The foundation said it has given scholarships valued at $1,000 to 15 law school students, scholarships valued at $10,000 to interns, and $2,500 scholarships to undergrad students A fund set up to honor George Floyd and raise awareness about racial injustice said Monday that it has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships since it was created. The…
Leden Boykins was killed by a maneuver a state trooper used to flip a speeding car in which the boy rode. The driver has been charged. A young boy was killed in Georgia after the car he rode in was flipped by a maneuver a state trooper used while trying to stop the speeding vehicle….
Brooks celebrated with a drive-by party at his New Orleans home hosted by the National World War II Museum A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday. Lawrence Brooks celebrated Sunday with a drive-by party at his New Orleans home hosted by…
“There are enough compromising elements … to prosecute Henry and ask for his outright indictment,” prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude wrote in the order. Haiti’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar him from leaving the country. The order filed…
Nicholas could potentially stall over storm-battered Louisiana and could bring life-threatening floods across the Deep South over the coming days Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed to a crawl over the Houston area Tuesday after making landfall earlier as a hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) of…
Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao appeared at the hearing remotely via videoconference Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the federal charges against them. A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao in May for allegedly depriving Floyd…
Minaj received major backlash after tweeting about the Met Gala’s vaccination policy After Nicki Minaj took to Twitter on Monday night and shared false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC and doctors have debunked her theories. While the Met Gala on Monday night was fashion’s biggest night, mere hours before the event began, all eyes…
Whenever Tianna Holmes of Conyers, Georgia wants to relieve herself of the daily stressors life brings, she makes her way into the SOOFA Ranch in Palmetto, Georgia. For the past four months she’s gotten to know 11-year-old Grace, a Clydesdale horse she rides for equine therapy. “I discovered this place on Instagram, and I think one…
Smith took to social media Monday night to decry the lack of Black designers showcased at the annual fashion costume event. Author and TV personality Bevy Smith took to social media to decry the lack of Black designers showcased at the annual fashion costume event, the Met Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art…
One thing about racists: They have absolutely run out of new ways to express their racism. Last week, a banana was found taped to the dorm room door of two Black students at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, in what students allege was an act of racial aggression. Now, Black students and alumni are calling…
