Chicago officials and teachers have ended a six-day standoff that kept hundreds of thousands of children in Chicago Public Schools education on hold. The Chicago Teachers Union ended the district-wide strike it initiated last week after compromising with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS officials. Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters participate…

Mai shared the news on Instagram Tuesday, writing: “I asked God for a life of love and happiness. He sent me my family.” Rapper Jeezy and his TV host wife, Jeannie Mai, have welcomed their first child together.  Mai shared the announcement on Instagram Tuesday, writing, “I asked God for a life of love and happiness….

Tami Roman took to Instagram on Jan. 9 to participate in the 10-year photo challenge with her daughters Lyric and Jazz Anderson. The social media trend occurs when an individual uploads two photos in a collage. It must consist of a present-day image and a 10-year-old pic. The purpose of this challenge is to highlight…

“Trey Songz got more rape allegations than hits,” one Twitter user succinctly opined. “Get that man tf outta here.” R&B singer Trey Songz has been publicly accused of rape by former University of Las Vegas basketball player Dylan Gonzalez.  “With what seems like endlessly reoccurring news of the alleged sexual assaults committed by Trey Songz,…

Source: ljubaphoto / Getty When you think of an opioid overdose victim, you are likely to assume it is a white man from the mid-west, because that’s what we see on television and documentaries about drugs in America. But the truth is the opioid epidemic doesn’t see race and older Black men are losing their…

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy in middle Georgia has been “suspended without pay pending termination” after allegedly calling murder victim Ahmaud Arbery a “criminal” on social media. In addition to labeling the slain jogger as a criminal, he is accused of smugly writing, “he still got the death penalty.” Houston County Deputy Paul Urhahn commented on…

OPINION: President Joe Biden has a chance to cement his legacy and preserve our democracy by using his position and power to ensure the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. “This is our challenge—not to hesitate, not to pause, not to turn about and linger over…

The pair suspected of fatally shooting the Memphis emcee — and targeting his brother — are now behind bars, officials say. The two men wanted in connection with the murder of rapper Adolph “Young Dolph” Thornton Jr. are now in police custody, according to law enforcement officials.  Justin Johnson, the 23-year-old man publicly named last…

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…