A 15-year-old girl who pleaded guilty in the beating death of a 64-year-old disabled man in the nation’s capital last year testified that she knew the victim was dead before she and four accomplices fled the scene, and that they carried out the vicious attack because they were bored and looking for something to do. Reggie Brown,…
The former University of Kentucky student who was captured in a viral video attacking a Black student and calling her racial slurs numerous times has been sentenced for the assault. Sophia Rosing will spend 12 months in jail, serve 100 hours of community service, and pay a $25 fine. In August, the 23-year-old pleaded guilty…
Gayle King is now getting some backlash upon Ta-Nehisi Coates revisiting the vehement interview he had with “CBS Mornings.” Coates appeared on the show in September to discuss his new book “The Message” with the show’s hosts Tony Dokoupil, Nate Burleson, and King. During the interview, Dokoupil, who is Jewish, was criticized for pressing Coates…
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is under fire for allegedly making derogatory comments about Vice President Kamala Harris while attending a rally for Donald Trump. On Saturday, Oct. 19, Bell attended a Trump campaign event at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Bell was at the rally alongside Antonio Brown, another former…
Twenty-three-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams has been tapped to grace the cover of Essence magazine, sharing with the world the woman she has become after her legendary tennis career. However, some people think she has become something very unnatural to whoever she was born to be, saying that miraculously she has turned into a…
A Florida sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a fleeing Black man in the back earlier this month after the man pulled out a gun from his waistband. But body camera footage released Thursday shows 30-year-old Dejuane Hayden never pointed the gun at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputy. Now Hayden’s family has retained an attorney, who is considering…
Animal abuse accusations are beginning to resurface for renowned celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan. He became found through his celebrity clients and his show, “Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: “ On his Instagram page, Millan, in collaboration with his Cesar Millan’s Training Programs page, uploaded a clip of himself showing a young woman the inappropriate way to…
Months after Bishop Marvin Winans shared with his Perfecting Home Church that he was cancer-free, the “Worthy is the Lamb Slain” singer was captured on video passing out during a church service at the suburban Los Angeles church. The clip immediately went viral, and saints from all over the world are now sending their prayers,…
Longtime actor, Idris Elba surprised fans a few years ago when he revealed he hadn’t seen the Black classic film “Brown Sugar.” But the “Luther” star had an explanation for why he’d been avoiding it. In a resurfaced clip from a 2017 interview, Elba told Angie Martinez, “When I first started [acting], I auditioned for…
In May of 2020, a top-producing loan officer for Fairway Independent Mortgage Company sent an email to a loan processor about a possible property purchase in Ensley, a majority-Black neighborhood in Birmingham, which said, “Ensley is the GHETTO. We don’t own a house there, I promise. LOL!” The Fairway Mortgage processor responded, “‘ROFLOL,’ presumably meaning…
