U.S. regulators expect baby formula manufacturer to have its Michigan plant reopened next week Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles is expected to arrive Sunday in Indianapolis, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. The formula, weighing 78,000 pounds, is being transported by military plane, Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air…
Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole claims he was passed over for the police chief post for a Black man because he was white The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to settle his federal discrimination lawsuit in which he alleged he was passed over for the city’s top…
Wendy Williams scored a bittersweet victory in her battle against Wells Fargo. Months after the Daytime Emmy-nominated talk show host accused the bank of freezing her accounts, a New York judge ruled on May 19 that she would be able to access her funds but under the supervision of a financial guardian who will reportedly…
Coach Andrei Voronkov spewed a slur that was understood to be about Cuban player Ailama Cesé Montalvo One of Russia’s leading volleyball coaches faces a ban of up to two years for using a racist slur to describe an opposition player during the national championship series. Coach Andrei Voronkov used the slur while giving instructions…
Naomi Osaka introduces a fresh spring and summer palette for Nike and announces the formation of her own agency after leaving IMG. If you’re finally ready to transition out of those tie-dye sweats but are still hoping to keep it fresh and flexible this season, say no more, Fam; Naomi Osaka’s got you covered. The…
The unnamed Chicago police officer has been assigned to desk duty, official says A Chicago officer who shot and seriously wounded a 13-year-old boy who ran away after being pulled over while driving a stolen vehicle was relieved of his police powers Friday, officials said. “He’s still an active member of the Chicago Police Department,” police spokesman…
Buffalo shooting highlights school counselors’ concerns to support and adequately screen students who might show potential for violence. Every school, it seems, has a moment that crystallizes the crisis facing America’s youth and the pressure it is putting on educators. For one middle school counselor in rural California, it came this year after a suicide…
“She was nothing but loving and giving,” Joshua Kellick says of Roberta Drury, who was killed in the racist attack on a Buffalo grocery store Roberta Drury, a 32-year-old woman who was the youngest of the 10 Black people killed at a Buffalo supermarket, was remembered at her funeral Saturday for “that smile that could…
OPINION: A husband to a wife who is a creator and cultural curator: I love the front row seat I have to the work you do in the name of motherhood. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. By the time you read this,…
Source: Pexels / Pexels Much has been said on the subject of single Black women, our marriageability rates and the abysmal dating pool available to us. You might even say too much has been said about all this, but I have yet to hear the perspective of one who is perpetually single like myself. There…
