Category: National News

As many Haitians live in peril amid indescribable destruction and death, their American relatives are vexed by the media’s depiction of their native country as an uninhabitable, poverty-stricken no man’s land. While Haiti’s history of widespread human suffering is irrefutable—something most Haitians recognize—some believe the Caribbean nation has been particularly demonized by international media following […]

The Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal organization which oversees the government’s public service efforts, has put out its annual call to citizens nationwide to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by volunteering and taking part in community events planned for January 18. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday a “day of […]

A President Obama look-a-like will star in a new German musical which was scheduled to open January 15, according to the Associated Press. The production, titled “Hope: The Obama Musical Story,” is a bilingual musical performed in English and German that highlights Obama’s journey to the White House through various dance and song numbers. The […]

 Several major bank executives finally admitted to missteps during the 2008 financial crisis during a January 13 hearing on Capitol Hill. “People are angry. They have a right to be,” Chairman Phil Angelides of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, or FCIC, told ABC News. “The fact is that Wall Street is enjoying record profits and […]

Several major bank executives finally admitted to missteps during the 2008 financial crisis during a January 13 hearing on Capitol Hill “People are angry. They have a right to be,” Chairman Phil Angelides of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, or FCIC, told ABC News. “The fact is that Wall Street is enjoying record profits and […]

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has been charged with felony gun possession, the Washington Post reported on Jan 14. The 28-year-old native of Los Angeles, Calif. was counted for carrying a pistol without a liscence outside of his home or business, a charge that carries a maximum 5-year prison sentence. The U.S Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia […]

Former NBA star Jayson Williams pleaded guilty on Jan. 11 for accidentally shooting his limousine driver to death in 2002. The Associated Press, Williams was waiting for a retrial on a reckless manslaughter charge but decided to plead guilty to the lesser aggravated assault charge for the death of Costas Christofi. Williams will now serve […]

According to a New York Times report, more than 1,000 African workers in Calabria, a southern Italian region, were shipped away to detention centers for immigrants after a series of riots. The uproar began last week in Rosarno, Italy, after an immigrant from Togo was slightly injured during a pellet gun attack in a neighboring […]

Legendary R&B singer and songwriter, Teddy Pendergrass died Jan. 13, at the Bryn Mawr Hospital in Philadelphia reports the Associated Press. He was 59. His son, Teddy Pendergrass II told the Philadelphia Inquirer  that his father underwent colon surgery eight months ago and was going through a “difficult recovery”, but that his father would “live […]

After months of relative silence, the issue of violence in Darfur, Sudan, rose to the fore Jan. 9 when thousands of individuals in 15 countries across the world gathered for Sudan365: A Beat for Peace, a series of coordinated ceremonies aimed at urging governments of the world to halt violence in the region.? “Urgency is […]

Haitians in the United States—along with the rest of the world—are looking on with horror at the aftermath of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that has left mountains of rubble and hundreds of thousands dead in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  The quake, the largest to hit Haiti in 200 years, struck some 10 miles south of […]

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just 10 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at about 5 p.m., Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Observers reported dead bodies in the streets and severe damage in the city of more than 2 million persons who live in tightly packed houses perched on steep hillsides. While there isn’t […]