CBS News - Syria on Monday quickly welcomed a call from Russia, its close ally, to place Syrian chemical arsenals under international control, then destroy them to avert a U.S. strike, but did not offer a time frame or any other specifics. The statement by Syrian...

(CNN) -- Its name was an early clue that the venture was a badly executed idea. A website named GhettoTracker.com launched earlier this week that invited locals to rate neighborhoods in their cities and identify which areas were unsafe, or as the homepage put it,...

Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving the surrounding cells unharmed. The research was conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Nanoparticles carry melittin,...

UPDATE: He allegedly pulled a knife and a gun on his wife — who filed for divorce last week — and punched her father in the nose. In the 911 call, Shellie Zimmerman says George was threatening to shoot them. No injuries have been reported, and it’s unclear whether...

NewsOne - After being profiled and followed into a Detroit restaurant by a pair of cops back in May, two brothers who were initially charged with assaulting the officers had those charges dropped after surveillance video revealed a different story. Tywonn Mitchell,...

The New Civil Rights Movement - A nursing student working few days a week in a Nashville, Tennessee Red Lobster says she was surprised when a couple in their 20′s wrote in the tip section of their receipt, “none n*gger.” 19-year old Toni Christina Jenkins posted a...

After five years with the organization, Benjamin Jealous says he wants to spend more time with his family. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous, who is credited with helping to stabilize the nation's largest civil rights organization, including by boosting its...