Elected officials in Charlottesville, the Virginia city that was the scene of the infamous Unite the Right rally in 2017, have decided to suspend virtual public comments during City Council meetings. The decision comes after white supremacists and anti-Semites crashed the Zoom stream used for the public meeting and called for a race war. Now,…
Source: Nando Vidal / Getty Shaquille Latimore, a 30-year-old youth football coach from St. Louis, claimed he was shot several times by an angry parent during a practice game at Sherman Park on the north side of the city Oct.10. The rest of the football team’s season has been canceled as authorities investigate the incident….
Happy Friday! As always, with every Friday comes a new what-to-watch list that gives our audience an up-to-date listicle of fictional and or nonfictional stories that highlight and amplify the voices of Black entertainers. This week’s list shines a light on dramas, thrillers, romances, and comedies that make cozying up on a couch with a…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty A four-year federal law enforcement investigation into organized crime in Missouri has resulted in the arrests of nearly three dozen people either belonging to or affiliated with one of the most notorious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations in the U.S., according to the Department of Justice. Thirty-four members and associates…
A white Vallejo Police Department officer was recorded punching a Black woman in the face after she was involved in a car accident in Vallejo, California, on Oct. 13. TikTok user Romyr Hamilton was nearby during the arrest and recorded the footage on a cellphone. The footage captured Ofc. Colin Eaton forcibly removing the woman…
Some of the residents who were displaced by the Lahaina wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui in August are beginning to feel some relief as Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s People’s Fund of Maui has begun to disperse multiple rounds of payments. In a Reddit forum, several people claim they received their…
As the U.S. House continues to devolve into discord over which representative will become the new House Speaker, one House member is working to keep the chaos light as she reveals the day-to-day affairs within her chamber of Congress. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat representing Texas’ 30th District, is taking to her timeline on X,…
Tyrese Gibson’s ex-wife Samantha Lee claims the opinions of others heavily affected her choice to divorce the R&B crooner. The former couple tied the knot in February 2017 but announced their plans to divorce in 2020 before finalizing the drawn-out proceedings in August 2022. Trending Today: ‘All the Words That Fell Out Were Felonies’: Fans…
My mother-in-law has always been a bit overbearing; even when my husband and I were dating, she did her best to control our relationship. Now that we’re seven years in and two children later, she has calmed down, but only very, very little. Now, she has moved her controlling ways to our young kids, trying…
Source: Camden County Sheriff’s Office / Camden County Sheriff’s Office There’s a reason so many of us refuse to entertain the “a few bad apples” narrative regarding aggressive and often brutal police officers who demonstrably become more aggressive on average when dealing with Black people. There’s a reason so many of us believe it’s America’s…
