President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former NBA basketball player Michael Jordan, left, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 22 in Washington. Obama is recognizing 21 Americans, including Diana Ross, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Cicely Tyson with the nation’s highest civilian award. (AP Photo/Andrew […]
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Psychologists Diagnose 9/11-Type Trauma with Trump Victory
Orlando Triplett said the symptoms appeared gradually over the course of the Presidential campaign. Sleeplessness, irritability, and occasional anxiety that made him want to stay indoors. As a college sophomore at Howard University, Triplett had experienced similar physical symptoms around final exams, but always bounced back once testing ended. With the Donald Trump’s victory and […]
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Reports: Kanye West Hospitalized in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after abruptly canceling the last 21 dates of his national tour. E! News, which is part of the E! network that airs the Kardashian family reality show and its spinoffs, reported that West was hospitalized Monday afternoon after his personal doctor called 911. […]
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School Bus Driver Arrested as Chattanooga Mourns 5 Children
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A school bus driver was behind bars Tuesday after a crash killed five youngsters and plunged Chattanooga into mourning over what the mayor called the “most unnatural thing in the world” — a parent losing a child. In this undated photo released by the Chattanooga Police Department, Johnthony Walker, 24, poses […]
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Can Blacks and Police Find Inner Peace?
The longstanding problem of racial tension between law enforcement and African-Americans has been underscored in recent months by the highly publicized killings of Blacks at the hands of the police. These killings, under questionable circumstances, have precipitated upheavals in urban neighborhoods and have given rise to organizations such as Black Lives Matter, whose members are working for […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
Hello everyone, and happy Thanksgiving to you from my house to yours. I hope and pray that your Thanksgiving weekend gives you a lot to be thankful for. Always remember no matter how rough things seem, just look around and you will see someone much worse off than you. For those of us who have […]
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The President Kennedy Assassination
At the Height of his Powers Nov. 30, 1963 On Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m. CST President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. While at the time of this edition, uncertainty continued to surround whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin, the rapid fire of events immediately following the Kennedy assassination is nevertheless evident […]
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Tanzanian Rats Will Train to Sniff out Trafficked Pangolins
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The pangolin, a scaly anteater coveted by poachers, might have a new champion: rats that will be trained to sniff out trafficked pangolin parts in shipments heading from Africa to Asia. A pilot project to turn African giant pouched rats into conservationist sleuths is literally in its infancy — the 10 to […]
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Chicago ‘Hamilton’ Audience Member Charged after Shouting “We Won” from Balcony
CHICAGO (AP) — A man was arrested during a performance of “Hamilton” in Chicago after audience members say he shouted “We won!” and other election-related comments from the balcony. People line-up to see the Broadway play “Hamilton,” Saturday Nov. 19, 2016, in New York. President-elect Donald Trump demanded an apology from the cast of the […]
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Dave Chappelle to Unleash 3 Netflix Comedy Specials in 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle is headed back to TV with his first concert specials in a dozen years — a trio of specials to be released on Netflix simultaneously in 2017. FILE – In this July 18, 2015 file photo, comedian Dave Chappelle speaks at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Art for […]
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Jury Orders The Game to Pay Sex Battery Accuser $7.1M
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has ordered rapper The Game to pay $7.1 million in a sexual battery lawsuit brought by a former cast member of his reality dating show. FILE – In this Aug. 20, 2016, file photo, The Game reacts during a preseason NFL football game, between the Los Angeles Rams and […]
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Dennis Rodman Charged with Hit-and-Run for Cal. Freeway Crash
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been charged with hit-and-run for a wrong-way-related crash on a Southern California freeway. Orange County prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges against Rodman on Monday for a July 20 accident on Interstate 5 in Santa Ana. FILE – In this Oct. 25, 2013, file photo, former […]