James Tatum, 11, right, receives a vaccination shot that included a polio dose from nurse Frances Findley at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) The easily preventable disease ripped through many Texas communities in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed…
A New York Police Department scuba team looks for debris, Friday, April 11, 2025, where a sightseeing helicopter crashed a day earlier into the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) The FAA, in a statement posted on X, said it would launch an immediate review of New York Helicopter Tours’ operating license…
Pastor Walter Turner talks to media during news conference for Teachers Union to Announce Historic Contract Ratification Vote Results at CTU (Chicago Teachers Union) headquarters in Chicago, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Union leaders announced Monday that 97% of members who voted approved the deal. The Chicago Teachers’ Union president called it…
“The Jennifer Hudson Show” Episode 3133, Season 3 Photo credit: Chris Haston/WBTV Actor Jay Ellis opens up about fatherhood and the transition from being a parent of one to a parent of two. While many recognize him for his role as “Lawrence” from Issa Rae’s hit show “Insecure,” there are two people in the world…
Source: Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department / x A white teen in Wisconsin is accused of murdering his parents, and the self-described “manifesto” he left behind reveals that he did so to fund a murder plot against President Donald Trump and “perhaps” Vice President JD Vance. It’s a horrific, unthinkable crime all in itself, but the reason…
(L-r) Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Sarah Knights, director of Blue Origin’s astronaut office, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. (Blue Origin via AP) Gayle King joined Blue Origin’s first all-female flight crew into space on Monday morning. Gayle King can officially add “astronaut” to her…
Gayle King is back on U.S. soil after embarking on the all-female Blue Origin Space launch Monday morning. The “CBS Mornings” co-host collapsed and kissed the ground once she stepped off the historic voyage after the nearly 11-minute flight in a viral video. At the launch site in West Texas, outside El Paso, she immediately…
A California city official who was fired over some handwritten documents in which she referred to Black people as “tokens” recently spoke out to clarify why the notes were written and how they were taken out of context. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Oakland’s former chief of staff Leigh Hanson was let go…
On April 9, Amber Sherman was on her morning walk when she came across a “concerning” scene in the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, she says. Cops had swarmed a house on Mount Vernon Road, and several police vehicles were parked in front. There was an open can of a popular energy drink sitting…
“I would never bleach again,” says Vybz Kartel reflecting on his past with skin bleaching (Screenshot: YouTube/Hot 97) Jamaican artist Vybz Kartel admits that his years of skin bleaching were the consequences of a struggle with self-love. This weekend, New Yorkers celebrated Jamaican artist Vybz Kartel’s historic comeback performance at the Barclays Center. Leading up…
