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June 9, 2009 The family of Dr. George Tiller announced today that effective immediately, Women's Health Care Services, Inc., will be permanently closed. Notice is being given today to all concerned t

AP - The most prominent American museum bearing witness to violence against Jews was the scene of bloodshed, its doors breached by an assailant who opened fire with a rifle, killing a guard in an atta

Bossip just caught word that Ush & Tameka’s marriage might be crumbling as we speak. The “project manager” chick, Grace Miguel, that Usher was seen with last week, is married and wants no parts of the

Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard who was shot at the Holocaust Memorial Museum this morning has died of his injuries in hospital. He was 39 years old. It is believed he was shot by Ja

(BlackNews.com) - Toward the end of his life, tennis legend and activist Arthur Ashe sat down and wrote a letter to his young daughter to be read and re-read for inspiration and comforted as she got

June 7 Prince Prince was born on this date in 1958. He is an African-American singer, producer, musician, and global multi-media entertainer. Prince Rogers Nelson is from Minneapolis, MN, a gradu

WASHINGTON — After months of insisting he would leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an intense

Arrest warrant issued for Daniel James Murray, man 'on a mission to kill' President Obama The gun-loving former New Yorker being sought Friday for threatening to kill President Obama was known in his

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – Brazilian military planes found a 3-mile (5-kilometer) path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean, confirming that an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the sea, D

AP - The White House says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges she made a poor word choice in a 2001 speech in which she said that a Latina judge would often reach a better conclusion th

Lesbians living in South Africa are being raped by men who believe it will 'cure' them of their sexual orientation, a report has revealed. Women are reporting a rising tide of brutal homophobic atta

May 28 On this date in 1830, U. S. legislation leading to the “Trail of Tears” was enacted. President Andrew Jackson signed a bill that forced the Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Semino

May 28 This date marks the birth of Betty Shabazz in 1936. She was an administrator and the wife of Malcolm X. Betty Sanders spent her childhood in a protective environment in Detroit where she was

SchoolMatters NewsletterWednesday, May 13, 2009 8:03 AM During the next several weeks, high school students across the country will participate in one of life’s most important rites of passage – high

Mom always said not to sit too close to the TV so your eyes would be "ruined," but it turns out she was worried about the wrong thing altogether. New flat-screen televisions, which balance precariousl