3-16-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio and North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party nomination. But the contests brought little clarity to the Republican race, with Donald Trump winning big in…… MORE
3-15-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — Police may never be able to satisfactorily explain why a man with a death wish shot at drivers and police officers outside a police station in suburban Maryland while his brothers filmed the firefight on their cellphones, the county’s police chief said. An undercover narcotics officer was killed…… MORE
3-14-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — A police officer was fatally shot in an “unprovoked attack” near a police station in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital, authorities said Sunday. A second person, not a police officer, also was shot and wounded, police said. Two suspects in the officer’s shooting were in custody.…… MORE
3-10-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Dr. Jamal Bryant and Attorney Carlos Moore lead the “Take it Down” Confederate Flag rally this week in Jackson to challenge Gov. Phil Bryant’s ruling to keep the controversial flag flying. Mississippi is the only state that still flies the Confederate flag and Attorney Moore is suing the Governor Bryant over this…… MORE
3-9-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man initially planned to cut the fingers and ears off the 9-year-old son of a member of a rival gang but ended up luring the boy into an alley with the promise of a juice box and shooting him dead, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Dwright Boone-Doty, 22,…… MORE
3-8-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. After a full day of deliberations, the…… MORE
3-7-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- LOS ANGELES (AP) Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president â and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, has died. She was 94. The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section…… MORE
3-4-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, and results of a medical examiner’s investigation. (all times local): 8:35 a.m. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office in Atlanta says the official cause of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death was pneumonia caused by her face being immersed in water and…… MORE
3-3-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- So it’s come to this: Black students can’t attend a Donald Trump rally without being accused of protesting and thrown out of the event — even when the conservative assembly is held on their own college campus. A group of African-American students from Valdosta State University were abruptly herded out of a…… MORE
3-2-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man while helping serve an arrest warrant last month is to be fired, the department announced Tuesday. “Officer John Lee has been issued a contemplated indefinite suspension for placing himself unnecessarily in a tactical situation wherein…… 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…