Mayor London Breed receives criticism for not following indoor mask-wearing order The mayor of San Francisco was spotted dancing and singing along to live music without a mask at an indoor nightclub, despite a strict order by her public health department that requires wearing masks at indoor establishments unless someone is actively eating or drinking….
Rashaun Jones, suspected in the death of Bryan Pata in 2006, faces a second-degree murder charge A former University of Miami football player pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of killing a teammate outside a South Florida apartment complex in 2006. An attorney for Rashaun Jones, 35, entered the plea during a remote court…
Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Early Saturday, a small group gathered in Washington D.C. to express support for those trapped in a web of accountability after the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. While this isn’t the first attempt to reframe the attack on the capitol as something other than insurrection, disregarding the low turnout event…
Mack said she signed a pre-written affidavit to protect Kelly from sexual harassment claims Cheryl Mack, the mother of music producer, London On Da Track, shared a tearful testimony in the New York trial against R&B singer R. Kelly. Mack, who was the disgraced singer’s executive assistant from 2013 to 2015, testified that she was…
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp trended on Twitter Saturday afternoon after word spread of his fixation on a nonexistent AIDS vaccine to justify his opposition to vaccine mandates. A recent report from Atlanta’s WSB-TV found that COVID-19 deaths have increased nearly 1,000 percent since Aug. 1. (Read the full report…
Vice President Kamala Harris, a Howard alumna, made a surprise appearance and walked onto the field for the pregame coin toss Jett Duffey threw for three touchdowns, including a 95-yarder to Hezekiah Grimsley as Hampton defeated Howard 48-32 before 14,000 fans on Saturday in the inaugural Truth and Service Classic. The 95-yard hookup from Duffey…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that she is “deeply disturbed” by the situation at Rikers New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that nearly 200 inmates at Rikers Island would be released during a press conference in her midtown office on Friday. The city’s first female governor, who described the holding jail as a “volatile…
Spelman and Morehouse College are advancing their efforts to empower scholars to step into the entrepreneurship space. The HBCUs recently received a $5 million grant from Mastercard to support the creation of a Center for Black Entrepreneurship. Mastercard announces $5M grant for Morehouse, Spelman to help Black entrepreneurship https://t.co/BuaGJcybIA — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) September 15, 2021…
Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty Levar Burton has said he has no interest in hosting Jeopardy!. After that messy host selection process messy who could blame him. But for some reason, Los Angeles Times reporter Stephen Battaglio took it upon himself to enter the conversation and insert his misguided belief that Burton would jump at…
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is offering some words of wisdom to rising track star Sha’Carri Richardson following the young athlete’s fall from grace. During a recent interview with the New York Post, the eight-time Olympic gold medalist was asked about the 21-year-old whose stellar performance in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at the…
