New reports reveal a Georgia woman who fell out of a moving police patrol car on July 15 while handcuffed and experiencing a mental wellness break suffered two fatal fractures in her skull which caused her brain to shift in her cranium. Her family’s lawyer says she is the “Face of the mental health crisis…
One thing Reginae Carter is almost certain to do is show love to her father, rap legend Lil Wayne. The developing actress and fashionista was seen recording herself while she and her father were in an elevator on their way to get food. Reginae Carter and Lil Wayne @itsreginaecarter/Instagram “We’re about to get some food.”…
Leave it to up Apryl Jones and Taye Diggs to create a late-night jingle before going to bed. Apryl’s latest Instagram video showed the pair begging people to put their phones on the charger and leave them alone. With Jones creating a beat using her hands, Jones and Diggs came together in unison as they…
Commemorative days like Black Women’s Equal Pay Day come and go without any real opportunity for reflection. But the staff at NewsOne recognizes that Black women’s work, ingenuity and grit deserve more than a passing acknowledgment of persisting disparities in pay and economic opportunity. Take a moment and watch the above video about Black Women’s…
Source: Moelyn Photos / Getty Maybe there needs to be a vaccine in development for white people who are deathly allergic to minding their own business. In the last week alone, we have reported on a white man who confronted and attacked a Black woman for *checks notes* walking in the middle of an alley…
Officials in the small Alabama town of Vincent fired the police chief and assistant chief and voted to dissolve its police department after a racist text surfaced online. The text shared online between someone going by “752” and an unknown recipient makes a joke about slavery. Former Police Chief James Srygley confirmed with AL.com reporters…
Steve Harvey dropped nothing but knowledgable tidbits during Earn Your Leisure‘s Invest Fest over the weekend. The second annual event was held in Atlanta, where the host and comedian spoke in front of over 12,000 people. He served as a partner for this year’s weekend-long event, where Dame Dash, Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole and others…
Source: Andy445 / Getty Seven female political candidates are currently fighting tooth and nail to become the first Black woman to serve in the Minnesota Senate. In November, Zuki Ellis, Marla Helseth, Huldah Hiltsley, Farhio Khalif, Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbete will face off for a chance to make history. The candidates are largely Democrats except…
Source: Olelole / Getty The countdown to midterm elections is underway as candidates and groups ramp up efforts to mobilize voters. But a little-known policy change called 10DLC could make voter outreach, particularly to Black voters, more difficult this election cycle. Released by the country’s top wireless carriers, 10DLC is a registration system for entities…
14-year-old Emmett Till in an undated photo Source: Bettmann / Getty A Mississippi grand jury declined charges against the white woman whose accusation led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till. While the outcome is not surprising, the continued refusal of the legal system to hold Carolyn Bryant Donham responsible is nonetheless disheartening. As reported…
