3-1-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- 3/1/17- Roland Martin talks to Omarosa Manigault and Howard University’s Dr. Greg Carr about the HBCU executive order, Pell Grants and more. “It tells the agency what the President wants to get done. This President has done this within the first 40 days. We’ve moved the Executive Director from three tiers down,…… MORE
1-31-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- DALLAS (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs. The organization said it had made the decision to begin basing enrollment in its boys-only programs on the gender a child or parent lists…… MORE
1-30-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NEW YORK (AP) — The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till’s alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book. Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday that Carolyn Donham broke her long public silence…… MORE
1-26-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has been charged after police say she hit an officer with a tampon. Local news outlets report that 28-year-old Tacora Fields was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. A police report says Fields was involved in a fight…… MORE
1-25-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on protesters who climbed a crane at a construction site a few blocks from the White House (all times local): Protesters have unfurled a giant orange and yellow banner that says “RESIST” from a 270-foot crane at a construction site just blocks from the White House.…… MORE
1-24-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday. His wife, Barbara, has been discharged from the same facility after completing treatment for bronchitis. The 92-year-old former president was struggling…… MORE
1-23-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won’t let his agenda go…… MORE
1-20-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama granted clemency to Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, allowing the transgender Army intelligence officer convicted of leaking more than 700,000 U.S. documents to go free nearly three decades early. Embracing his clemency powers days before leaving office, Obama also pardoned 64 individuals including retired Gen. James…… MORE
1-17-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- MIAMI (AP) — A national holiday celebrating nonviolence and Martin Luther King Jr. erupted into mayhem when eight people were shot at a park named after the slain civil rights leader. Hundreds of people had gathered in the park after the annual MLK Day parade in the Liberty City neighborhood, and…… MORE
1-13-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday. The repeal of the “wet foot, dry foot” policy is effective immediately, according the official. The decision…… MORE
You’ll soon have two chances to learn about the career of Boyz II Men. The legendary group is developing a feature film biopic. Boyz II Men are also working on a long-form documentary about their lives. The best-selling R&B group of all time has over 60 million albums sold.
Dick Van Dyke is turning 99-years-old next month and says the one good thing about not having much time left is that he won’t have to endure another four years of President Donald Trump. The legendary actor, who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris just before the election, was asked by a reporter if he thinks…
Denzel Washington will visit Wakanda. On Tuesday, Washington announced that he will be starring in the third Black Panther movie. He said, “I’m only interested in working with the best — I don’t know how many more films I’m going to make, probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.” Washington…
Now that the election is over, Plies is coming hard for his sisters-in-Kamala Harris — filing a lawsuit against Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, and Cardi B for copyright infringement!!! And according to Plies, Soulja Boy can’t claim “first” to using the beat on one of his big tracks … which he says was taken from…