Smith for News Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of shooting victim Sean Bell, has become increasingly politically active. The fiancee of police shooting victim Sean Bell is considering running for the Queens City Council seat left vacant when Councilman Thomas...(read...
Maryland State Senator Ulysses Currie Aging black politicians getting State Sen. Ulysses Currie, chairman of a legislative committee that steers $32 billion in state spending, is accused of illegally using his influence to benefit a grocery store chain,...(read more)
A lawsuit alleges Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn't cooperating with a probe into alleged discrimination against Hispanics. Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to...(read more)
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "Why then should...
A quick-thinking 4-year-old has been credited with saving his great-grandmother life. Last Thursday morning, Janie Mae Leshore, 67, was babysitting Devonte Dawson at her home, 2906 Third Ave. S., when she suffered a seizure. "My mouth started to be still...(
Whether because of the radio success of single Bittersweet or media coverage of her recent personal issues, nearly 117,000 people bought copies of Fantasia's new Back to Me album -- enough for her to enter The Billboard 200 chart at...
The arrest of two black men at a Warehouse District bar is rekindling accusations of racism in one of the city's hottest night spots. It comes less than six weeks after Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced that the city had...
On a cool August afternoon, George Wilson took the time to walk the talk. This wasn't about his exulted status as an NFL player, his role as a captain for the Buffalo Bills , or an appearance in a Mary...
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Sheila Crump Johnson (born 1949) is the team president, managing partner, and governor of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, a position she gained before...
Christine Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known by her stage name Christina Milian , is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actress,...
