All major Democratic campaign committees reported a surge in contributions after the ruling, but fundraising is concentrated at the national level In the first week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, Democrats and aligned groups raised more than $80 million, a tangible early sign that the ruling may energize…
NYPD Crime Scene Source: New York Daily News / Getty On the heels of a shift in New York gun laws following a questionable Supreme Court ruling last week, a 20-year-old new mom was shot in the head at point-blank range while pushing her three-month-old in a stroller on the Upper East Side. Friday evening…
“There’s no luck for how we get things done,” says bestselling author of ‘The Memo’ Minda Harts on this week’s episode of ‘The Reset with Coach Tish.’ Are we thinking about the next generation of Black and Brown girls in the ways we should? This may be my own guilt speaking but, I’m not sure…
Move by prosecutors to convert Flint indictments into common criminal complaints expected to face opposition by defense Prosecutors signaled Friday that they would pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis, just a few days after the state Supreme Court said indictments must be dismissed. The attorney general’s…
When a medical examiner arrived to inspect Jayland Walker’s body, he was lying on his back in handcuffs. Reports show that he was shot multiple times — in the face, abdomen and upper legs during a car chase with Akron Police Department officers. The 25-year-old man was the third person killed in Akron, Ohio, by…
Court rules retrying Ronald Gasser for murder of Joe McKnight would amount to double jeopardy The man who killed a former NFL player in a New Orleans area road rage incident in 2016 cannot be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Authorities…
Black British driver Lewis Hamilton has called for “archaic mindsets” to change More video in Brazilian media shows retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet using homophobic language and more racial slurs about Lewis Hamilton. The website Grande Prêmio published video late Thursday — apparently filmed last year with Piquet speaking in Portuguese — in which…
From 2002 to 2004, Idris Elba portrayed drug boss Russell “Stringer” Bell in HBO’s critically acclaimed crime drama “The Wire,” in what’s arguably considered his best-known role, before his character is murdered by Brother Mouzone and Omar, played by Michael Potts and the late Michael K. Williams. While reflecting on the show’s 20th anniversary, creator…
Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times after he allegedly fled a traffic stop At least eight Akron police officers have been put on leave after firing more than 90 shots at an unarmed Black motorist on Monday. Police say Jayland Walker, 25, was fatally shot in the early hours after he fled a traffic…
Griner, who declined to enter a plea. At an earlier hearing, her detention was extended to Dec. 20. MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that has…
