The NIL contracts have begun to benefit high school stars after the NCAA’s decision last year to allow college athletes to monetize their stardom. CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of high school basketball and now have business deals to prove it. The New…
A California woman died six years ago after giving birth to her baby boy in one of the top hospitals in the nation. Her family says a botched cesarean section led to their loved one slowly bleeding to death before dying on an operating table 12 hours after the delivery. Kyira “Kira” Johnson’s husband, Charles…
Source: StefaNikolic / Getty Community birthing has always been a part of the American experience for Black women. But a recent report suggests more women of color are turning their backs on traditional healthcare deciding to give birth at birthing centers or at home. According to a report released in April by the Partnership…
Vandals allegedly struck the office in Madison, leaving a spray-painted message on the exterior: “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.” MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vandals struck an anti-abortion group’s office in Wisconsin, apparently setting a fire after a Molotov cocktail thrown into the building failed to ignite, authorities said. Flames were seen coming…
Chad Johnson‘s dedication post to his fiancée Sharelle Rosado quickly turned into an educational one when many questioned the football player’s pronunciation skills. The commotion began when Johnson, who is currently vacationing with Rosado and their infant daughter in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, pronounced the city he was staying in as Punta Canada. Chad Johnson’s…
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge described it as a doubling down on a proven method of easing the pandemic’s financial damage. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is doubling the size of its eviction protection program, designed to fund legal assistance for tenants seeking to stay in their homes. The $20 million…
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty The leader of a police union in suburban Minneapolis had nothing but glowing and kind words for an officer who detained and then injured the mother of Daunte Wright for recording officers during a traffic stop in the same town where her son was killed by a cop with the…
Actor Liam Neeson is the latest celebrity to make an appearance on Donald Glover’s critically acclaimed series “Atlanta.” During the Thursday, May 5, episode, the “Taken” star apologized for an admission he made in 2019, in which he expressed an urge to kill a random Black person after a close friend was sexually assaulted by…
A woman who told police almost 30 years ago a Black man killed her boyfriend has been arrested for his murder. An anonymous tip prompted law enforcement to re-open the case and use new technology to determine she fabricated “the intruder” alibi in an effort to not be blamed. Christopher Hervey (left), Jade Benning (Police…
On May 7, Jada Pinkett Smith took to social media to speak about her past suicidal thoughts and her plans to disguise them so her children would not know her death was intentional. This reflection was prompted by the newest episode of her Facebook series “Red Table Talk,” where she discussed the death by suicide of the…
