Ladies, we’ve been told that it’s wise not to “$hit where we eat;” in other words, don’t mix your personal business with the business that signs your paycheck.
Well, two sistas from Georgia who teach at …

The Rev. Al Sharpton’s ex-wife and daughter were arrested last night after berating a pair of Harlem cops who pulled them over for running a red light in the wrong lane to get around their …

A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn’t wear her headscarf in the workplace.
Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano, Texas, said Friday that she …

PISAGH, Md. (AP) – The NAACP chapter in Charles County is asking for an independent investigation into a fatal police shooting.
On Friday, chapter president William Braxton called the shooting of 44-year-old Cornelius Warren unwarranted. The …

A woman and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of the woman’s 3-year-old daughter, who was found in a trash bag.
Miriam Gallegos and Angel Ray …

WASHINGTON – Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle or top aides at the …

Last night on “Countdown,” host Lawrence O’Donnell put Liz Cheney in her place for criticizing President Obama‘s visit to Dover Air Force Base to honor the returning war dead.
Here’s the back-story. Ms. Cheney was …

ATLANTA — Police say a charter bus carrying 42 members of the Morehouse College marching band tipped over after it skidded off Interstate 75, injuring several students on their way to a football game.
Henry …

CLEVELAND — Police in Cleveland have arrested a convicted rapist after they found as many as six bodies at his house.
Police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho says 50-year-old Anthony Sowell was arrested about noon Saturday in …

Four-year-old Jayden Lenescar was whipped bloody in a bathtub and left in agony for two days before his death – all because he touched himself.
That’s the sick excuse his mother and a friend gave for …

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson‘s collaborators on “Thriller” say they are due more than $2.3 million from the singer’s estate.
George Folsey Jr., the producer of the iconic 14-minute “Thriller” video, filed a claim Thursday for …

NEW YORK — A Florida man wants rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman to show him respect — for using his voice in an album track called just that.
Thomas Marasciullo filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Friday …

(CBS) Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz, has been living with a secret for the last three years. She has been on a long journey trying to beat the medical odds and get …

Rex, Ga. — Two Georgia middle school teachers face charges after fighting in front of students over a love letter posted on Facebook, police said.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the two Clayton County teachers — …

A Maryland mayor has bowed to pressure from the local NAACP and taken down a Halloween display that some complained evoked images of lynchings.
The controversial Halloween display in Frederick, Md., featured three faceless dummies hanging …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A Tennessee man convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder charges in the fatal carjacking of a couple on a date has been sentenced to death.
The defendant, 28-year-old Lemaricus Davidson, showed no …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia Rep. John Lewis and the man who attacked him during a civil rights protest in 1961 have received the Common Ground award.
Lewis and Elwin Wilson will received the award Thursday at …

ATLANTA — The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced her election as president Friday …

(CNN) — Authorities said Friday that an Iraqi man, accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become “too Westernized,” has been taken into custody in Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. Marshals arrested Faleh Hassan …

Jay Leno is struggling in prime time. David Letterman has been scandal-scarred. And under Conan O’Brien, “The Tonight Show” has seen its longtime ratings lead crumble.
Cue the new contenders: Comedians George Lopez, Mo’Nique and …