Pregnant Woman Told To ‘Waddle Faster’ To Avoid Receiving Parking Ticket
Pregnant 25-year-old Adel Charles of Croydon, England was humiliated by a traffic officer before he gave her a ticket. She had paid for an hour of parking outside a clinic for her final pre-birth check-up — she’s due on Friday. According to Thisiscroydontoday.co.uk, she walked out of the clinic, saw the officer standing over her car [...]
Obama Takes Heat for the Morning After Pill Decision
President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf. Citing his own two daughters, Obama said: “I think most parents would probably feel the same way.” Plenty of pediatric leaders and [...]
It’s About Time: Bill Introduced To Move Voting Day To The Week-end
A bill called the Weekend Voting Act seeks to move Election Day to the first weekend in November, allowing voters to cast ballots on either Saturday or Sunday. While the bill has its backers in Congress, it has not been introduced in the current Congress, and Soboroff acknowledges it is difficult to [...]
What an Idiot: Man Arrested After Ordering Weed at Burger King Drive-Thru | What The Ha-yell!
What the Ha-yell reports: Well, I guess you can’t have it your way at Burger King all the time. Shawn Porter, 32, was going through the drive-thru at a BK in Deltona, Florida, when he allegedly got the brilliant idea to place an order for a “blunt and some herbs.” Apparently, recreational drug [...]
Mama’s Baby; Daddy’s Maybe: Survey Says Black Mothers Get Little Help, Services & Support While Giving Birth
A groundbreaking survey of African American mothers on their pregnancy and birth experiences reveals that black moms have little support before, during and after birth—a void that may explain why African American babies are disproportionately underweight and suffer high infant mortality. The first-of-its-kind survey of 245 Black women in Oregon was conducted by [...]
‘All My Children’ Alum to Replace Stacey Dash in ‘Single Ladies’
Single Ladies” has found its replacement for Stacey Dash. “All My Children” vet Denise Vasi will join the cast of VH1′s breakout hit series, the network announced this morning. Vasi will play Raquel, a businesswoman from a prominent Southern family. “Denise is the perfect addition to the ‘Single Ladies’ cast,” executive producer Queen [...]
Kyla Pratt’s Boyfriend “I Am Compton” Releases “Superhead” Music Video
Last week, actress Kyla Pratt spoke out for the first time about why she decided to keep the birth of her now 1 year old daughter a secret as well as cleared up rumors that her baby’s father, Danny Kilpatrick, was a stripper. She also promised that he would be releasing a project [...]
T.I. & Tiny: Wendy Williams Grills The Couple About Taking Charges For One Another
Wendy Williams sure knows how to bring up uncomfortable mess doesn’t she? When rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny visited her show recently, the gossipy host asked the couple if there was any chance that she would have taken the drug charges he acquired during their September 2010 arrest that sent him back [...]
‘Jersey Shore’ star Pauly D signs to 50 Cent’s G-Note record label
Pauly D has spun his way to success as the newest member of 50 Cent’s music group. On Thursday, the “Jersey Shore” star officially signed on to the hip-hop mogul’s G-Note record label, reports Billboard. Pauly D’s new deal sounds like a right fit for the rapper’s dance and pop music featured label. [...]
Jackson Kids Considering doing Reality TV Series
The Jackson family can now move on since the Conrad Murray trial is finished. But there’s no rest for the weary. Word is that the Jackson kids could be getting their own reality show. This would be a great opportunity for the youngsters to live in the limelight, the same fame their [...]
Paranoid New York Man Kills Girlfriend’s Son Then Goes On A Rampage On Queens Bus
Your Black News reports: There’s normal-crazy; then, there’s crazy-crazy. Damel Burton killed his girlfriend’s son, 18-year-old Keith Murrell, in their apartment, then opened fire on a Queens bus, killing another man. “The defendant stated that he would have shot more people but the gun jammed,” said prosecutor Suzanne O’Hare said in Queens Criminal Court during [...]
Smithsonian Black History Museum Accepts KKK Robes
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired two Ku Klux Klan robes that will be exhibited in its future home on the National Mall. One of the robes donated Monday comes from the family of the late writer Stetson Kennedy, who died in August some [...]
Ballin’! Magic Johnson Proposes To Buy The Dodgers, Could Make MLB History
Wonder what it feels like to wake up one morning and just decide to BUY a professional baseball team? Magic Johnson would know. He and his group of investors have made an offer to buy the L.A. Dodgers. And they’re not offering up chump change. Get the deets on the BILLIONS the [...]
Wow! Kris Humphries Wants His Kim K Prenup Voided?
We’re not saying he’s a gold-digger, but… *As previously reported, Kris Humphries this week met soon-to-be-ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s divorce petition with a request for legal separation and an annulment instead — and as of today he reportedly wants their prenup to disappear as well, according to TMZ. Humphries asked for an annulment [...]
SMH: Oakland Raiders LB Arrested On Gun And Assault Charges
DECATUR, Ala.– Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor assault, firearms and other charges after police said he fired a gun during a fight in his Alabama hometown. McClain, 22, held a gun beside a man’s head during an altercation and the man begged him not to shoot, according [...]