July 17th, 2012

(Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
In today’s top news, the Obamas show major PDA on the Kiss Cam, FDA approves the first drug to prevent HIV and George Zimmerman is accused of molestation and discrimination.
FDA approves the first drug to prevent HIV. [AP]
George Zimmerman is accused of molestation and discrimination: “I know that he does not like Black people,” says Witness 9. [BET]
The Obamas show major PDA on the Kiss Cam. [BET]
Alicia Keys is the latest celebrity to endorse President Barack Obama on social media. [The Hill]
South Africa recalls 500,000 faulty HIV kits bought in South Korea. [Yahoo]
The Knicks must either match the Rocket’s lucrative deal for Jeremy Lin or let him walk. [ESPN]
A Nigerian 10-year-old boy is killed by an errant bomb while taking exams at school. [BBC]
Former Google golden child becomes CEO of Yahoo. [Business Week]
Drought in the U.S. could lead to dramatic spike in food prices. [Washington Post]
TAGS: Alicia Keys, bomb, drought, election 2012, FDA, food spike, George Zimmerman, google, Health, HIV, Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin, Kiss Cam, knicks, Lin, medicine, New York Knicks, nigeria, obama, President Barack Obama, South Africa, South Korea, Trayvon Martin, Witness 9, Yahoo
January 4th, 2012

(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
In today’s top news, Mitt Romney came out on top in Iowa, Dennis Rodman is making a topless comeback to basketball and Michael Jackson’s doctor gets stripped of his medical license.
Mitt Romney takes victory in the Iowa caucuses. [BET]
Chicago’s chief of police is suspended for excessive use of force in a low-income area. [CNN]
Dennis Rodman to lead topless female basketball team. [BET]
Sickle cell keeps Steelers player Ryan Clark out of upcoming playoff game. [CNN]
Judge rules that a Black church is the rightful owner of a KKK shop. [BET]
BP and Halliburton still pointing fingers over the 2010 oil spill. [CNN]
Lawsuit alleges inequality among Maryland’s higher education funding. [FOX]
Dr. Conrad Murray is stripped of his medical license. [BET]
Children of late rapper Eazy-E to star in N.W.A. biopic. [BET]
Man crosses U.S. border with nothing but a copy of his passport on his iPad. [BBC]
TAGS: Apple, Basketball, Black church, BP, chicago, Church, crime, Dennis Rodman, discrimination, Dr. Conrad Murray, Eazy-E, Football, gop, Halliburton, Health, Higher Education, Iowa caucuses, iPad, Ku Klux Klan, maryland, medical malpractice, medicine, Mitt Romney, N.W.A., NFL, NFL playoffs, police, presidential election, racism, Ryan Clark, sickle-cell, Technology, women, women's basketball
December 23rd, 2008

Levert death could prompt a change in jail policy. The city of Cleveland, prompted by the death of R&B singer Sean Levert, has proposed changes in jail policy that could make it easier for inmates to get their psych medication. Levert, a member of the LeVert trio and son of O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, died in late March after getting sick at Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail. His widow, Angela Lowe, is suing the city, arguing that her husband died because he was denied his Xanax anti-anxiety medication. He had his medication at the time he was booked into the jail for neglecting to pay child support. Under the new proposal by the jail administrator and jail doctor, inmates will be allowed to get their meds as soon as their prescriptions are verified, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
TAGS: change, death, medicine, policy, prison, Sean Levert