COGIC to honor Michigan Chronicle Editor Bankole Thompson with “Centennial Journalist Award”
DETROIT, MI, USA April 19-The Council of Bishops of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the largest African American Christian demonination in the nation…
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Governor: Closing Boston amid bomber hunt ‘tough’
BOSTON (AP) — Several days after the Boston Marathon bombing, Gov. Deval Patrick received a call in the pre-dawn hours from a top aide telling…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! 54 Reasons Why I Love My Father
By now, many of you know that I met my father, Chris Truesdale (pictured with me above), on Facebook in 2009 after he responded to…
Man who avoided prison is overwhelmed by support
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who avoided prison because of a clerical error and led a law-abiding life for 13 years said he…
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NJ Wrestlers Will Face No Charges For ‘Lynching’ Photo [VIDEO]
Members of New Jersey’s Phillipsburg High School wrestling team who took a controversial picture of themselves wearing hoods surrounding a Black wrestling dummy with a…
Illinois gives early OK to $100M for Obama museum
CHICAGO (AP) — Even though Chicago is where Barack Obama got his start in politics, first lady Michelle Obama grew up and the Obamas still…
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NY International Auto Show Preview [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]
The NY International Auto Show gets underway today at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center and TheUrbanDaily.com was invited to get a sneak peek at…
Can we trust crime numbers?
In his weekly video address on March 10, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned of an “urgent and growing public health crisis” in America: the…
Homeless Mom Who Left Kids In Car During Interview Faces 8 Years
35-year-old Arizona mother, Shanesha Taylor went to a job interview, left her two young children in the car and was arrested and slapped with felony…
Armed robber was never told to report to prison
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to…
