The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. are raising awareness on an important health issue they call a “silent killer.” The Pi Upsilon Omega Chapter of AKA reportedly partnered with Sawyer’s Fresh Market, Registered Nurse Vernita Russell and Registered Nurse Lesia Knowles to host a three-hour High Blood Pressure Awareness Campaign.

An online tragedy that occurred three months is providing the family of the victim some closure. Police have ruled the death of a teen who shot himself during an online video chat room session an accident.

Rapper Lil’ Phat, born Melvin Vernell, III, was shot and killed Thursday night outside Atlanta, Ga. Lil’ Phat, known for his affiliation with Louisiana rappers Lil Boosie and Webbie, was reportedly gunned down outside Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs, Ga. He was brought in the hospital’s E.R. where he was later pronounced dead.

Quentin Tarentino has released a trailer for his film “Django Unchained,” a western- styled version of the U.S. slavery era starring Jamie Foxx as the title character.

Anyone who has been to a Machine Gun Kelly concert knows things can get pretty wild.

Newsday reporter Kimberley Martin was present to witness Jets defensive end Quinton Coples engage in the sacred ritual of branding. She described the scent of burning flesh as “overpowering” as his “skin crackled, bubbled and hissed under the scalding heat of flaming metal.”

There is a big lawsuit in preparation against the oldest and most renowned sorority founded for African American women. Men interested in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, also known as MIAKAs, are preparing a lawsuit against Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a sorority founded at Howard University on Jan. 15, 1908.

James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, CEO of Czar Entertainment, was found guilty of operating a million-dollar drug-trafficking ring.

A Connecticut high school student is getting support from the American Civil Liberties Union after being forced to remove a shirt with an anti-gay message.

A University of Oklahoma student died after falling from a fire escape early Sunday morning. Casey Cooke, a 22-year-old member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority, died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest.

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a racial incident that that took place at Sigma Pi fraternity house at Cornell University.