African health officials warned against booster shots as less than 2% of the population on the continent of 1.3 billion people is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Rich countries’ decisions to roll out COVID-19 booster shots while so many people across Africa remain unvaccinated “threaten the promise of a brighter tomorrow” for the continent, the Africa director for…
Actress Sanaa Lathan may be best known for her role in the 2000 romance film “Love & Basketball” starring opposite her leading man actor Omar Epps. But a year prior, the actress made a noticeable impression on audiences who fell in love with her in the complicated love story weaved through Black friendships in “The…
School boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Hillsborough counties voted Wednesday to join Broward and Alachua in requiring students to wear facial coverings unless they get a doctor’s note As more large school districts defy Florida’s ban on strict mask mandates, worries that rapidly spreading infections could force them to close classrooms are no longer…
In a 2018 interview, Trebek named CNN legal analyst Coates as his potential replacement at the show’s helm. After weeks of searching for a new host of Jeopardy — an effort that included a popular petition requesting LeVar Burton take over the role held for years by the late Alex Trebek — Sony Pictures Television…
A Michigan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, Aug. 16, in connection with a racially motivated attack last year, during which he smashed the window of a Black family’s home and slashed the tires of a car parked in the driveway. Michael Frederick, 25, was sentenced by Judge Diane Druzinski in…
The revelation of the FBI’s involvement prompted Watson’s lead attorney to say that the FBI had spoken with the quarterback earlier this year about allegations of extortion An attorney for 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment said Wednesday that he and some of his…
They haven’t made new music since their breakup. A social media switch-up has Destiny’s Child fans abuzz. It doesn’t take much to activate the Beyhive. Rumors of a Destiny’s Child reunion began to swirl this week after the header image on the group’s Facebook and Twitter pages was updated. The trio disbanded in 2006 and…
U.S. Capitol Police said officers were “responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress,” and that it was an “active bomb threat investigation.” Police were investigating a report Thursday of a possible explosive device in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill and have evacuated multiple buildings on the…
Reality star Kenya Moore of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and her estranged husband Marc Daly made headlines on Tuesday, Aug. 17, after their child custody ruling over their daughter Brooklyn Daly, 2, was made public. A Georgia judge initially reached the decision in June, one month after Moore filed for divorce from Daly after four years of…
Dasha Kelly is pictured with the three girls. | Source: YouTube / Youtube A mother of three has sued a woman at the center of an online fundraising scandal that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars and involves allegations of misrepresentation in order to solicit donations to help her pay rent and avoid eviction. Dasha…
