Preston Phillips, who performed back surgery on the gunman last month, was the primary target of the shooting, police said. Two doctors, a receptionist and a former soldier accompanying his wife during a checkup were killed in a mass shooting inside a Tulsa medical building, authorities said Thursday. Police, officials at Saint Francis Health System…
Source: NewsOne Now Screenshot Dr. Umar Johnson is denying the implications behind a viral video that shows the controversial Philadelphia-based psychologist who has been outspoken against interracial relationships appearing friendly with a white woman standing close to him. The brief video, posted to social media on Thursday afternoon, showed Johnson and the unidentified white woman…
OPINION: Donna Brazile writes that the toll of gun violence on Black Americans is especially severe. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. President Joe Biden’s call in his address to the nation Thursday night for modest and common-sense gun safety measures deserves the…
Singer-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson’s daughter Shayla has graduated from middle school and the celebrity dad celebrated this achievement in as big a fashion as any of his many big box office movie premieres. Gibson gave his baby girl a six-figure luxury car, two years before she is old enough to drive. The 43-year-old, whose blockbuster film…
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates just awarded a $300,000 settlement to local artist Young Moose after the rapper sued convicted police officer Daniel Hersl, a member of the defunct Gun Trace Task Force depicted in the HBO series “We Own This City.” The David Simon-created show told the true story of the rise and fall of…
The Kentucky Democratic U.S. Senate candidate explained his intention behind the video in a statement to theGrio. In his newly released campaign video, Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker is wearing a noose in response to his Senate opponent, GOP Sen. Rand Paul, for opposing a federal hate crime bill. Paul, who is seeking re-election…
Attendees wait in the Ford Wyoming Center before former President Donald Trump speaks on May 28, 2022, in Casper, Wyoming. | Source: Chet Strange / Getty As we previously reported, Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 Black people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, expressed his belief in the “Great…
Miami boss Rick Ross has a lot to say about people who beg for handouts. DJ Akademiks captured a video from the 46-year-old’s Instagram story on Wednesday, June 1, where he explained that “begging” in life will get you nowhere. “I already know how it go. That’s why I go hard,” Ross began in the…
The acclaimed actress opened up about her sexual orientation in in Variety interview In a recent interview at the start of Pride month, Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis revealed that she identifies as bisexual, stating, “I am Queer. This is who I am.” Aunjanue Ellis speaks during the 24th Costume Designers Guild Awards on March…
An all-Black male high school in Louisiana racks up $9.2 million in scholarship money as all of its graduates receive college offers, and the special moment was captured in a viral tweet seen hundreds of thousands of times. Kara Kentner has a son who was part of the 2022 graduating class from St. Augustine High…
