Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks during a Juneteenth reparations rally at Newark City Hall on June 17, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested for trespassing and ignoring warnings from Homeland Security Investigations. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested on Friday while…
Did you know Leonardo DiCaprio made his Met Gala debut in 2025? The acclaimed actor avoided walking the fashion event’s red carpet, but a photograph of him with his young girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti surfaced online. The verified Vogue Instagram page shared a black-and-white picture of DiCaprio, 50, and Ceretti, 26, from the Met Gala on…
When Mary and Albert Singleton arrived on the afternoon of Monday, April 28, to pick up their daughter from school in Mobile, Alabama, they were greeted by teachers carrying 4-year-old Algeria. They had not been alerted that something might be wrong with their youngest child. A nurse at Collins-Rhodes Elementary School said it was probably…
Source: ljubaphoto / Getty A new trend is sweeping across TikTok, and it’s not another dance challenge—it’s sleepmaxxing. Part self-care movement, part tech-fueled biohacking, sleepmaxxing is all about optimizing your sleep to get the most rest, recovery, and performance out of every night. According to Healthline, sleepmaxxing involves using a combination of strategies, gadgets, and…
Actor Denzel Washington’s wife of 41 years, Pauletta Washington, has reacted to her husband’s Broadway performance in “Othello” getting snubbed for a Tony Award nomination. Denzel, 70, is starring as the title character in the current revival of the William Shakespeare tragedy at New York City’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre. In addition to the two-time Oscar…
A Shreveport mother is facing six counts of aggravated assault after allegedly trying to run over a group of elementary school children with her car following a schoolyard dispute involving her child. Lejonkica Sharp, 36, was arrested on May 1, two days after the April 29 incident outside Pine Grove Elementary. The Shreveport Police Department…
Source: Radio One / General Another TikTok prank has turned fatal, but the conversation surrounding it is more than just another cautionary tale of social media gone wrong. The story takes us to Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. was shot and killed while participating in a “ding dong ditch” prank — a…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Look, we didn’t need any more evidence that President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda is really just white supremacy reinforcement disguised as a fight against anti-white discrimination, but the commander-in-segregation-policies has just declared that high-speed internet is “racist,” presumably against white people. Actually, according to the New York Times, it’s…
OPINION: With Mother’s Day on Sunday, these mothers in television also deserve some flowers for the life lessons they helped to impart. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Mother’s Day is upon us yet again. It’s the joyous time of…
A school bus driver in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged after police say he pulled over, punched two students in the face, and then left all the children on his bus on the street. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 51-year-old Lamar Murray with two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a…
