GETTY IMAGES: About 400 people packed into the Ginn Academy gymnasium on Tuesday as former President Bill Clinton spoke on behalf of his wife, Hillary. The speech came one day after Hillary Clinton engaged Donald Trump in the first of their three scheduled presidential debates. The visit to Cleveland was one of two Ohio stops […]
Clinton Puts Trump On Defense At First Debate: Hillary Clinton forced Donald Trump onto defense over his temperament, refusal to release his taxes and his past comments about race and women during a fiery debut presidential debate Monday — a potentially pivotal moment in a tight election campaign. Clinton, who has seen her dominance of […]
Within the last two years, Casey J – a former Atlanta elementary school teacher – has racked up two massive Billboard Magazine No. 1 radio singles, a No. 1 debut album that’s spent an entire year on the national sales charts and she’s also won the 2016 Stellar Gospel Music Award as New Artist of the Year. Now, the smooth-voiced […]
Photo: Mike Simons/Tulsa World It was standing room only as family, friends, community officials and those simply wanting to pay their respects said their final goodbyes to 40-year-old Terence Crutcher. The services were held at Antioch Baptist Church Saturday (Sept. 24) a little over a week after he was gunned down. Crutcher became the latest […]
Don King introduced Donald Trump at a Cleveland Heights church Wednesday morning. King’s introduction focused largely on the need for change in America’s system, noting its inequality. King also had an apparent slip-up, saying the “N-word” toward the end of his speech. King noted that Trump’s “political incorrectness” isn’t an issue. He said the system, which […]
Ivanka Trump Joins Dad To Pitch Child Care Policy: Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a set of policy proposals aimed at making child care more affordable, during a speech in suburban Pennsylvania. Trump, flanked by his daughter Ivanka Trump, a working mother who helped craft the policies, said he would seek to make child care […]
Ohio’s tax-free weekend kicks off Friday, which means every store in the state is going tax-free for many clothing and back-to-school items. “Take advantage of that. The tax savings happens one time all year,” said Better Business Bureau President Sue McConnell. Many people do take advantage of the Sales Tax Holiday. However, McConnell said too many people […]
Dylann Roof Challenges Death Penalty: Defense attorneys of the accused killer Dylann Roof filed a legal challenge to the U.S. death penalty on Monday night. Roof’s attorneys filed the motion stating that they would drop the challenge if prosecutors dropped their pursuit of the death sentence in his case. Roof, 22, is accused of killing […]
This weekend, at the 2016 Neighborhood Awards hosted by Steve Harvey, comedian Lavell Crawford showed off his new shape and weight loss. Crawford lost over 120 pounds after having the gastric sleeve operation in March of this year. In an interview with ‘Sway In the Morning’ earlier this year, Crawford gave his reasons for the […]
President Barack Obama urged unity after a shooting on Sunday that killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ― the fourth incident of gun violence in just two weeks that he has addressed publicly. Speaking from the White House, Obama called on Americans to tamp down on divisive rhetoric, particularly given the Republican and Democratic conventions […]
Songbird Briana “Bri” Babineaux’s sophomore radio single “Jacob’s Song” was the second most added song at gospel radio last week and is quickly finding cozy spots on gospel music playlists across the country. The Louisiana native wrote the dramatic power anthem that showcases her spine-tingling vocal prowess. “It came from a place of determination,” she says. “I had been going through […]
Influential evangelical leaders throughout the U.S. will fly to Washington, D.C. this weekend to join a crowd of as many as 1 million Christians to pray and worship together for the nation. Inspired by Nick Hall, founder of PULSE, “Together 2016” is a prayer and evangelism movement to empower the church and awaken the culture […]
