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The countdown has been long -- two years to be exact -- but Beyonce's parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles, have finally ended their 31-year marriage, TMZ reports. News of the split first surfaced in 20

The VH1 Divas Concert, held Sunday night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, was nothing short of a superb display of talent and style. The show gathered the most dazzling divas around -- M

John 7:37 to 39 - On the last day, that great of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any one is thirsty, let him come to me, and drink. He that believes in me, as the Scripture has

Sunday, December 18, 2011 Kim, 69, died Saturday, state TV said. The son of Kim Il Song, the founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart

Maria and Teresa Tapia were separated on Nov. 7 in a 20-hour surgery. Keep clicking to see pictures of these remarkable and sometimes tragic two-as-one individuals... Read more: http://www.cbsnews

There's really no other way to put this: During a Pilates stretching exercise, a 59-year-old woman said her body "swallowed" one of her breast implants. Sounds like something we just made up, but the

Memphis, TN (December 8, 2011) -- The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) for the second straight year has a very successful Holy Convocation in St. Louis. The 104th Holy Convocation of the Church of God

Washington, DC (December 12, 2011) -- Dr. Gail C. Christopher, vice president for program strategy for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, today was awarded the 2011 "Change Agent Award" by the Schott Found

Atlanta, GA (December 11, 2011) -- Beginning in early 2012, Dr. R. Kay Green will begin a "Bridging the Distance-Learning Gap" tour targeting HBCUs and public two-year colleges. Following her mission,

FREEHOLD — Arthur E. Morgan III attached a car jack to the car seat of his 2-year-old daughter to weigh it down, thus ensuring the little girl would not survive when he tossed her into a stream, a pro

(CBS) DETROIT - The cousin of missing Detroit girl Bianca Jones says he saw the 2-year-old's father the morning she was allegedly taken by a carjacker. "(Bianca) was good. She was normal," Treveon La

(CNN) -- Standing just over 2 feet tall, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, was confirmed Friday as the world's shortest living woman. Guinness World Records, known as the global authority on record-brea

The other day, when I was bringing my son to preschool, a classmate greeted him at the door by shouting, "You're African! You're from Africa!" My son and I were knocked back for a moment, but he quick

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is slashing sales and profit forecasts, and it says its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones have been delayed until the end of 2012. That's an eon in the fast-moving cons

...For the last few years, I have been hearing from every source imaginable that the vast majority of black women will never marry. This never made sense to me because so many black women I know are m

Are you down on yourself today because of past mistakes you’ve made or because you’re not where you want to be in life? God knows every poor choice, every difficulty, every wrong turn you may have mad

The decline, though slight, offers hope that the tide may be turning on one of the nation's most stubborn health issues. The number of obese New York City schoolchildren fell by 5.5 percent over five

While the incomes of so many Americans remain the same size or get smaller, corporate chiefs can't say they're suffering in quite the same way. American CEOs saw pay increases of between 27 and 40 pe

Born 16 weeks early and weighing barely half a pound at birth, one of the smallest surviving babies ever born anywhere in the world is growing and thriving at a Los Angeles County Hospital. Melinda S

(CNN) -- A few years ago, when I would tell people that my husband was deployed to Afghanistan, they would often respond with, "Well, at least he's not in Iraq," a comment I always found ignorant and

(BlackDoctor.org) -- For African American adults, perceived racism may cause mental health symptoms similar to trauma and could lead to some physical health disparities between blacks and other popula

(BlackDoctor.org) – It is estimated that sickle cell disease occurs among about 1 out of every 500 African-American births. Children with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, who also hav

I was born a girl but in a boy's body, as media headlines tend to scream when telling stories like mine. Being trans, I've grown up with the understanding that most women are born girls, yet some are

The body of Karen Swift was found just two miles from her Tennessee home, nearly six weeks after the 44-year-old mother was reported missing. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Char

Different costs for the same procedure in 2009. Staying healthy in the United States is expensive. In fact, in 2009, the average annual cost of health care was $7,960 per person -- two and a half time