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Truck Flips on Dan Ryan, 1 Person in Critical Condition, 2 Hurt
A tanker truck flipped over and landed on another vehicle around 1 p.m. Friday on the Dan Ryan Expressway, near 47th Street. Three people were…
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NATIONAL NEWS
A new survey from The School Superintendents Association and the Children’s Defense Fund takes a look at how school district leaders feel about school discipline…
“What is feminism to you and are you a feminist?” It was a question posed by some of the women in my sister…
WORLD NEWS
The Ebola outbreak has been in the news everyday and the news doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Emory University Hospital released a news…
NEW YORK (AP) — Plans are underway to bring back the two American aid workers sick with Ebola from Africa. A small private jet based…
ENTERTAINMENT
James Brown‘s daughter, Dr. Yamma Brown, talks “Get On Up” on the gold carpet at the McDonald’s 365Black Awards during this year’s “Essence” Festival. “Get On…
During this year’s “Essence” Festival, Roland Martin sat down with Lionel Richie. During their chat Richie explained how he got started in the music industry,…
POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign policy used to be a bright spot in Americans’ dimming opinion of President Barack Obama. Not anymore. Associated Press-GfK polling found…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed legislation on Friday that would clear the way for eventual deportation of more than 500,000 immigrants brought here illegally…
BUSINESS
CINCINNATI (AP) — Procter & Gamble is about to shrink. The world’s largest consumer products maker said it will shed more than half its brands…
DETROIT (AP) — Big discounts helped keep U.S. auto sales sizzling in July. General Motors, Ford, Nissan and Chrysler all reported big gains as the…
SPORTS
Ray Rice’s wife has officially let the world know that she nor her NFL running back husband wear saddles on their backs, so you are not going…
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio lawmaker wants to give the state’s motorists the chance to score a license plate honoring LeBron James. State Rep. Bill…
HEALTH
If you’re not lifting already, you need to start. And when you do, you must lift heavy. So how do you determine how heavy…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says premiums for prescription drug plans will rise in 2015 for the second year in a row. Officials said Thursday that…
EDITORS PICKS
Quincy Jones is set to receive the 99th NAACP Spingarn Medal July 23 at the 105th NAACP National Convention. This medal is considered the highest…
FEATURES
In Antoine Walker’s new documentary, “Gone in an Instant,” he uses a personal life lesson to hopefully prevent other young NBA players from making…
FAITH
The Festival of Praise 2014 Tour featuring multiple GRAMMY®, Stellar and Dove Award-winning recording artists Fred Hammond and Donnie McClurkin is hitting the road! The…
Psalm 23 portrays God as a shepherd, feeding (verse 1) and leading (verse 3) his flock. The “rod and staff” (verse 4) are also the…
FOCUS
It’s been two months since Dr. Maya Angelou transitioned into immortality. Of course, that’s a poetic way of saying she died. During the scramble to…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is acknowledging that the city needs to take steps to restore public trust in the red-light camera program…
CULTURE
The notoriously anti-gay ATLAH Missionary Church in Harlem, NY, has posted another virulently homophobic sign, this time informing churches and their members who support “homos”…
The NAACP and several other major civil rights groups have emerged as flashpoints in the debate over net neutrality, the idea that all Internet traffic…
VIEWS
I honestly didn’t plan to put the airport security system to the test. I was just really tired and didn’t notice that the name on…
Within the next several weeks Illinois-based Walgreens drug store chain is set to decide if it will become what President Obama referred to last week…
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