Two children were killed and eight people injured when a driver lost control during a drag race A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said. A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy…
As the Atlanta Braves advance to the World Series, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp can’t stop thinking about Stacey Abrams and the lost All Star Game The state of Georgian had reason to celebrate Saturday night after the Atlanta Braves won the pennant to advance to the World Series. Gov. Brian Kemp, however, found a way…
A 98-year-old Tuskegee Airman was honored by his hometown high school for his achievements and contribution to United States history. Retired Lieutenant Colonel James Harvey III, 98, returned to Fairview High School in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, to be recognized along with two other unnamed school district graduates who “have gone on to really accomplish some…
The Frazier family welcomes the charges as a first step toward justice for the death of Leneal Frazier, the uncle of Darnella Frazier A Minneapolis police officer has been charged with manslaughter and vehicular homicide for a crash in July that killed an innocent motorist while the officer was pursuing a stolen vehicle, a prosecutor announced Friday….
The “Fast & Furious” actor stands in for late co-star, friend in Meadow Walker’s wedding In the Fast & Furious film franchise, Vin Diesel‘s character, Dominic Toretto, always refers to his heist team as his family. That sentiment extended into real life for his co-star and close friend, the late Paul Walker. As a familial…
Christian Smalls, the nascent union’s president, wants to “lead the way” without direction from established unions A bid to unionize Amazon workers at a distribution center in New York City neared an important milestone, as organizers prepared to deliver hundreds of signatures to the National Labor Relations Board as soon as Monday for authorization to…
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the first Black woman to win the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Accepting a prestigious German prize Sunday in honor of her work, Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a “new Enlightenment,” saying a fundamental shift is needed to overcome the structures of racial hierarchy that have led…
Former President Barack Obama is the latest of a string of high-profile Democrats to stump for Terry McAuliffe in Virginia race Former President Barack Obama offered a sharp rebuke of the Republican candidate for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin, as he encouraged voters on Saturday to support Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the closely watched race. Obama…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in legal trouble again, this time for accusations he’s failed to pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry he took home months ago. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in the legal hot seat for failing to pay for his ice. Photo Credit: @floydmayweather/Instagram In court documents obtained by Atlanta…
Officials say at least one person has died and seven others left injured in the blast An explosion at an eatery in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. Museveni said three people entered the eatery in a suburb of Kampala on Saturday evening and left a plastic bag…
