“We have to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves,” said Christi Wright, a licensed counselor who decided to march over Jamal Sutherland The mother of Jamal Sutherland is speaking out after two South Carolina deputies were fired this week for their involvement in his death. Sutherland was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia…
“We could not be more excited about this extraordinarily generous gift and we are grateful that Dr. Nash has allowed the University to name this historic Chair in her honor”, said Fisk University President Vann R. Newkirk. On Monday, Fisk University announced that it received a $2.5 million donation from a Nashville family. The donation…
The boy, whom authorities identified as Cash Gernon, was being taken care of by the girlfriend of Cash’s father, police say About two hours before a 4-year-old boy was found dead on a Dallas street, a man lifted the sleeping boy from his bed and carried him away, court documents say, citing home surveillance video….
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Florida Rep. Val Demings is making a chess move in order to solidify a political future in the state with plans to announce a bid for U.S. Senate, directly challenging Republican Senator Marco Rubio in 2022. Demings is expected to formally announce her Senate run in the next coming…
Just days after it was reported that the remains of several unidentified victims of the 1985 Philadelphia police bombing were destroyed and discarded by the city without the knowledge or consent of living relatives, the city’s mayor now says they were found, NBC News reported. The victims were members of a Black organization called MOVE. Philadelphia…
“He was never afraid of passing on,” Tashera Simmons said of former love DMX. “And I used to be aggravated with that.” When rapper-actor DMX died early last month after suffering a heart attack a week prior, he left in his wake a legacy of gritty rhymes, memorable performances, scores of friends and surviving kin…
There will be no criminal charges against the police officers who shot and killed a Black motorist in North Carolina last month in a case that involves conflicting accounts of the circumstances surrounding the shooting. After an investigation, Pasquotank County District Attorney R. Andrew Womble said Tuesday during a press conference he has determined that…
McCarthy said he wanted the new panel to look beyond the violent uprising by supporters loyal to Donald Trump House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he won’t support a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, almost certainly eroding GOP support ahead…
District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr.‘s actions caused deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April, a district attorney said Tuesday. District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr.‘s actions caused deputies to believe it…
When it comes to who may inherit Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show crown, Gayle King is giving a thumbs-up for Tiffany Haddish. “I think that could be fun. That would be great fun,” King told “Entertainment Tonight.” “They know she can do the job. Kelly Clarkson is doing great. So they’ve got some options, but there…
