Todd Sheffler and Alex Banta are charged with violating Larry Earvin’s civil rights after a brutal 2018 beating. Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys offered starkly different explanations Friday for the fatal beating of an Illinois prison inmate four years ago in closing arguments before a jury began deliberating in the trial of two former correctional…
Moderna and Pfizer are testing 2-in-1 COVID-19 protection that they hope to offer this fall. COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating coronavirus — even though it’s not clear if changes are needed. Already there’s public confusion…
Rihanna was forced to cancel her Hollywood baby shower due to the arrest of A$AP Rocky on April 20. According to the Daily Mail, Rihanna had a baby shower scheduled in Los Angeles for the same day but had to cancel due to her boyfriend’s sudden arrest. “It was meant to be Rihanna’s baby…
The Historical Commission unanimously accepted the county’s argument. Two years after voting to remove the Confederate flag from its seal, a Tennessee county finally has the go-ahead to do so. The Williamson County Commission voted in 2020 to request permission from the Tennessee Historical Commission to remove the flag from the upper-left quadrant of its…
Nigeria lost at least $3 billion worth of crude oil to theft between January 2021 and February 2022. At least 100 people may have died in a refinery explosion in southeast Nigeria, an official said Sunday as the search intensified for bodies at the site and for two people suspected of being involved in the…
Billy Chemirmir faces life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder The retrial of a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to begin Monday, after the first jury to hear a case against him deadlocked. Billy Chemirmir, 49, faces life in prison without parole if…
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable leader says she’s concerned the equal pay law may be “harmful” for some workers Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770 on Wednesday, and it will become law July 1. A 1963 federal law requires…
The new Navy guided-missile destroyer carrying the name Frank E. Petersen Jr to be commissioned on May 14 in South Carolina A warship bearing the name of a barrier-breaking Black service member is set to enter the Navy fleet next month. The late Frank E. Petersen Jr. was the Marine Corp’s first Black aviator and…
Appearing on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Tiffany Haddish says she’s looking for good hygiene and good credit Comedian Tiffany Haddish is back in the dating scene and is alerting prospective love interests of the bare minimum standards they must meet. The actress and comic sat down with Late Night host Seth Meyers on Thursday…
Advocates look for results from Justice40 program, which promises 40% of federal climate spending to go to disadvantaged communities Three Louisiana-based environmental advocacy groups are seeking to press the Biden administration on its environmental justice plans by training community leaders to push for clean energy investments in their neighborhoods. The Deep South Center for Environmental…
