Brittney Griner playing against the Los Angeles Spark. Source: Leon Bennett / Getty A week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian authorities arrested American basketball star Brittney Griner at the Moscow airport. She was charged with drug smuggling after Russian officials allegedly found vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis in her…
Black mothers absorbed much of the stress of the coronavirus pandemic as they worried about their children’s future and their mental health In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month and Mother’s Day, mothers on theGrio team discussed managing their mental health during a pandemic with COVID-19 cases surging and Black trauma at an all-time high. …
‘The Real Housewives of Dubai’ also launches its official trailer ahead of the June 1 debut From the fabulous premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 to a new feud brewing in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, theGrio is back with your Reality Roundup of the week. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7‘ Shea…
Veteran “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson is addressing claims that he got Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson banned from the iconic sketch comedy show after the “Pulp Fiction” star dropped the F-bomb during a live taping of the show that aired in December 2012. The incident came up during Jackson’s recent appearance on…
Wright is best known for his 1985 R&B hit, ‘Who Do You Love.’ Bernard Wright, musician, singer, and songwriter, has passed away at age 58. Though Wright is best known for his 1985 hit single, “Who Do You Love,” much of his music was sampled by rappers. News of his death was first disclosed on…
Real estate brokerage firm Redfin has settled a lawsuit alleging housing discrimination. Under the agreement, Redfin will change its minimum housing price policy and pay $4 million to settle the suit brought against it by the National Fair Housing Alliance and nine other fair housing organizations in 2020. Photo from https://www.redfin.com/ Under the settlement that…
Thousands of jobs will be created in Bryan County once the buildings are completed Hyundai Motor Group confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge electric vehicle plant near Savannah that will employ thousands — a deal Georgia’s governor called the largest economic development project in the state’s history. Hyundai Motor Group…
Walker’s candidate documents filed five months later changed his original income figure to over four times the amount. Georgia Republican Herschel Walker, currently leading its race for the U.S. Senate, failed to disclose over $3 million in earnings in his last federal disclosure form. As reported in Business Insider, the former standout University of Georgia…
Singer Rihanna has given birth to her baby with rapper A$AP Rocky in Los Angeles. The 34-year-old mom reportedly gave birth to a boy on May 13, months after the couple announced in January that they were expecting. Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for the couple including from Rihanna’s ex-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown. He…
DuVernay will produce and oversee writing for a half-hour drama series starring Lauren Ridloff and Joshua Jackson. Writer, producer and director Ava DuVernay is developing a romantic drama series for Starz. The network announced the news at its inaugural #TakeTheLead Summit, which is centered around allyship and representation in TV and film. The untitled series…
