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Sen. Harry Reid Suffers Broken Ribs, Facial Bones

Source: Shushannah Walshe / ABC News Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was injured Thursday in an accident while exercising at his home in Henderson, Nevada. According to a statement today from the Nevada Senator’s office, Reid was hurt after a piece of equipment he was using broke, which caused him to fall. He broke a “number of […]

Mario Cuomo, Former New York Governor, Dies At 82

Source: Mollie Reilly & Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has died at the age of 82, NY1 and the New York Daily News report. Cuomo died just six hours after his son Andrew was formally sworn in to a second term as governor of the Empire State. Cuomo’s swearing-in was initially […]

The “F” Word: Destroyer Of Productivity

By Jacquie Hood Martin, PhD Contributor (1.1.2015) Productivity simply comes down to what you can manage versus what is managing you. It’s a ‘feeling’. Given the opportunity most people will rise to the occasion of their challenge when they possess an internal skill to over the ‘F’ word that is starving their lives from meaning […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Countdown To The NAACP Image Awards Pt. 2

[powerpres] In this edition of the “NewsOne Now” Audio Podcast we continue our countdown to the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards. Roland Martin host of “NewsOne Now” breaks down all this years Image Award nominees and talks with LisaRaye, Wendy Davis and Vanessa Williams about acting roles for Black actresses in Hollywood. Ayuko Babu, Executive Director of […]

Pastor Jamal Bryant Gives An Inspirational Word To Guide Us Into 2015

April Ryan talks to Pastor Jamal Bryant on the last day of 2014. Pastor Bryant gives an inspirational word to guide us into 2015 after a year of deaths, pain and hurt. “Our address changed in 2014. This will be marked as a year when a generation woke up. Our job now has to be more […]

Protests Prompt Increased Security Ahead of New Year’s Eve Parties

Source: Meghan Keneally / ABC News Protests against police brutality are planned across the country on New Year’s eve with police in Los Angeles, St. Louis and New York preparing for demonstrations. Activist groups in New York City are planning to march at 9 p.m. ET from Union Square up to the city’s formal New Year’s […]

CDC: Flu Has Reached Epidemic Levels, 15 Child Deaths So Far

Source: Jessica Durando / USA Today Fifteen child deaths from the flu have been reported so far this year from nine states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Four were reported during the week of Dec.15, according to spokesman Jason McDonald. The states include Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Florida (2), Minnesota (2), North Carolina (2), […]

TVNewser: So What Do You Do, Roland Martin, Host of TV One’s ‘NewsOne Now’?

Source: Janelle Harris  / TVNewser Roland Martin doesn’t care if you like him, and the longer he’s a political analyst and social commentator with a national platform and a vested interest in black America, he cares a little bit less than he already never did. He’s clear on this one thing, which has propelled a respectable […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Countdown To The NAACP Image Awards Pt. 1

[powerpres] In this special edition of the “NewsOne Now” Audio Podcast, we begin our countdown to the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards. Roland Martin talks with Laz Alonso, last year’s Image Award winner for outstanding actor in a motion picture about the importance of supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Laz Alonso, Noree Victoria and […]

Police Seek Baby And Father After Mother Found Dead in Houston

Source: NBC News Police in Houston issued an Amber Alert for a a 14-month old boy early Tuesday after his mother was found dead. The boy, Tyemetheus Pack, is believed with his biological father, Tumetheus Levastavian Pack, who is ‘a person of interest” to Houston cops, according to a statement from police. The father — […]