A recruit for the Jackson Fire Department carries a case of bottled water to a resident’s car in August 2022 as part of the city’s response to longstanding water system problems in Jackson, Miss. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP, file) Tens of thousands of people were left without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and…
Michael Rubin speaks as the United Justice Coalition hosts the Inaugural Social Justice Summit with acclaimed activists, entertainers, attorneys, experts and more at Center415 on July 23, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty By the time Michael Rubin said “I’m probably going to get killed for saying this because I’m…
Detroit Judge Kenneth King listens during a probable-cause hearing in April 2015. (Photo: Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) Judge Kenneth King will undergo “necessary training to address the underlying issues that contributed to this incident,” said William McConico, the chief judge at 36th District Court. DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager…
A video that has drawn millions of views on social media shows a woman taking someone else’s portable speaker playing loud music and chucking it off a cruiseliner into the ocean. The brief 30-second clip shows a woman on a cruise ship with a Greek flag approaching a couple seated at a table on the…
Andra Day, who won a Golden Globe for her performance of Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday Source: Drew Angerer / Getty In 1939, not even three-quarters of a century after Black people took their final steps in this country as slaves, Billie Holiday released “Strange Fruit.” It was an uncoded charge…
Last year, NFL player Jonathan Owens once famously claimed he had no clue who his Olympic gymnast wife Simone Biles was when they first met. For some people online, he added insult to injury during the interview when he referred to himself as the “prize” rather than her, sparking backlash from many of Biles’ fans…
K. Michelle posted new photos which have fans doing a double take and other others saying they don’t recognize her at atll. It’s been years since the “Can’t Raise a Man” singer had her surgical enhancements removed, but some are questioning if she’s recently gone under the knife for another plastic surgery procedure. After rocking…
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally with Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “Vice President Harris has repeatedly emphasized on the campaign trail that ‘prices are still…
Rapper and media mogul 50 Cent has built an empire from his music, clothing line, online media, alcohol partnerships, and television shows. His rise in success has amassed him a great amount of wealth, and now 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson III, says he’s chosen his heir. In an Aug. 14 interview with US…
Championed actors Denzel Washington and Pauletta have held up their marriage for over four decades and it seems the two are still crazy in love with each other — so much so that Washington is willing to video call his wife in the middle of an interview. Fans online got a glimpse of their love…
