Micah Washington, a then-24-year-old Black man from Alabama, was changing a tire on the side of the road when he ended up tasered and arrested on fabricated felony charges by a white husband-and-wife law enforcement team from separate agencies in 2023. The arrest was captured on a disturbing video recorded by Washington’s brother who was…

President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The White House announced a short time later that Trump had signed a presidential memorandum on Guantanamo. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal…

Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. | Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Officials feared there would be no survivors after a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair with a plane around 9 p.m. on Wednesday night right outside…

Crude language and violence aren’t just for the U.S. Congress anymore. Local municipalities are starting to follow their lead, but even the scoundrels in Washington might blush at the ruckus that interrupted an Illinois township meeting. At the center of it all was Dolton Village Mayor Tiffany Henyard, aka the “Dolton Dictator.” Tuesday night’s brawl…

FILE – Collaboration of the year honoree A$AP Rocky, right, and Rihanna attend the 38th annual Footwear News Achievement Awards at Cipriani South Street on Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file) The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons with the rapper Rocky, sat out of view between Rocky’s mother…

Singer Taylor Swift has become a familiar face at Kansas City Chiefs games since she began dating Travis Kelce in 2023, but Sunday’s AFC Championship celebration brought an unexpected moment for the pop star, requiring her to “shake it off.” After the Chiefs secured their 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills, Swift joined other players’…

A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to conjoin in a…

Actress Jessica Alba is making headline this week, but it has nothing to do with a new movie, her stepping away from her successful “Honest” beauty and baby care company, or her split from the father of her children. Instead, curiosity swirls around a haunting incident from her early career—a mystery that continues to intrigue…

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Mayor of New York City Eric Adams departs Emancipation Hall during the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis – Pool/Getty Images) Officials in the…

Source: RiverNorthPhotography / Getty   Jessica English, a trailblazing Black construction worker from Detroit, is making history in her hometown. As reported in the Michigan Chronicle on Jan. 27, English, the Capital Construction Project Manager, has been tapped to lead the Detroit People Mover’s rail replacement project, a transformative public transit upgrade set to cost…