There were cheers for William Jefferson at his post-election get together on Saturday night, but there was no victory. The nine-term congressman fell 1,829 votes short in the race for the second congressional district, despite the political odds seemingly in his favor

A financial crisis is threatening to close the doors of a South Jersey hospital for good.  If the hospital does not raise $5 million by January 16, it could be forced to close its doors forever.

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen one of his campaign's foreign policy advisers to help shape American diplomacy. Rice is praised as a conscientious, hard worker with a solid diplomatic background. She faces Senate hearings and a confirmation vote before she could become, at 44 years old, the second-youngest U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Ghana went to the polls in large numbers on Sunday to choose between two foreign-trained lawyers, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta Mills, in elections that may set an example for African democracy.

The ways in which aging black congregations are trying to reach youth without alienating older members.

A Documentary On The Case of Mumia Abu Jamal

Teddy Atlas Provides The Brutal Analysis.  "He's Not The Golden Boy.  He's The Black and Blue Boy...He Loses All of His Big Fights."

Gun sales jumped 50 percent in the suburbs after Barack Obama was elected president. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin accused the gun industry of whipping up "hysteria" about Democratic plans for new gun laws.

The former "Different Strokes" star has now pleaded no-contest to a charge of disorderly conduct. Willie Geist has the story.

Nine years ago, the body of Yvonne Layne, a mother of five, was found in a pool of blood at her home in Alliance. Joe Wilkes was convicted of killing her. David Thorne was convicted of hiring Wilkes. Both men are serving life sentences and both say they didn't do it.

Hardline views toward U.S.-Cuba relations are changing among Miami's Cuban-American community, and with the ushering in of president-elect Obama's administration so might our policy toward the communist island.

Will It Be Enough To Prepare Him For A De La Hoya Body Shot?

A Call For New Legislation After Death Of Wal-Mart Employee

Using hidden cameras, we shopped 10 valley stores to see what kind of bargains we could get if we tried to negotiate

At just 23 years of age, Barrington Irving became the youngest person to fly solo around the world. The young pilot is back in the air, but as NBC’s Ron Mott reports, you won’t believe who offered him a lift

LeBron Talks To Stephen A. Smith...

After a shocking online suicide, an expert says that fear of being stigmatized keeps young black men from getting the mental health help they need.

Addressing the second State of the Black World conference, Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan expressed his elation at Barack Obama winning the presidential election.   But he also shared his doubts leading up to that moment. "I never believed that I would live to see a black person as President of the United States,” Farrakhan said. “And even as I went out early that morning to cast my vote, I was in doubt."

Davey D. builds with Rev. Jeremiah Wright On A Host of Issues.

Facebook, MySpace, texting, Blackberry, Crackberry! They're the tools of Generation Y. These 20-somethings have been raised with a mouse in one hand and an iPod in the other.  How Always Being Connected Online Impacts Real-World Interaction

Each year, nearly 2,000 men and women walk out of California's overcrowded prisons and back into the North County communities where they lived

Watch The Atlantic Council's Discussion of The Controversial NIC’s report for “Global Trends 2025:A Transformed World”. The report looks at the next 15-20 years, showing how our world will change in response to challenges that face our future.

"We've got to invest our money into our communities to create jobs," Magic said of today's athletes. "We're all feeling good right now about Obama, but how we can really help our communities is by putting people to work. It's okay to 'bling' a little bit, but at some point, you've got to move past that and say, 'I want to change the future for our young people by investing in our communities."'

With free agency awaiting him in 2010, LeBron James put on a show for the New York metropolitan area and its deep-pocket teams highlighted by length-of-the court sprint to block a dunk by Devin Harris.