 1:30 a.m., shots were fired at the Bourbon Street intersection, at Iberville Street, in the French Quarter. One male victim died in […]

8y ago

charlotte|West Virginia

Sixty-Two-Year-Old White Man Kills Black Teen, Then Calls Him ‘Trash,’ Should Be Charged With A Hate Crime

James Harvey Means, a 15-year-old black teen, was killed by William Ronald Pulliam, a 62-year-old white man, who shot the boy in the abdomen twice, in an East End neighborhood of Charlotte, West Virginia. When questioned by authorities, Pulliam referred to James as trash but later denied it. Law enforcement has called on federal authorities […]

8y ago

Black Friday

Protests In Chicago Draw Hundreds Fewer Than Last Year During Black Friday Shopping On Magnificent Mile [Video]

Protests in Chicago drew thousands fewer than last year during Black Friday shopping on the Magnificent Mile. Unlike November 2015, when thousands hit the streets, 150-200 gathered at 10:00 a.m., near Water Place, on North Michigan Avenue. At 11:00 a.m., after multiple speakers gave speeches, the activists began marching south down Michigan Avenue. Later in […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|White House

Barack Obama Will Give President-Elect Space But Will Also Defend U.S. Ideas [Opinion]

President Barack Obama has stated that he will give Donald Trump space when he becomes president. However, Obama has not promised that he will play by the hands-off rule, which is for the former president to not comment on the strategies of his successor. Obama has taken on the role of Encourager-in Chief since Trump […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|melania trump|White House

President-Elect Confirms That Barron Trump And Melania Won’t Be Moving To The White House For Several Months

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that his youngest son, Barron Trump and wife, Melania, won’t be moving to the White House for several months. Trump has not given a date when they will be moving in, but for now, they will remain in the family home in Trump Tower — at least until Barron finishes the […]

8y ago

beyonce|jay-z|kim kardashian

Kanye West Fans Offered Refund After His Emotional Onstage Vent, The Question Remains ‘Why?’ [Opinion]

Kanye West’s fans have been offered a refund through Ticketmaster. He was 90 minutes late to the Saturday night concert and disappointed fans after performing only three songs. Much of his time on stage was spent venting about politics, specifically Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. He also talked about Jay-Z and Beyonce a bit. What […]

8y ago

Transgender Marine First To Come Out Since Military Policy Change, Now Serving Country As A Man

Lance Cpl. Aaron Wixson is one of the first transgender marines to serve while transitioning from female to male. On October 1, the military changed from the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that was in force during the Clinton administration to an open one. Military personnel can transition while serving if they follow the correct […]

8y ago

Affordable Care Act|Donald Trump

Medicaid Expansion Will Halt Under A Trump Administration, May Cause Many Adults To Lose Health Care Coverage

Medicaid expansion decreased the uninsured adult population by millions from 2010 to early 2016. The gains made in insuring non-disabled adults who are at or near the poverty level will be halted or reversed under a Trump administration. Disabled adults and children will likely maintain coverage, but it may not be at the same level. […]

8y ago

Donald Trump

Federal Judge John Primomo Tells New U.S. Citizens If They Don’t Like Trump, They Should ‘Go To Another Country’

Federal Judge John Primomo presided over a San Antonio, Texas, naturalization ceremony and told prospective U.S. citizens that if they don’t like President-elect Donald Trump that they should “go to another country.” This was done just before they were about to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. The ceremony took place at […]

8y ago

Detroit

Sixty-Seven-Year-Old Man Accused Of Sex Trafficking Women And Pimping Them Out On Backpage.com

Richard Knider Jackson, a 67-year-old Detroit man, has been accused of sex trafficking women and pimping them out on Backpage.com. He was charged on Friday and is temporarily being held pending a bond hearing on Monday. Police found the women after a call was made from a home stating that someone was being beaten. According […]

8y ago

Transgender Teen Begins Male-To-Female Transition, Mom Sues Child And State Agencies [Video]

A 17-year-old Minnesota transgender teen began transitioning from male to female and the mom is now suing the child as well as the school district, St. Louis county, and healthcare providers. Anmarie Calgaro has asked that all treatment for her child be halted until she can petition the state court. The mother stated that medical […]

8y ago

John F Kennedy

Marilyn Monroe ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ Dress Sells For $4.81 Million

Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, but her star power has only increased over the decades. The dress that she sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in has sold for $4.81 million Thursday evening at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, and it was purchased by Ripley’s Believe It or Not. The auction runs […]

8y ago

Man Charged With Murder And Dismemberment Of Lactose-Intolerant 2-Year-Old Kyrian Knox Who Cried When Given Milk

Kamel Harris, of Rockford, Illinois was charged with murder Tuesday in the death of 2-year-old Kyrian Knox, who was from the same city. The boy was killed, dismembered, and disposed of in a lagoon in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood. His body was found in September 2015, and the Chicago police vowed to find the killer. […]

8y ago

Colin Kaepernick|Donald Trump|supreme court

Is It Time For Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Step Down From The Bench? Criticism Of Donald Trump And Colin Kaepernick Provokes Scrutiny Of Justice’s Judgment

Most Americans have strong opinions on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Likewise, when Colin Kaepernick initially chose to take a knee as the National Anthem was sung at football games, individuals from every type of background weighed in via social media and television. But when Ginsburg stated that a Trump presidency was inconceivable and spewed […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|hillary clinton

Pro-Life Movement Angry With Trump Over Crude Language On Abortion

Pro-Life movement activists are angry over Donald Trump’s crude language on abortion and said that he has set back the movement by decades. Earlier this year, Trump made the statement that if abortions are banned, women who have them should be punished but later retracted his remarks. At the final debate with Hillary Clinton, the […]

8y ago

‘All White People Are Racist,’ Says White Oklahoma Teacher, Stirs Student To Record Lecture And Complain Anonymously [Video]

“All white people are racist” is a statement that James Coursey, a white teacher in a Norman North High School philosophy elective class in Oklahoma, made as he tackled the issue of racism in a classroom lecture. This stirred one of his students to record the remark on a cell phone and complain anonymously. She […]

8y ago

spike lee

Bill Nunn, Versatile Actor Best Known As ‘Radio Raheem’ In Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing,’ Dead At 62

Bill Nunn, a versatile actor, who is probably best known for his role as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing, died Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh. His wife, Donna, said that he had been battling cancer. He was 62. William Goldwyn “Bill Nunn III was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 1953, […]

8y ago

Charlotte Shooting: What Video Footage Of Keith Scott Shooting Does and Does Not Reveal [Videos]

The Charlotte shooting of Keith Scott has sparked protests in the city and shined, once again, a national spotlight on a police shooting of a black man, which ended in his death. On late Saturday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released video footage of the fatal shooting. The day before, Rakeyia Scott, widow of Keith Scott, […]

8y ago