Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a Nov. 2021 news conference in Houston. The former mayor was picked Tuesday as the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. (Photo: Michael Wyke/AP, file) Sylvester Turner will appear on the November ballot after securing the most support from local Democratic precinct chairs during…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference in August 2023 in Atlanta. (Photo: John Bazemore/AP, file) When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago Thursday, it was the fourth and most sprawling of the criminal cases against the former president. ATLANTA (AP) — A year after…
Source: Marion County Sheriff’s Office / marion county sheriff’s office The manslaughter trial for the 60-year-old woman who killed Ajike “A.J.” Owens began this week, but some activists are concerned that the all-white jury selected may lead to her acquittal. Opening statements trial of Susan Lorincz began Tuesday, as jurors listened to prosecutors paint the…
This undated image provided by the law firm of Walton+ Brown, LLP, shows Ta’Kiya Young, 21, a pregnant woman killed last August after being accused of shoplifting. (Photo: Walton+ Brown, LLP via AP) A grand jury indicted Connor Grubb on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of Ta’Kiya Young and…
Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks after winning the primary at Nighthawks in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday. (Photo: Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) “We run the politics of joy,” Omar told supporters, echoing a Harris-Walz theme. “Because we know it is joyful to fight for your neighbors.” MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of…
A video of a white man telling off a Black man in a racist outburst in New Jersey is making the rounds on social media. The video was first posted by social user @incredibam, who recorded his encounter with a white Mini Cooper driver in the parking lot of a public park in Collingswood, New…
Air Force Two taxis on the tarmac as several thousand attendees applaud during a presidential campaign rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, on August 7, 2024. | Source: Anadolu / Getty No matter how things turn out in November, Joe Biden dropping out of the…
Comedian Kevin Hart has finally confessed about the night in 2017 when he cheated on his wife, Eniko Hart, with a random woman in Las Vegas. These details have emerged as part of the trial he’s involved in against his former friend, Jonathan “JT” Jackson. On that fateful night, Hart says that he was coerced…
Is there trouble in the Broadus household? Fans think so after Snoop Dogg’s wife, Shante “Boss Lady” Broadus, shared yet another cryptic post that has social media users wondering if the couple are having marital issues. Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus face criticism about infidelity in their 27-year marriage. (Photo: @bosslady_ent/Instagram) Shante shared…
President Richard Nixon (1913 – 1994) shakes hands with musician James Brown (1933 – 2006) in the White House’s Oval Office, in Washington D.C., on Oct. 10, 1972. | Source: Oliver F Adkins/PhotoQuest / Getty N ewsOne is back with Episode 5 of The Black Ballot, an exclusive new multi-episodic docuseries exploring the history of African Americans voting….
