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ABC’s Robin Roberts Announces She Has M.D.S., Needs Bone Marrow Transplant (VIDEO)

Source: Alex Alvarez / Mediaite

On Monday morning’s Good Morning America, anchor Robin Roberts shared that she will be undergoing a bone marrow transplant due to M.D.S., a rare blood disorder.
Roberts had alerted her viewers to her announcement earlier in the morning, telling her Twitter followers that she wanted to share “something important” that she’d been [...]

Pastor Creflo Dollar: She Was Not Punched, Choked (VIDEO)

Source: CNN Georgia megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar, who was arrested last week after his teenage daughter told deputies he had choked her, denied the allegations Sunday from the pulpit. “The truth is, she was not choked. She was not punched,” Dollar said. Deputies in Fayette County responded to a call about a domestic disturbance about [...]

Auburn University Shooting: Manhunt On For Suspect In Killing Of Three (VIDEO)

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Sydney Lupkin / ABC News A manhunt is under way for an Alabama man who allegedly shot and killed three Auburn University students and wounded three others when he pulled a gun to settle a dispute over a woman at an off-campus party, police said. Auburn Police Chief Tommy [...]

LISTEN: New Study Claims Black Girls Do Not Benefit As Much From Exercise As Their White Counterparts Do

Roland Martin talks with Jeanette Jenkins about a new study stating that African-American girls do not benefit as much from exercise as their white counterparts do. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. 

President Obama Pushes Congress To Help States Hire Teachers (VIDEO)

Source: CBS News In his weekly address, President Obama urged Congress to pass aid for states to hire more public sector workers, including teachers. “When states struggle, it’s up to Congress to step in and help out,” the president said, referring to layoffs in some states of public sector workers because of tight state budgets. [...]

Creflo Dollar Arrested In Alleged Choking Attack On Daughter

Source: Jim Gold / MSNBC FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Creflo Dollar, founder and pastor of World Changers Church International, was arrested early Friday on charges involving the choking of his 15-year-old daughter. Dollar was taken into custody at his Fayetteville home and charged with simple battery and cruelty to children, NBC station WXIA of Atlanta reported. According to the [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Teachers, Cops Are Also Americans, Mitt

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When Mitt Romney sits across from the Fraternal Order of Police to seek their presidential endorsement, I can’t wait to hear his reaction to these men and women carrying guns and tasers when they ask him to explain why he doesn’t think the nation needs more of them on [...]

WATCH: President Obama’s Press Conference On The Economy (VIDEO)

President Obama calls on Congress to pass the bipartisan, paid-for ideas that he proposed last year to put construction workers back to work upgrading our roads and bridges, teachers back in the classroom educating our kids and police and firefighters back on the job keeping our communities safe, and addresses the state of the economy, including the situation in Europe, which continues to pose headwinds to our recovery here at home.

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On The Economy

President Obama Speaks to the Press at The White House

NBA PLAYOFFS: Can The Heat Bounce Back? (VIDEO)

PBT Extra: Kurt Helin and Zach Lowe of Sports Illustrated discuss whether the Heat can win the Eastern Conference finals after blowing a 2-0 series lead to the Celtics.