What’s going on with the ever huggable, so loveable Ruben Studdard? Well Singersroom.com says he is scheduled to be a part of TV One’s “Life After.” “Once a choir boy, R&B crooner Ruben Studdard became American Idol’s first African American winner during the show’s nail-biting second season, edging out runner-up Clay Aiken. Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin […]
By CW39.com’s Leticia Juarez (KIAH) A social networking site helped a Houston mother find her lost son more than four years after he went missing. “A mother-child bond can never be broken,” said Lorena Perez. Perez has been searching for her son, Isaiah Jeremiah Vaquear since he was just 18-months-old. In 2006, the toddler vanished […]
CW39.com reporter David Solano gives us tips to save money on our electricity bill while still staying cool! Here are a few tips to keep in mind so your air conditioning unit doesn’t drain your bank account this summer. With scorching temperatures outside, you want to keep your home nice and cool. But we all […]
(CNN) The mortgage meltdown is hitting the African-American and Latino communities harder than whites, a new study has found. Of borrowers who took out mortgages between 2005 and 2008, some 8% of both African-American and Latino borrowers have lost their homes to foreclosure, compared to 4.5% of non-Hispanic whites, according to a study by the […]
David H. O’Neal Jr. sits under the shade of a tent on a hot Thursday afternoon in Galveston with a story to tell. He is waiting for children to arrive, so he can tell them about a black man who excelled in a white man’s time. As the children seat themselves, the story of Richard […]
