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One of our goals is to provide our NewsOne readers with positive, uplifting, and heartwarming Black news. There were a number of stories this year about individuals that beat the odds, showed acts of kindness, or even just encouraged others to do better. Take a look at some of the best “Good News” moments of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers. SEE ALSO: Take That! Walmart Shopper Punches Greeter For Checking Her Receipt The closings are the latest and most visible in a long […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A soldier who survived a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan continues to fight for his life after he was critically wounded at his Southern California homecoming party. SEE ALSO: Detroit Cops Link Double Trunk Murders To Website Babysitter Arrested For Little Girl’s Death Police on Monday arrested Ruben Ray Jurado after […]
Vinson Hardimon, 28, an Atlanta rapper known professionally as Young Vito, turned himself in to police just days after he was fingered as the prime suspect in the December 16 murder of another Atlanta MC, Slim Dunkin. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: SEE ALSO: Take That! Walmart Shopper Punches Greeter For Checking Her Receipt Atlanta police […]
Certain words mean different things to different people. Depending on where you are from calling someone “boy” can get you in a ton of trouble. That’s what happened to a supervisor at Tyson Chicken. The New York Times reports: Last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that there were […]
NEW YORK — More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2 whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation and apply for benefits from a government compensation fund. SEE ALSO: Nigeria In Chaos […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation’s second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse. SEE ALSO: Sensenbrenner Slurs First Lady Instead of Addressing Issues The new pills contain the highly addictive painkiller hydrocodone, packing […]
The recent arrest of a young father who uploaded a picture of his daughter bound with duct tape sheds light on the issue of child abuse. Whether the parents claim it was a joke or not, the criminal justice system does not take acts like these lightly — in most cases the parents are arrested […]
Black Santas are becoming a regular thing lately, even in non-Black neighborhoods. SEE ALSO: Nigeria In Chaos After Church Bombings
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama blended his roles as a father and commander-in-chief this Christmas, exchanging presents and singing carols with his family, then greeting U.S. service members stationed at a Marine base in Hawaii. SEE ALSO: Nigeria In Chaos After Church Bombings The president and his family woke up early Sunday to open […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — An Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he’s paralyzed and in critical condition. SEE ALSO: Brain-Eating Amoeba Deaths Increasing Christopher Sullivan, 22, was shot late Friday while trying to break up a fight […]
HONOLULU — US Santa trackers got some help Saturday from none other than First Lady Michelle Obama, who surprised children by answering calls about Saint Nick’s Christmas Eve round-the-world sleigh ride. SEE ALSO: After Rhodes Lie Exposure, Yale Coach Quits Obama, vacationing in Hawaii with President Barack Obama and their two daughters, was participating for […]