Children deserve to learn in safe spaces that ignite their imagination and creativity, and NBA star James Harden is ensuring that is a reality for youth who attend underserved schools. According to PIX11, the Brooklyn Nets guard recently visited a school in Harlem to participate in a beautification project. James Harden went up to PS…
Public health officials say cases of COVID-19 could rise during the winter as people spend more time inside With cases of COVID-19 on the decline yet still less than half the state’s residents fully vaccinated, plans are underway for next year’s Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile with parades, float and balls. Venues like the city’s…
Tashonty Toney pleaded guilty to 16 criminal counts, including two counts of vehicular homicide, each of which carried a maximum 30-year sentence A Louisiana appeal court has tossed out the 90-year-sentence for a drunk driver who struck nine bicycle riders near a Mardi Gras parade route in 2019, killing two of them. The state 4th…
Myrna Colley-Lee, a prominent costume designer of the Black Theatre Movement from Charleston, will receive the “Excellence in Costume Design & Arts Patron” award. A university jazz festival, a costume designer, producer and a gospel group will be among the recipients of the Mississippi Arts Commission’s annual governor’s art awards early next year. The governor’s…
Netflix has dubbed Saturday, Nov. 6, “Stranger Things Day” The fourth season of Stranger Things is set to be released in 2022, but Netflix is going all out for their hit series this Saturday by launching “Stranger Things Day.” With exclusive sneak peeks, previews at episode titles and more, Stranger Things fans are in for…
Gabrielle Union‘s latest glam post with her husband Dwyane Wade and daughter Kaavia James Wade got sidetracked after fans zoomed in on the toddler’s appearance. In the Instagram upload shared on Nov. 4, the actress revealed that the 3-year-old joined her and Dwyane as they did a fitting at home. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s…
Despite the defections of Omar and the other five progressive Democrats called “The Squad,” the package passed the House Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was the only member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation to break party ranks on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the House late Friday. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (above)…
Joseph B. Hill was tapped for a new position as vice president, chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, but just days before he was set to go in he received an email stating that his employer had reneged on their offer. In a message obtained by NBC News,…
The political tracking website Ballotpedia identified 96 school districts in more than a dozen states where race education and masking were part of the debate School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts but often came up short in their bids…
Dusty Baker to return as manager for the third season after Astros lose World Series Dusty Baker will return as manager of the Houston Astros for a third season after agreeing to a one-year contract with the AL champions. Baker took over from AJ Hinch, who was suspended by MLB for his role in the…
