A man who spent 23 years in prison for a Kansas double murder is seeking $93 million in damages from the city and county and the former Kansas City detective who framed him. Lamonte McIntyre‘s attorneys said the police in Kansas City, Kansas allowed the detective to use his power to sexually exploit Black women….
Named for his favorite New York City cross-streets, the new whiskey also features an A$AP Rocky-designed bottle. A$AP Rocky is having a very busy spring. While preparing to become a first-time father, the rapper-entrepreneur has debuted multiple new projects outside of the musical realm, most recently, a clothing and accessories capsule with Mercedes Benz. Now,…
With their collective 21.9 million Instagram followers, ctress Gabrielle Union and her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, are sharing the mother-and-daughter mantra they say to get them through the week. On Wednesday, March 30, otherwise known as Hump Day, the hilarious duo shared a post of them reciting the saying “On my momma. On my…
One of only three GOP senators who supported Judge Jackson for the D.C. Circuit Court, Graham now calls her an “activist judge.” South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham — who voted just last year to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — has now…
Tributes are pouring in for the celebrity makeup artist and founder of AJ Crimson Beauty, who died on Wednesday, March 30. The beauty world is paying tribute to one of its Black pioneers. AJ Crimson, celebrity makeup artist and founder of AJ Crimson Beauty died on Wednesday, March 30, as confirmed by both his family…
A white teacher who teaches at the high school Michelle Obama attended as a teen in Chicago has been suspended. The city’s school administration took action against the educator because he and an African-American colleague argued over him hanging a black doll from a cord in his classroom. Carl Pasowicz, a World History instructor at…
Source: 11Alive / Hall & Lampros, LLP Police brutality has cost the state of Georgia nearly $5 million—all because a cop couldn’t put his fragile blue ego aside and understand that a short car chase doesn’t warrant the execution of a Black man. According to 11 Alive, on Aug. 7, 2020, Julian Lewis was shot…
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer of Memphis was repeatedly taunted by George Johnson, who allegedly harassed her at her home and threatened to beat her up. An assault charge against an open confederacy supporter who agitated a Black Memphis, Tennessee, elected official and sang “Dixie” as she addressed media last year have been dismissed. George…
Mo’Nique has graced millions of screens over the years since hitting the entertainment industry in the late 1990s. The actress first witnessed a claim to fame for her role as Nicole “Nikki” Parker in “Moesha” and its spinoff “The Parkers.” “The Parkers,” which aired on the UPN network from 1999 to 2004, followed the lives…
Gas prices are well above $5 a gallon in states like California and Nevada and averaging $4 or more in dozens of others. Gasoline check-ins show that the price of gas at the pump continues to skyrocket across the country, causing a strain on Americans’ wallets. According to a gas price tracker compiled by American…
