The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP) Seven of the escapees, including suspects charged with murder, remain on the lam following the breakout that occurred on Friday. Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by…
Donald Trump on Friday doubled don his claim that white South Africans the administration is identifying as refugees are victims of a genocide while blasting the reporter who asked him about the message it sends to predominantly Black asylum seekers denied entry to the U.S. “Well, I think if I see people in distress, I…
The marriage of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump remains under a microscope after reports claimed she has barely been in the White House since the Republican politician’s inauguration in January 2025. Speculation that the Trumps’ relationship is merely for show has been the talk of Washington, D.C., for years. Biographer Michael Wolff’s…
Source: MarioGuti / Getty The CIA is undergoing its biggest internal shakeup since the Cold War—gutting its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives under the directive of Executive Order 14151 from the Trump administration. According to reports, these once-prioritized programs, designed to reflect America’s evolving demographic and give our intelligence efforts a strategic edge,…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on the last day of Maryland’s legislative session on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte,File) The bill was introduced in this year’s legislative session as a top priority of the Legislative Black Caucus. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Friday he will veto a measure to…
Tiffany Slaton, a hiker found in the High Sierra after going missing for three weeks, speaks during a press conference, Friday, May 16, 2025 in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian) 28-year-old Tiffany Slaton, who was found alive on Wednesday, was reported missing on April 29 after her parents lost contact with her. A 28-year-old woman…
Jarred Dwayne Shaw played basketball for Oklahoma State. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Jarred Dwayne Shaw, who played college basketball for both Oklahoma State and Utah, faces up to life or the death penalty. An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday….
At just 13 years old, Blue Ivy is proving that she knows how to respond quickly when unexpected problems arise. Her professionalism was put to the test on Thursday night in Chicago as she performed with her mother Beyoncé for the Cowboy Carter tour. The mother-daughter duo got a little tangled up onstage, unbeknownst to…
American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali, 1942 – 2016), making a fist as he lies on his hotel bed, London, 27th May 1963. Clay is in London for a match against Henry Cooper on 18th June. (Photo by Len Trievnor/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Len Trievnor / Getty Images Key takeaways: Muhammad Ali…
American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Hulton Archive / Getty Images Key takeaways: Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he…
