4-28-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican governor said Wednesday that he signed a bill into law that allows mental health counselors to refuse to treat patients based on the therapist’s religious or personal beliefs. “As a professional I should have the right to decide if my clients end goals don’t match with my…… MORE
4-27-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Dancing with the Obamas is one thing, but getting a non-drivers’ photo ID from the Washington, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles is a whole different thing. That difference was apparent for Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old woman who became an Internet sensation after the White House posted a video of her dancing with…… MORE
4-26-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CLEVELAND (AP) — The city has reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on Monday says…… MORE
4-25-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Billy Paul, the Philadelphia based singer has died at the age of 81, his website and manager confirmed. Paul, born Paul Williams, is best known for the Philadelphia International hit “Me and Mrs. Jones,” written by the legendary Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Paul had been diagnosed with cancer and was hospitalized…… MORE
4-22-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deepest grooves this side of Sly and the Family Stone. But no one could mistake his sound for anyone but Prince. The dazzlingly…… MORE
4-21-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. paper money is getting a historic makeover. Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist born into slavery, will be the new face on the $20 bill. The leader of the Underground Railroad is replacing the portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president and a slave owner, who is being…… MORE
4-20-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A group of mostly black women who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The group’s attorney, Waukeen McCoy, told the San Jose Mercury News on Monday the two parties reached a settlement last week. He…… MORE
4-19-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-OP STORY- SAN DIEGO (AP) — The stepfather of a 2-year-old boy who disappeared in San Diego 14 years ago has been arrested in North Carolina and faces a murder charge, officials say. Tieray D. Jones was arrested Monday by U.S. Marshals and Raleigh Police Department officers in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a small…… MORE
4-18-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- A former school officer in Knox County, Tennessee has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against the district and the city, charging that he was wrongfully terminated because his supervisor took offense to his marriage to a Black woman, writes USA Today. The lawsuit claims that John Smelser, who is White, was fired in…… MORE
4-15-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old runaway who’s been arrested in the campus killing of a University of Texas student claimed he left home in August because his grandmother’s religious beliefs demanded that teenagers his age go “make their own way in the world,” according to court records obtained by The Associated…… MORE
Missy Elliott has the honor of being the first rapper in space…sort of. Her song, “Super Dupa Fly (The Rain),” is the first rap track to be beamed into deep space. The transmission took place last week. NASA’s Deep Space Network was able to broadcast the song 158 million miles from Earth to Venus at…
Prince’s estate will not give approval to Netflix for a nine-hour documentary on the late superstar. The original deal was for a six-hour feature. Director Ezra Edelman’s completed version is three hours longer. Prince’s estate said the extra content violates the initial agreement made in 2018. Page Six reports that Netflix feels “confident a compromise…
Chris Brown’s success continues to impress. The singer recently hit a mark that no other singer has. Breezy became the first artist to have 50 top ten songs on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The song that pushed Brown to the mark was Jeremih’s “Wait On It,” with features from Breezy and Bryson Tiller.
Sexyy Red’s upcoming tour is in trouble. According to Touring Data, Sexyy’s has only sold 37.1 percent of tickets for her Sexyy Red 4 President tour. The tickets dropped to the general public on June 28th. There’s online speculation that the low sales could lead to Sexyy canceling some, if not all, of the 24…