Sha’Carri Richardson celebrates her win in the women’s 100-meter run final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials in June in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo Chris Carlson/AP) “It’s not a goal of mine to be known,” says Richardson, the 24-year-old favorite in the Olympic 100 meters. “But I definitely don’t want to be known…
Passengers wait at London Stansted Airport in Essex on Friday amid reports of widespread IT outages affecting airlines, broadcasters and banks. (Photo: Joe Giddens/PA via AP) Major delays reported at airports grew on Friday morning, with most attributing the problems in booking systems of individual airlines. FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A global technology outage grounded…
Attendees play with balloons after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican nomination for president on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Republicans offered their latest confirmed this week in resounding fashion this week…
This booking photo provided by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office shows Sean Grayson on July 17 in Springfield, Ill. Grayson, an Illinois sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman inside her home. (Photo: Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office via AP) The details were in a court…
Two Spirit Airlines employees were caught on camera quickly losing patience and throwing a fit with passengers preparing to board a Las Vegas-bound flight from California. The incident happened at the Hollywood Burbank Airport, Inside Edition reported. The video starts with a view of one agent on the gate’s intercom system loudly pleading for calm…
The funeral for a Black woman in Illinois who was killed by police in her own home after she called 911 to report an intruder was set to take place on Friday amid new damning revelations about the shooting and its immediate aftermath. Sonya Massey, 36, is expected to be laid to rest following services…
Vanessa Williams didn’t mean to put her late friend on blast, but fans can’t get past a funny pic she posted, and many are joking about Luther Vandross’ hilarious face. Williams, the first Black woman to ever hold the title of Miss America, posted a collage of pictures and videos spanning the five decades of…
A jet-lagged Tiger Woods teed off on July 18 at the annual Open Championship, which is taking place in Scotland this year. The golf icon admitted that he struggled to sleep during the flight across the pond following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a political rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. Woods said,…
A general view of the atmosphere during day 1 of the 2024 Black Girls Dream Conference at Atlanta Marriott Marquis on June 07, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty More than 1,300 attendees converged at the Black Girls Dream Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by the Southern Black Girls and Women’s…
Lakeland police in Florida claim they had to kick, beat and use a Taser on Marcus Adams — what they describe as “protective actions” — because he was not complying with their orders during an incident earlier this year. But a recently released body camera video indicates they are lying. And that’s not surprising, considering…
