Nigeria lost at least $3 billion worth of crude oil to theft between January 2021 and February 2022. At least 100 people may have died in a refinery explosion in southeast Nigeria, an official said Sunday as the search intensified for bodies at the site and for two people suspected of being involved in the…
Billy Chemirmir faces life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder The retrial of a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to begin Monday, after the first jury to hear a case against him deadlocked. Billy Chemirmir, 49, faces life in prison without parole if…
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable leader says she’s concerned the equal pay law may be “harmful” for some workers Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770 on Wednesday, and it will become law July 1. A 1963 federal law requires…
The new Navy guided-missile destroyer carrying the name Frank E. Petersen Jr to be commissioned on May 14 in South Carolina A warship bearing the name of a barrier-breaking Black service member is set to enter the Navy fleet next month. The late Frank E. Petersen Jr. was the Marine Corp’s first Black aviator and…
Appearing on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Tiffany Haddish says she’s looking for good hygiene and good credit Comedian Tiffany Haddish is back in the dating scene and is alerting prospective love interests of the bare minimum standards they must meet. The actress and comic sat down with Late Night host Seth Meyers on Thursday…
Advocates look for results from Justice40 program, which promises 40% of federal climate spending to go to disadvantaged communities Three Louisiana-based environmental advocacy groups are seeking to press the Biden administration on its environmental justice plans by training community leaders to push for clean energy investments in their neighborhoods. The Deep South Center for Environmental…
Members of a San Diego, California, community are outraged after a 16-year-old white male pleaded not guilty to charges connected to an altercation that left a Black girl with multiple stab wounds in her back. Authorities are considering the act a hate crime, as moments before the assault, the boy and other teens allegedly hurled…
Damson Idris is not related to Idris Elba — though his charming good looks and acting abilities have led more than a few to think so. “It’s so funny, because the first time I met Idris Elba was at my good friend Edward, he was doing like a little party honoring Spike Lee in London,”…
Source: Randy Holmes / Getty Be it daytime or late night, talk shows have been a fixture in American entertainment for decades now. However, very few hosts can say they changed the game quite like comedian Arsenio Hall. Following a legendary run between 1989 and 1994, then a short revival in 2013 that lasted a…
Xavier University, which has a track record of graduating medical professionals, looks to open New Orlean’s third med school Xavier University, a small, historically Black university known for its success in getting Black graduates into medical school, announced Thursday that it is now planning its own medical school in New Orleans. The coronavirus pandemic emphasized the need for greater…
