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
Chris O’Donnell is headed back to the small screen to star in the 9-1-1 spinoff series, 9-1-1: Nashville on ABC. We don’t know many plot details yet, but the show will follow first responders in the Tennessee-based city. Chris will play Captain Don Sharpe, who Variety describes as “a rugged fire captain and rodeo rider…
Will Smith announced his new album, Based On A True Story, will be released on March 28, 20 years after his last album. The album features DJ Jazzy Jeff, Teyana Taylor, and Smith’s son Jaden. The tracklist is divided into “episodes” instead of songs. He also recently revealed that he and Prince discussed launching an…
SZA is feeling speechless after her album SOS managed to tie Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller. The two artists are officially tied at 79 total non-consecutive weeks spent in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. According to Luminate, that’s the most for a Black artist. TMZ Hip-Hop caught up with SZA after her appearance on…
Angie Stone’s catalog received a hefty boost following her recent death. Billboard reports that Stone’s streams have increased by 1,300 percent to 8.4 million. Stone’s sales have risen by 10,700 percent. Her 1999 hit “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” got the biggest bump in listens. Stone died in a car accident in Alabama on…