The couple announced on Instagram that Isabella Rose Smith made her introduction to the world almost a month before she was expected Congratulations are in order for singer Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Renay as they welcome a new addition to the family. Renay announced on Instagram Friday that she had given birth to a girl…
Trump White House aides reportedly drafted the proclamation on June 1, 2020, as the administration debated response to protests Before former President Donald Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, some of his aides had reportedly been preparing for another insurrection. The New York Times reports Trump White House aides had…
‘I felt like you ain’t got no real friends and I wanted to be your friend, so I called to check on you,’ the rap star said in response to allegations she had a romantic interest in the talk show host Wendy Williams during her talk show on Friday implied that Da Brat once tried…
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Haiti native, ran a trading post and is considered the city’s first permanent, non-indigenous settler Chicago’s City Council voted Friday to change the name of Lake Shore Drive to the name of a Black man recognized as a key settler of the city. In a compromise, aldermen voted to rename…
Although efforts continue to find the 159 people still unaccounted for, it is becoming more and more difficult Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not been able to find their source, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine…
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who became the poster child for police misconduct in May 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, was sentenced to prison on Friday after being denied his request for a new trial. Chauvin killed the unarmed Black man as a result of kneeling on his neck for approximately nine…
If Waters’ bill passes, the payout will be increased to $70K for each year of unjust incarceration and adjusted periodically to inflation Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday announced new legislation that intends to provide a significant financial boost for exonerated individuals. Entitled the Justice for Exonerees Act, the legislation if passed would increase the…
Hot Girl Summer is upon us, and Megan Thee Stallion is doing good deeds. On Tuesday, June 15, she donated $8,000 to cover the rest of a fan’s funeral costs. One fan with the Twitter handle, @selenachichis tweeted Megan with the sad news that her best friend, Shaniah, passed away. She wrote, “Meg we lost…
Humphries’ 16-year tenure leading FAMU is often referred to as “the golden years” when enrollment doubled and the law school was revived Former Florida A&M University president Frederick S. Humphries, whose 16 years of leadership at the school are often referred to as its “golden years,” has died, a statement from the university said. During…
Music from all genres will be featured at the annual music festival Lizzo, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Ledisi, H.E.R., Ziggy Marley, and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take the stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which returns this fall after a one-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic,…
