General Motors is investing $449 million in two Detroit-area factories that will build the next generation of the Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric car, the Associated Press reports. GM would not say how many jobs would be added, but the cash infusion will eventually create a second shift at the Detroit assembly plant that makes the…

Al Sharpton has been called many names. Add CI-7 to that list. According to a lengthy report published by the Smoking Gun news website, Sharpton was a confidential FBI informant—code named CI-7—for several years in the mid-1980s. On Monday, the Smoking Gun published documents that purport to show that the current host of PoliticsNation on…

Thanks to Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, looks like selfies with the president may be shut down for good. During the Red Sox’s official visit to the White House the designated hitter took what appeared to be an impromptu photo with the POTUS holding up an Obama baseball jersey. Turns out that Big Papi…

A body discovered early Sunday morning by a man fishing in a lake in Indiana is believed to be that of missing Kalamazoo doctor Teleka Patrick, MLive.com reports. Police have yet to officially identify the body, but Jim Carlin, a private investigator hired by the family to aid in the search for missing doctor, believes…

Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Dante Cunningham is again in trouble with the law. He was arrested Sunday on suspicion of making terroristic threats, his second arrest in less than a week. Cunningham, 26, was charged Thursday with felony domestic assault in an incident involving his girlfriend. The woman told police that Cunningham attacked her during…

Chiwetel Ejiofor, still glowing from his best actor Oscar nomination for 12 Years a Slave, is rumored to be the front-runner to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond movie, according to The Wrap. Sony and MGM, which are partnering on the next Bond film, and Ejiofor’s reps are being tightlipped…

Last week it was reported that Avery Coffey, age 17, had received offers to five ivy League schools. And just this week, 17-year-old Kwasi Enin bested that effort by getting accepted at all eight of them. These were moments of celebration for two black teens who had worked tirelessly to achieve the elusive goal of Ivy acceptance, and the…

A 24-year-old Kent State University freshman remained in custody Thursday after shooting himself in the hand during a domestic dispute and prompting a campus lockdown, university police told the Associated Press. Quavaugntay Tyler fired only once Wednesday night during some sort of dispute with two female students, campus police Chief John Peach told AP. No…