Minneapolis municipal elections occur in November, and voters will decide whether the city reimagines its approach to public safety. Last week, the Minneapolis City Council approved a ballot question whether to amend the city’s charter by disbanding the police department and creating a new Department of Public Safety. Today the Minneapolis City Council approved a…
Biles, the reigning Olympic gymnastics champion, is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault. The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, huddled with…
Source: Twitter A police sergeant in Atlanta who is shown on a viral video kicking an apparently handcuffed woman in the face while his partner stands by idly and didn’t step in to stop the brutality has been suspended without pay, but only after the graphic footage was made public. While details were not immediately…
Naomi Osaka‘s mental health break from the press appears to be paying off both on the tennis court and away from it. The 23-year-old No. 2-ranked tennis player in the world dominated her first Olympic match against Zheng Saisai of China on July 25, walking away with a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Following the match, Osaka…
Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels aren’t the only “Love and Hip Hop” stars welcoming a new bundle of joy this summer! ATL rapper Lil Scrappy and his wife of nearly four years, Bambi Benson, now have their third child together. In a July 25 Instagram post, Lil Scrappy, born Darryl Kevin Richardson, posted three photos…
Mamie Till-Mobley has long been known as the Black mother whose 14 year-old son, Emmett Louis Till, was brutally tortured and killed in Mississippi during the Jim Crow Era. But now, the masses will know her as not only the “mother of the civil rights movement,” but just how far she pushed to make justice…
After footage of an officer tossing a plastic bag into a vehicle during a traffic stop went viral on social media, the Village of Caledonia Police Department in Wisconsin has released body camera footage of the stop. The police department released footage of the July 21 stop on July 24 after some social media users…
“Jeopardy!” fans are finally getting their chance to see LeVar Burton host the long-running trivia show. For a week, July 26 to 30, Burton will live out his dream, in part, by standing behind the podium once reigned by late host Alex Trebek. The opportunity is one Burton and his fans have been pushing —…
To date, 18 states in America, including the District of Columbia, have legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Another 13 and the U.S. Virgin Islands have decriminalized its usage, subsequently boosting the industry’s revenues. Now an organization in Illinois wants officials to reconsider reparations for ex-convicts who were jailed because of the now-legal substance. According to…
Shamari DeVoe recently disclosed in an interview with the Jasmine Brand the reason behind her abrupt departure from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” was solely because the show’s producers portrayed her as a “drunk” during her stint. DeVoe first appeared on the Atlanta housewives franchise in season 11 alongside Nene Leakes, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, Porsha Williams, and Eva…
