culture
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NYC Father Buries Son Who Was Stabbed to Death in Elevator
Prince Joshua Avitto was laid to rest on Friday, with family members gathered together to celebrate the brief life of the 6-year-old, who was stabbed to death on Sunday in the elevator of a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, P.J.’s father, Nicholas Avitto, has been walking the…
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B. Smith Opens Up About Her Battle With Alzheimer’s Disease
Restaurant owner, designer, decorator and model B. Smith has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, reports CBS News, which sat down with Smith in an interview set to air later this month. During the interview, Smith, the first African-American model to be featured on the cover of Mademoiselle, couldn’t recall the date, month or year. “Things…
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If You Want Immigration Reform, Don’t Defend Immigrants Who Commit Crimes
When history looks back on President Barack Obama’s most significant accomplishments, championing the Affordable Care Act and signing it into law will be at the top of that list. His efforts to resolve America’s immigration crisis should belong on that list, too. But because of liberal overreach and political correctness, the president’s record on immigration…
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Does Lunch With a Boy Toy Mean You’re Cheating on Your Husband? Yes
I’m a married woman and have gone to lunch with a man 12 years younger for the past few days. He calls me his “big sis,” and we talk a lot about religion, sports, etc., but there’s nothing physical. Is this cheating? Disrespectful? My husband shouldn’t have a say, considering an affair he had in…
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13 Things I Wish I Knew on Graduation Day
I have no idea who spoke during my college-graduation ceremony or what she (I think it was a woman) said. Chances are she talked about passion, service to others, following your dream, learning from failure, changing the world, fears, opportunity, blah, blah, blah. Commencement speeches often follow these worthy themes. Here is what I wish…
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Why Is This White Woman in a Morehouse Shirt?
Even Morehouse College, one of the nation’s most iconic black institutions, isn’t immune to the overreaching influence of mainstream (read: white) culture. At least it seems that’s what visual artist Sanford Biggers wants us to consider in a recent untitled work depicting a gleeful blond woman wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of the historically…
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This 31-Year-Old Man Is Dating a 91-Year-Old Woman
Thirty-one-year-old Kyle Jones is in a relationship with a 91-year-old great-grandmother, Marjorie McCool, whom he met at a bookstore where he worked some five years ago when she was a spry 86-year-old. The two have been dating casually since then and have an active sex life. Jones, of Augusta, Ga., is also dating a…
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Free Man Sent Back to Prison for 98 Years After Judge Finds Clerical Error
Rene Lima-Marin robbed two video stores 15 years ago, when he was just 19. He walked into the stores with an unloaded rifle and demanded money. He admitted to the crime and was sentenced to what he and his lawyer believed was a 16-year-sentence. After 10 years of serving time, Lima-Marin was set free. He…
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Donald Sterling Ends Fight With the NBA, Agrees to Sell Team
The tug-of-war between Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NBA may finally be over, with the Associated Press reporting late Wednesday that Sterling would sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a reported $2 billion. The agreement has not become official as Sterling has yet to actually…
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Police Arrest Freed Felon in Elevator Stabbing of Children in Brooklyn, NY
New York City police have arrested the man they believe stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death and severely wounded a 7-year-old-girl in a public housing elevator, the Associated Press reports. Daniel St. Hubert, 27, was arrested after 8 p.m. Wednesday in a Queens neighborhood just minutes after Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police…