Source: Andrew D. Bernstein / Getty On this day three years ago, we lost one of America’s most beloved basketball players, Kobe Bryant. His untimely passing shocked the world at the top of a very strange year in 2020. Even if you weren’t the biggest Laker fan or a fan of the sport, the news…
A Black mother in Iowa believes her daughter was burned at her day care with bleach after discovering the marks on her child, and she is demanding answers. “I was definitely upset. Very frustrated and angry. Because bleach and chemical burns — that’s a huge thing,” said Sophia Ewing to KCCI News in Des Moines….
A massive fire broke out in a large apartment complex in Chicago, resulting in the death of one and the hospitalization of eight others. Officials say they told some residents to shelter in place during the blaze, but some say their loved ones never knew there was a fire because no alarms or alerts went…
Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Toni Morrison‘s The Bluest Eye—an award-winning novel about a Black girl who grew up after the Great Depression, and part of a body of work that won Morrison the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993—has been pulled from high school libraries in a Florida county. One…
Eight-year-old Future Zahir showed fans just how easy it is for him to catch a high-speed flying football with only one hand. Ciara uploaded a video to her Instagram, showing the youngster following in the footsteps of his stepfather, Russell Wilson. In her video, Future rocked Wilson’s kid-friendly fashion brand, 3Brand, as he successfully caught…
A 34-year-old woman pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny in Nassau County, New York, after admitting to stealing her cousin’s $1 million jackpot won from a scratch-off ticket. Iris Amador Argueta’s cousin asked her to claim the prize on his behalf because he wanted to remain anonymous; he offered her $50,000 of the winnings. Instead,…
Source: screenshot / Twitter Two Florida white men were sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for hate crime charges after their racially-motivated ax attack against a Black man in Citrus Springs. According to the Justice Department, Roy Lashley, 56, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, and his brother, Robert Lashley, 52, was sentenced to…
La La Anthony joined “The Breakfast Club” as a special guest on Jan. 25 with one goal: Understand if marriage is still a desire for people. La La Anthony. (Photo: @lala/Instagram) The actress posed her question after discussing her own personal beliefs on marriage and where she thinks it stands in this day and age. …
A substitute teacher has been fired after a video showing him slamming a student to the ground was revealed. The incident reportedly happened on Jan. 23 at Richmond High School in Richmond, California. The substitute teacher — who is Black — is seen on the video slamming the student to the ground and then throwing…
NY Times Best-Selling Author Bakari Sellers attends National Urban League 21 Pillars Tour – Youth Summit on June 9, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. | Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty With so much going on around the country right now, political commentator Bakari Sellers called into the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to break down everything…
