A trio of Black female students at the State University of New York-Albany claims that they were assaulted and harassed on a city bus by a white mob over the weekend. The women allege that 10 to 12 white students in the group comprised of both men and women beat them while using racial slurs.

During the brawl, school worker and basketball coach Marcus Cruz is heard saying, "let them fight."

Alan Newton spent years in a legal battle with the city after he was released from jail in 2006, the NY Daily News reports.

Mary J. Blige appeared on Oprah’s “Where Are They Now” shortly after her birthday earlier this week. The R&B singer took fans to her old neighborhood that was pretty rough but Mary explained that her old neighborhood made her who she is today. “Here I am, full circle,” Mary continued. “I could have been dead, […]

A man literally gave the shirt off his back to a shivering homeless man on Friday evening.

Four teenagers from the Brownsville area of Brooklyn have been taken into custody in connection with the gang rape of an 18-year-old in New York last week.

Lawyers for Lee-Walker believe the teacher's First Amendment rights were violated, as well as her contract with the teacher's union.

This year has already gotten off to a great start: Manhattan has just opened up its first medical marijuana dispensary.

The New York Daily News reports that Terry, 8, was the sole survivor of a suspected May 2013 arson at her home in Schenectady, New York, where she lost her father and three of her siblings. Safyre was burned over 75 percent of her body and lost her right arm.

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now were on hand for the New York premiere of the movie Concussion, starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Prema Mutiso, Omalu’s wife. From Sony Pictures: Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, […]

Myrtle McKenny was found dead in her apartment in Brooklyn, New York on Nov. 9. Initially, her doctor labeled the death natural -- a result of complications related to diabetes and hypertension.

Jimmy McMillan, a former political contender for nearly every position in New York City under his “Rent Is Too Damn High” Party, is stepping away from politics, NBC4 New York reports. The 69-year-old made the announcement in a press release on Tuesday. McMillan said the citizens of New York are being “brainwashed” by Mayor Bill de […]