(Photo: CBS Chicago) The push to grant Hoover clemency has been decades in the making. President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and clemencies issued this week. Hoover, 74, was convicted of federal charges in 1997 and sentenced to six…
NBA Youngboy (Credit: East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office) NBA YoungBoy also thanked Alice Johnson, Trump’s pardon czar, for “fighting for second chances for so many people.” President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for rapper NBA YoungBoy on Wednesday as part of a marathon of presidential pardons and clemencies announced this week. “I want to…
Sean Diddy Combs sits at the defense table before the start of jury selection at Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) On Day 11 of Diddy’s racketeering and sex trafficking trial, Cassie’s former stylist shared about witnessing Diddy assault Cassie multiple times. The singer Cassie was content…
From the White House that promised to end the “weaponization of the Department of Justice,” comes word that Donald Trump isn’t finished going after the man who beat him in the 2020 election. On Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on “The Sean Hannity Show” on May 27 to announce that her boss is insisting…
Brittney Atkins and Ja Rule on her wedding day. (Photo credit: Ja Rule’s Instagram) Ja Rule’s daughter was married during an opulent ceremony on Friday, May 23, at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, New York. Ja Rule just celebrated a significant fatherhood milestone: walking his daughter down the aisle. On Friday, May 23,…
Source: SDI Productions / Getty In today’s episode of The President Sure Can Pick’em! President Donald Trump has nominated to a federal judgeship a man who, in college, believed Americans should be required to take literacy tests in order to vote, despite the history of literacy tests being used historically to prevent Black people from…
Prom season is in full swing, and social media timelines are flooded with videos and pictures of high school seniors celebrating their milestone moment. But amidst all the glitz and glamour, a 2018 clip of former first lady Michelle Obama sharing her eldest daughter’s prom experience has resurfaced, reminding us: not all over-the-top prom experiences…
Walmart, Target and more companies warn investors of the growing risks of consumer DEI boycotts (Photos: Adobe Stock) “Recent boycotts have been successful enough that companies are worried about them,” experts say as companies warn investors. In 2025, consumers are standing on business and forcing companies to pay attention. Since the Trump administration launched its…
Dalton Cason, a 26-year-old white man, was under the influence of fentanyl and cocaine when he struck and killed a 7-year-old Black boy named Logan Sharpe last year in Georgia, according to a toxicology report from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But Pierce County prosecutors have refused to charge him with vehicular homicide, which would…
John Stankey, CEO, AT&T speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at Convene on September 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company) The telecommunications company’s CEO, John Stankey, discusses the upcoming $5.75 billion merger with Lumen Technologies. As AT&T moves to merge with Lumen Technologies in a multibillion-dollar…
