California
Former record label exec and music mogul Suge Knight and comic Katt Williams have both filed pleas of not guilty after being accused of robbing a photographer last year.
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an alarming report that showed that, although Black women had fewer new cases of breast cancer than their White sisters since the last study in 1999, the death rates were higher.
Alabama
Starting last Saturday, the city of Birmingham launched a campaign called 100 Days of Nonviolence, hoping to promote safety and positive expression for area youth.
California
A 12-year-old Lodi boy was shot and killed inside his home last Saturday, struck by a stray bullet. Gunshots rang out on the 1700 block of South Hutchins Street, and parents quickly tried to gather their children to get inside.
Big time athletes and major entertainers tend to fill out the top spots on any list of African American millionaires. But there are also those who have used their minds to enter the realm of financial security known as the Millionaires Club.
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Arizona
The family of Rumain Brisbon, an African American man, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Department and Mark Rine, a Phoenix police officer, as well as
According to reports, there has been a harmful strain of a marijuana mixture being used in the state. According to the Birmingham Times, 462 people have gone to hospitals and reported certain symptoms from smoking what is called “Spice,” or synthetic cannabinoids. Two people have died and 96 have been hospitalized. Symptoms include rapid heart rate, nausea, vomiting, agitation, confusion, lethargy, hallucinations, and kidney and respiratory problems. According to the state’s department of health, people hospitalized range in age from 13 to 60, but most are males in their 20s and 30s. Dr. Mary G. McIntyre of the Alabama Health Office for Disease Control says that people believe synthetic marijuana products are safe, but since they are mixed with chemicals, they can often cause serious health problems. In addition to spice, the product is being marketed under names such as K2, Sence, Genie, Yucatan Fire, Smoke, Sexy Monkey, Black Mamba and Skunk.
Alabama
An area in the state called the “Black Belt,” so named because of its rich black soil as well as the fact that it is heavily populated by Black Americans, has received a $49 million grant to raise the high school graduation rate in the counties that it encompasses. The seven-year undertaking will target mostly rural counties across central Alabama that tend to have higher rates of poverty and unemployment than the rest of the state.
California
A Black-owned San-Diego-based technology company is working on raising funds to build a swim safety prototype. George A. Finley, president of Better Life Technologies Group, was distressed over the drowning last year of Albert Jones, a 7-year-old boy.
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