Jodie Turner Smith and Joshua Jackson. (Photo credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson finalized their divorce after four years of marriage but still have a few details to iron out regarding their daughter. While Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson have finalized their divorce, the former couple still needs to…
A white supremacist who murdered a Black man during a racially motivated drive-by shooting in Sacramento last summer was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Paul DeMarco, 48, showed no remorse during a nearly 90-minute sentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court as he was handed the maximum penalty for…
A’ja Wilson celebrates with the team after her jersey retirement ceremony before the game against the Auburn Tigers at Colonial Life Arena on February 02, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) Directed by Malia Obama, A’ja Wilson’s new Nike commercial spotlights her new “A’One” sneaker and the beauty of Black girlhood. …
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty The aftermath of the Eaton wildfires that have plagued Altadena residents for months is slowly making way for rebuilding, restructuring and renewal efforts — but just as a sense of normalcy is tentatively returning, the staggering increase in crime has residents looking for a solution. Last month, the Los…
After he was arrested on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge in July 2023, 33-year-old Glenn Smallwood Jr. was taken into custody at the Angelina County Jail in Lufkin, Texas, where his family claims in a federal lawsuit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, that he was left to die amid a “readily apparent” “medical and mental…
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 17, 2025. Photo by Sen. Van Hollen’s office via Getty Images Chimene Keitner, University of California, Davis Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back…
FILE -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs participates in “The Four” panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) Judge Arun Subramanian started the proceedings shortly after 9 a.m. by making several rulings on what things experts would be allowed to testify about when they…
Mary J. Blige may be on the hook for $5 million as news of an explosive lawsuit has surfaced. The “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” is accused of interfering with business agreements between rapper Vado and M.I.S.A. Management, a company owned by the singer’s former stylist Misa Hylton. In the complaint obtained by Atlanta Black Star…
Actor Lovie Simone poses for a portrait on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Debuting on Netflix on Thursday, this version of “Forever…” sets the story in Los Angeles in 2018 and 2019 and the couple at the center is Black, played by Love Simone and Michael Cooper, Jr. While cutting…
Rodney Hinton, Jr, (Screenshot from NBC News YouTube) | Larry Henderson, recently retired deputy of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office(Hamilton Couty Sheriff’s Office) Just a few hours before the crash, Hinton and other family members met at the police chief’s office and watched a police body camera video showing an officer shoot the teen. A…
