Winter storm warning covers parts of more than a dozen states Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways and roads as a major winter storm…
It’s been around three weeks since news broke that Kanye West purchased a house right across the street from his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, in Calabasas, California. When the story was released it was explained that West’s reasoning for moving closer to Kardashian was so that way he could be closer to their four children….
Nursing homes saw a sevenfold increase in COVID cases from a month ago COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too, leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted. Nursing homes…
Keita’s death comes as the West African nation faces a deepening political crisis Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former president of Mali who took office in a landmark election held after a destabilizing coup only to be ousted in another military takeover nearly seven years later, has died. He was 76. Keita, known to Malians by…
“Our daughter has less rights around voting than she had when she was born,” Martin Luther King III says Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change the Senate’s Jim Crow-era filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass. King told a crowd…
Daniel Triplett faces charges of first-degree murder and desecration of a corpse in the death of Brent Mack An Oklahoma judge on Friday revoked the bond of a white local businessman accused of killing a Black man who worked for him after a prosecutor said the businessman was spotted in a bank drive-thru and visited…
Saousoalii Siavii Jr. was being held on charges of illegal firearms possession A former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle was found dead in a Kansas federal prison where he was being held on charges of illegal firearms possession, a prison official said. Saousoalii Siavii Jr., 43, was found unresponsive at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth…
The COVAX program has made deliveries to 144 countries so far, but much work remains, officials say The World Health Organization said Sunday that a U.N.-backed program shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1 billion doses, but that milestone “is only a reminder of the work that remains” after hoarding and…
Martin Luther King III said there should be “no celebration” in honor of MLK Day until Congress passes voting rights legislation The family of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated his 93rd birthday by continuing his fight for voting rights. King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, along with his wife Andrea…
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been indicted on federal fraud charges. Authorities allege that she lied about financial transactions in order to purchase real estate in Florida. She says she is innocent and that this is all a “distraction.” State’s Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, Marilyn J. Mosby stands in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, where Freddie…
