A Father’s Day beach outing took a tragic turn for a Florida father of two who died after jumping into the sea to save his two children from drowning. Fort Lauderdale authorities say dispatchers got calls after 7 p.m. on June 16 about a drowning at an ocean resort, local news outlets reported. Antwon Wilson…
In his 40 years on the federal bench, U.S. District Judge William Young said he’d never seen a case where “racial discrimination was so palpable.” Young, appointed by Ronald Reagan, ruled that the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health research grants unfairly targeted minority groups and were illegal. Young ordered the funds…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The NAACP announced Tuesday that it is gearing up to file a lawsuit against Elon Musk over the Tesla CEO’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, because a supercomputer facility owned by the company is located near predominantly Black communities in Memphis, and the NAACP is concerned about the air pollution…
Longtime show producer and “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer, 70, is set to have his eighth child. The actor is reportedly expecting his third baby with his wife, Kayte Walsh, 46. The married couple are already parents of a 12-year-old daughter, Faith, and two sons, Gabriel, 10, and James, 8. From his previous relationships, Grammer has four…
FILE – Transgender rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Supreme Court backs Tennessee law restricting gender-affirming care for minors, ruling 6–3 that the state’s ban does not violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming…
Source: GoFundMe / GoFundMe They named him Chance. A name heavy with hope, but also haunted by the weight of everything it took to get him here. Chance, because that’s all he was ever given. Not a choice. Not a plan. Just a fragile gamble that his mother’s body could be kept going long enough…
A Kentucky woman who was unjustly convicted and sentenced for the murder of a man in 2008 was just awarded nearly $3 million after she sued a city government and its detectives, alleging they framed her for the killing. Johnetta Carr is one of the youngest female exonerees in the U.S. Her case goes back…
Texas State Rep. Al Edwards speaks while watching election results on March 2, 2010, in Houston. (Photo by Nick de la Torre/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) The Texas state representative, who died one year before Juneteenth became a federal holiday, dedicated his life and career to making it a reality. Though Juneteenth is now recognized…
North Carolina state Rep. Julie von Haefen is in full retreat mode after Republicans seized upon a video she posted over the weekend on her since-deleted X account. The video was shot at Saturday’s “No Kings” anti-Trump protest in Raleigh, one of several held across the country. As many as six million people were estimated…
Source: Andrea Renault/Star Max / Getty In another chilling display of federal overreach, New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by masked ICE agents for attempting to escort a migrant out of the city house. On Tuesday (June 17) Lander, who was inside Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza to support immigrants navigating…
