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News From Around the Web: April 25 Edition
In today’s top news, Nicki Minaj returns to Twitter, Mitt Romney kicks off his general election campaign against President Obama after sweeping four primaries and Michelle Obama says the upcoming...
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News From Around the Web: May 7 Edition
In today’s top news, the last of 11 students charged in FAMU hazing case turns herself in to authorities, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls violence in Detroit “unacceptable” and Black women see...
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News From Around the Web: Oct. 1 Edition
In today’s top news, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, D.C. sniper Lee Malvo says he felt like “worst piece of scum on the planet” and George Zimmerman’s lawyer speaks out about his...
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News From Around the Web: July 24 Edition
(Photo: Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images) In Wednesday’s top news, House Republicans are determined to derail many of the programs of the Obama administration; the Republican candidate for...
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News From Around the Web: July 26 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik) In today’s news, Juror B29 in the Zimmerman trial said that the shooter of Trayvon Martin “got away with murder;” Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice...
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News From Around the Web: Dec. 16 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/SABC) In today’s news, Nelson Mandela is laid to rest in his home village in South Africa; the murder rate in Chicago is on track to be the lowest in almost 50 years; and the victim...
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News From Around the Web: Dec. 20 Edition
(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) In today’s news, President Obama commutes the sentences of eight cocaine offenders; Target said about 40 million credit cards may have been compromised in its stores;...
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News From Around the Web: Jan. 17 Edition
(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) n today’s news, Lawmakers in Washington are moving to restore the Voting Rights Act; “12 years a Slave” wins best picture at Critics Choice Awards; and the number of...
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News From Around the Web: Feb. 5 Edition
(Photo: Monica Morgan/WireImage) In today’s news, Bernice King says she is angered by her brothers’ desire to sell items that belonged to their father, Martin Luther King Jr.; CVS said it will stop...
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News From Around the Web: March 21 Edition
(Photo: Andy Wong/AP Photo, Pool) In today’s news, Michelle Obama goes to China and offers soft diplomacy; rough weather hampers the search for possible pieces of the Malaysian Airlines jet; and female...
View ArticleHealth: A Quarter of Teen Girls Have Gotten Controversial Vaccine; S. Africa...
A quarter of teen girls have gotten cervical cancer vaccine. About a quarter of the nation’s teenage girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year...
View ArticleHealth: High Blood Pressure is on the Rise; Robin Roberts Had an “All-Time...
High blood pressure is on the rise. Increasingly, more Americans are being diagnosed and treated for high blood pressure, recent studies by the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have shown....
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Health: Sugary Foods Increase Obesity Risk; Gap is Growing Between Black and...
Sugary foods increase obesity risk . People who eat too many sweet foods increase their obesity risk, a new study found. Eating too much fructose – a sugar found in foods ranging from cookies to...
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Health: Today is the 33rd Annual Great American Smokeout; Exercise Can Cut a...
For many people, today could be the day the quit. Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers are encouraged to not smoke for at least one day in the...
View ArticleHealth: Your Tax Dollars May be Paying For Unauthorized Drugs; Teen HIV Rate...
Your tax dollars may be paying for unauthorized drugs. Tax dollars paid for $200 million in drugs that were never reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness, an Associated Press...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Diagnosis Late for Black Women
Breast cancer screening is occurring far too late for most African American women, according to a new study in the Journal of American College of Surgeons. In fact, the study shows, one in 10 women...
View ArticleMany Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment
About 20 percent of Black women with late-stage breast cancer refuse chemotherapy, and about 25 percent refuse radiation therapy, according to a new report. Experts say that if they are to address the...
View ArticleMany Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment
Many Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment About 20 percent of Black women with late-stage breast cancer refuse chemotherapy, and about 25 percent refuse radiation therapy, according to a new...
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News From Around the Web: March 16 Edition
In today’s top news, a new study stresses the importance of mobilizing Black voters, more Black families are turning to home schooling and Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls for U.S. troops to leave...
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News from Around the Web: March 29 Edition
In today’s top news, Trayvon Martin’s shooter appears uninjured in a surveillance video despite claims of self-defense, Spike Lee wrongly links elderly couple to George Zimmerman and a white alumni of...
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