Michigan police have arrested a man charged with purposely infecting more than 100 women in the state with HIV and possibly thousands across the country. David Dean Smith, 51, turned himself in to police last week and admitted to the crime. He said that he is sexually aroused by causing pain to women. Only two…

After years of gossip bloggers and fans wondering whether LeBron James would ever propose to his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson, the suspense is over. On New Year’s Eve, James proposed to Brinson after eight years, during which they had two sons. The event was a New Year’s Eve celebration and 27th-birthday party for James,…

An article in this weekend’s Sunday New York Times explores the life of a 52-year-old prostitute who has worked the notorious Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx for nearly her entire adult life. Barbara Terry, who has four children and suffers from diabetes, which caused all of her teeth to fall out, depended on her…

President Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill today despite having serious reservations about certain detention measures in it.  The provisions in the bill that troubled Obama, which he once threatened to veto, dealt with detention regulation, interrogation and the prosecution of suspected terrorists. “Moving forward, my administration will interpret and implement the provisions described below…

Etta James’ manager has given her fans and the music world a great holiday gift. While the Grammy-winning blues and soul legend is still hospitalized in Los Angeles, she has been taken off a respirator. “Ms. James has been taken off the respirator and is now breathing on her own. Her blood pressure is normal,”…

One of the many perspectives missing from the coverage of Occupy Wall Street is that of African Americans who are part of the “1 percent” — the small group comprising the richest Americans. Tom Burrell, founder of Burrell Communications, one of the largest multimedia agencies specializing in African-American marketing, can say he’s one of the few…

A Fox Latin America staffer may have lost his job after he posted a poll that surely didn’t please any of the network’s Jewish followers. The poll titled, “Who do you think is responsible for the death of Jesus Christ?” was on the network’s Spanish Facebook page and provided three choices for the answer: “A.…

A city famously known as the birthplace of Michael Jackson has over the years become more associated with words that have a negative connotation, like “crime” and “murder.” But Gary, Ind.’s first African-American female mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson, plans to change all of that, saying her term in office will bring a “new day.” “I’m going…

In what is sure to go down as one of the dumbest moves ever by a criminal, a 17-year-old Pittsburgh teenager and his friends were arrested after he posted photos on Facebook of a robbery he committed. Isiah Cutler, 17, and two 14-year-old friends stole more than $8,000 in cash from a local market. “Well,…