The White House announced Wednesday that a dedicated stream of 5 million rapid tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests will be made available to schools starting this month The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge. The White House announced…
Prices have risen sharply for cars, gas, food and furniture during a rapid recovery from the pandemic recession Inflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7 percent spike from a year earlier that is pushing up household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden…
Class is in session at Kaavia James’ school and she will not accept anyone skipping out on her class. On Monday, Jan. 10, Gabrielle Union posted a cute video of her attending her daughter Kaavia’s class. Her husband, Dwyane Wade, and two other unknown adults were also present as Union’s classmates. The four adults sat…
Snoop Dogg is yet again expanding his business presence into new territory with the reported development of his brand of hot dogs and sausages. Fans of the “Gin and Juice” rapper can look forward to “Snoops Doggs” after the hip-hop legend applied for federal trademark registration on the term with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy Jeffrey Hash fatally shot Jason Walker, 37, on Saturday, according to investigators. State authorities in North Carolina are investigating the fatal shooting of a Black man who was killed during an encounter with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in the city of Fayetteville on Saturday. Jason Walker, 37, has been identified as…
Justice for 8-year-old Fanta Bility, who died at the hands of police, begins in court on Jan. 13, but the people charged with murdering her did not kill her. The details surrounding the case have many community members in the Philadelphia area, including activist Jamal Johnson, concerned police may escape culpability for the girl’s death….
Will Smith has reached a new level as an actor. For the first time in his acting career, which dates back to the late ’80s, Smith struck gold with his first win at the 79th Golden Globe Awards held on Jan. 9. His victory was in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama…
Source: Dave J Hogan / Getty British Actress Letitia Wright wowed so many fans when she graced the big screen in 2018 in Marvel’s Black Panther as “Princess Shuri,” the quick-witted tech-savvy sister to T’Challa played by the late great Chadwick Boseman. The role catapulted Wright to public stardom, but you might be surprised to…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty Joining the president in Atlanta for a speech on voting rights, Vice President Kamala Harris was more than an opening act. While brief, the vice president’s remarks set a clear tone for the afternoon. Harris’ remarks, couched in the civil rights movement’s legacy, push back on the idea that people…
The bomb threat came from someone claiming to be a neo-Nazi fascist. A bomb threat led to campus closure at Charles R. Drew University in Willowbrook, Calif., on Tuesday, but luckily no incendiary devices were found. According to reports, the medical campus of the historically Black college and university received the threat via email early…
