A 92-year-old woman’s been kicked out of her of church after 50-years. Josephine King received a letter from the First African Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, saying she couldn’t attend because she wasn’t tithing. The letter, signed by Senior Pastor Derrick Mike, says King can’t “participate in any engagements (or) worship opportunities” because of “non-support…in…

Tymaine Sellman was shot to death in December 2014. His shooting happened long before current the unrest over the death of Freddie Gray. Police said the 19-year-old Black man died at a local hospital after being shot multiple times. So far, no one’s been arrested in connection with his murder. If #BlackLivesMatter really mattered, you…

Fidel Casto celebrated his 89th birthday by arguing the U.S. must pay for damages caused by our embargo of his nation. The old dictator didn’t say how much we owe; however, in January 2015 he did demand Naval Base Guantanamo Bay be handed over. “Cuba is owed compensation equivalent to damages, which total many millions…

Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Carlos Francies, a former Humboldt State University football player, died in an accidental drowning at South Lake Tahoe, August 13. He saw his sister and her male friend fall in the water and begin to struggle. While Francies was able to save them, he failed to reach the shore, sinking…

It was around 11:30 Saturday night, April 25, 2015, when shots rang out at a home on McLemore Court in Spanish Springs. As the gun smoke cleared, two men lay dead at the foot of the drive. Detectives say the residents of the home claim they heard a disturbance outside and when checking on it,…

Sometimes sadness gets the better of me and becomes full-blown depression. It’s the down side to being a manic-depressive or rather ‘bi-polar disordered.’ This bout came on after a lengthy week of ups and downs. Everything from being overly tired, to the death of a friend, to news our housemate is retiring and moving to…

An EPA crew inspecting the Gold King mine near Silverton, Colorado, released at over three million gallons of water laden with toxic heavy metals, including zinc, iron, copper, lead and arsenic among other heavy metals into the Animas River on August 5. High levels of these metals can cause all sorts of health problems from…

Recently, the FBI released an alert to law enforcement agencies about men described as being of Middle Eastern descent intimidating military families. The alert specifically named Greeley, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming, as locations where military families had been approached and harassed. The bulletin described an incident in May in which the wife of a military…

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush — who championed federally funded Common Core standards — continues distancing himself from them. During the recent FOX News GOP debate, Bush said he didn’t believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of education standards. “I don’t believe the federal government should be involved in the creation…

Trump is directly connected to Hillary Clinton and so is his decision to campaign as a Republican. As reported by the WaPo: “Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for…