An autopsy performed on a former professional football player who was found dead in an Alabama jail earlier this month suggested that he may have been strangled or suffered trauma to his neck before he died in police custody, according to the legal team that has taken up his case. Glenn Foster Jr. died on…
Hubbard had battled multiple myeloma for years, leaving the band in 2007 following his diagnosis. A key member of legendary hip-hop band The Roots has died at the age of 62. Bassist Leonard “Hub” Hubbard had battled multiple myeloma — a form of blood cancer — since 2007, when he left the band following his diagnosis. He…
LeVar Burton will be hosting the 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee next year. Scripps made the announcement on Dec. 16 and the talented actor, director and educator said that he is honored to be hosting. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 03: LeVar Burton attends the 2020 Breakthrough Prize at NASA Ames Research Center on November 03,…
An Iowa judge has just made sure that Steven Vogel will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a Black man in Michael Williams in 2020. After a jury voted to convict him of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, the murderer received a life sentence without the possibility of parole….
Keshia Knight Pulliam has several new things in store for her fans. Not only is she going to be the host of the “Married At First Sight: Afterparty” coming this January, but she is also executive producing and starring in OWN’s upcoming documentary “Eggs Over Easy.” The project is a part of Oprah Winfrey’s health…
EXCLUSIVE: Elected officials in Black communities are hoping federal money from the Biden administration and Democrats can be used to help undo the nation’s decades of segregation and neglect. The United States’ history of redlining and racist transportation design practices may finally be addressed in a very real way as elected leaders have an opportunity…
Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and “Selling Tampa” star Sharelle Rosado have been dating for two years, but the two being together is not a reality Rosado could have imagined. The couple is now engaged and expecting their first child together, a baby girl, soon. “Never in a million years did I think that we would be…
Cashe’s body was on fire in 2005 when he rescued fellow soldiers from a burning armored vehicle during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. Army infantryman who died less than a month after saving his fellow soldiers from a burning armored vehicle during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 on Thursday became the first Black military service…
Actress Jenifer Lewis is drawing attention to the death of Kendrick Johnson, a Black teenager whose dead body was found in a rolled-up gym mat at his south Georgia high school’s gymnasium nearly eight years ago, and now the narrator of the recent Starz documentary “Finding Kendrick Johnson” wants Congress to hear why this case…
The rapper took to social media, asking why she is being forced to “relive this with everyone on the internet every day” Megan Thee Stallion took to Twitter to call out the media for “gaslighting” her while coverage of the Tory Lanez hearing continues. Lanez was accused of shooting Megan in her feet outside of…
