Appraisers are more likely to value a home below the contract price in Black and Latino communities, compared to white neighborhoods, according to a study by mortgage loan company Freddie Mac. For the study, researchers defined neighborhoods as either Black or Latino when the population made up at least 50 percent of the demographic. The…
Workers at hospitals and nursing homes had until Monday to get their first vaccine dose, sparking fears that holdouts would create dramatic staff shortages. Thousands of health care workers in New York faced with either getting the COVID-19 vaccine or losing their jobs received at least one dose as the statewide mandate neared, according to…
Supporters of R. Kelly gather in front of a Brooklyn courthouse as jury deliberations in the federal trial against the performer continue on September 27, 2021, in New York City. | Source: Spencer Platt / Getty Welp, good people, it has finally happened. After enjoying a decades-long career as an R&B icon—throughout which he was…
Investigators have collected a mountain of evidence in the attack and are working to organize it and share it with defense attorneys In the nearly nine months since Jan. 6, federal agents have tracked down and arrested more than 600 people across the United States believed to have joined in the riot at the U.S. Capitol….
Of the new cases to be cleared under D.A. George Gascón’s order, 20,000 are possession or cultivation felonies, the rest misdemeanors. In a bold move, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has announced it will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions. Last year, under Jackie Lacey, the City of Angels’ previous district attorney, more than…
In a new “Red Table Talk,” Pinkett Smith and her daughter shared how Brazilian butt lift surgery was once on their respective wish lists. In a new episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter, Willow Smith, revealed that they considered getting Brazilian butt lift surgery — dubbed BBLs for short. “I’m…
A California news anchor was suspended indefinitely from a Bay Area news station last week, after he suggested KTVU air a short segment about the disproportionate media coverage of the Gabby Petito case. Frank Somerville, 63, wanted to add a 46-second tagline following a longer report about the homicide investigation into Petito’s death, questioning the…
Under her recent deal at the streaming giant, Brock Akil has created story27, with plans set for four new series. Television producer and writer Mara Brock Akil has launched a new production company under her recent deal at streaming giant Netflix. Brock Akil’s new company, story27, will be headed by Susie Fitzgerald, its president of…
Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on December 14, 2020, in New Hyde Park on Long Island, New York. | Source: Scott Heins / Getty UPDATED: 10:45 a.m. ET, Sept. 28 Originally published Sept. 14 Public health officials…
Tamar Braxton‘s Instagram Live on Sunday, Sept. 26, got sidetracked when the singer’s son Logan Herbert joined the conversation. In the social media post, Braxton was seen chatting and joking around with her friends Larry Sims and Wardell Malloy as they finished a meal. Tamar Braxton’s Instagram Live with friends gets derailed when the singer’s…
