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NEW YORK (AP) — A black firefighters’ group that had sued New York City, alleging discrimination, said Tuesday that minority fire department applicants will be eligible to receive back pay totaling $98 million…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a roll of his eyes and a comment that he was good at using guns and knives, Chris Brown may have cost himself weeks of freedom and his chance to get back to making music anytime soon…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery against a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport in a special plea in which he maintains his innocence…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a weekend in jail, Chris Brown is facing a court hearing over his dismissal from rehab and whether he should be given additional penalties, which could include more time behind bars…
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest novel by the acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ‘Americanah,’ has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Get ready for a lot of new De La Soul music…
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican juror has been charged with attempted bribery in a high-profile murder trial of top dancehall reggae star Vybz Kartel, police on the Caribbean island said Sunday…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Street racers couldn’t catch a time-traveling dog and his son at the multiplex this weekend…
OPINION – As President Obama has learned these past few weeks, he can no longer afford to blur those lines and, reverting back to Ronald Reagan, needs to clearly articulate the good we stand for and the evil we are prepared to oppose…
AUSTIN, Texas, (AP) — Rapper Tyler, The Creator, was arrested Saturday for allegedly inciting a riot during a show at the South By Southwest music festival…
NBC NEWS – Singer Chris Brown was arrested Friday afternoon for a probation violation in connection to his 2009 conviction for assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna, Los Angeles County Sheriff Capt. Mike Parker told NBC News…
E! ONLINE – The former Secretary of State and US General posted a photo of himself from 60 years ago on his Facebook page, and it’s incredible…
NBC NEWS – Legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix put his stamp on music, and now Americans can put Hendrix’s stamp on letters…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Christine Pelisek was taken aback when a producer contacted her about making a TV movie about a relentless serial killer dubbed the Grim Sleeper and her pursuit of the story…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are warning that any steps President Barack Obama takes to bypass Congress to ease deportations of immigrants illegally in the United States would severely hurt chances of overhauling the nation’s immigration laws…
OPINION – We are witnessing in real time the influence Black Twitter has on careers, the success of television shows, and educating the masses. But the question remains can this digital authority sway elections?…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Drake won top honors at MTV’s annual South By Southwest-based awards show Thursday night…
theGRIO REPORT – To many in the 83 percent black city, which declared bankruptcy last year and is currently under emergency management, revitalization has carried mixed messages…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators ended a long-running election-season standoff and struck a compromise that would extend jobless benefits for 2 million Americans who have been out of work the longest…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is praising military children who often have to balance homework and caring for siblings with frequent changes of address…