Category: National News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Despite the bitter cold weather, mourners waited outside the Riverside Church in Manhattan, along the funeral route and at the Apollo Theater to pay their last respects to Percy Sutton on Jan. 6. Sutton, 89, died on Dec. 26. Old friends, the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, both spoke at the funeral, with the […]