Brazilian law enforcement authorities charged Ryan Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen on Thursday with reporting a false crime. The Olympians initially reported that they were robbed at gunpoint Sunday morning after a night of partying. Authorities could not verify the swimmers’ timeline of events and later discovered the men vandalized a local gas station. Prosecutors must decide whether they will […]
The Red Cross is calling the flooding, the worst U.S. disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, with damage costing at least $30 million.
Gov. Bel and President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency, freeing up funds for flood related assistance.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama made history by issuing the largest number of commutations this nation has ever seen in one single day. In a move that has critics on multiple sides of the issue crying foul, Mr. Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates who were incarcerated for low-level drug offenses. President Obama’s commutation […]
In recent years, tensions between the African-American community and the nation’s law enforcement agencies seem to have reached an all-time high. The deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and a whole host of others have brought this issue to the forefront of our consciousness, as video of the circumstances surrounding their deaths […]
Donald Trump has said on numerous occasions he is going to do well with African-American voters in the general election. On Wednesday’s edition of NewsOne Now, Corrogan Vaughn, a Maryland GOP delegate, and James Evans, a Republican delegate from Utah, spoke with Roland Martin about why they have decided to throw their support behind Trump. Vaughn explained he is […]
President Barack Obama is receiving a lot of heat following The President and the People town hall that broadcast across all of the Disney networks on Thursday night. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner – the man killed by an illegal chokehold in 2014 – expressed her disappointment with the town hall on race via social media. In one […]
According to the site, Garner yelled, "I was railroaded! I was railroaded by ABC on the two-year anniversary of my father's death! That's what I have to do? A black person has to yell to be heard?" after she was refused backstage.
Obama addressed the group, saying, "Not only are there very real problems, but there are still deep divisions about how to solve these problems."
In the wake of the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile police shootings, and the deadly sniper attack that killed five Dallas police officers, the nation has been experiencing a great level of angst, outrage, and sorrow. In Tuesday’s special two-hour edition of TV One’s NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and a select panel of guests discussed the dichotomy […]
"Hillary Clinton will make a great president and I am proud to stand with her today," Sanders said.
She hid in her bathroom until the robber left, but not before plugging in her iron, preparing to mark the robber for the police if he approached her again.
