Derek Chauvin’s defense team filed a motion in a Minneapolis court on Tuesday requesting a new trial for the former officer convicted last month for murdering George Floyd. In the motion, the legal team alleged jury misconduct and claimed Chauvin was deprived of a fair trial. Chauvin is currently awaiting sentencing in Minnesota’s highest security…
It requires the FBI to release all counterintelligence files, including those about Hampton and Martin Luther King. A co-founder of the Illinois Black Panther Party on the eve of his 30th year serving in Congress has introduced a bill mandating the disclosure of secret FBI files related to the death of Chairman Fred Hampton. Democratic…
Legendary boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has always been about his money. Mayweather made a guest appearance on the “Million Dollarz Worth of Game” podcast on May 2, where he discussed making smart moves to get himself where he is today and generational wealth. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Photo: @floydmayweather/Instagram) When asked if haters make him richer,…
Jaden Smith‘s subtle compliment under Chloe Bailey‘s Instagram photo on Thursday, April 29, caught fans’ attention after it appeared the rapper was “shooting his shot.” In the particular post, Bailey, who was seen wearing a skin-tight, short leather dress with black pumps, captioned the image: “she’s dangerous.” Smith replied to the upload by writing, “She really…
A federal court ruled last month that a Black man with intellectual disabilities who was enslaved for five years at a restaurant should be awarded double the amount of compensation from the manager, The Washington Post reported this week. Upon pleading guilty to a “forced labor charge” in 2018, 56-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced…
The model actress says that playing a SEAL team member while expecting was a challenge Even though Without Remorse has everyone swooning over Michael B. Jordan, there was another badass on the set thanks to Jodie Turner-Smith who costars as his fellow SEAL team member. Read More: Michael B. Jordan reveals why he wanted Lauren…
“Decades before his death he kept spending as if he had not.” Michael Jackson’s estate has scored a legal victory in a years-long battle with the IRS over the value of the late singer’s assets and image at the time of his death. As theGRIO previously reported, the dispute centered on Jackson’s image, as well…
The series takes viewers on a culinary journey that ventures from Africa to the deep south. Netflix has released the trailer for an original culinary series titled High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, based on a popular book of the same name by food historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris. According to…
“We ended up biting a bitter, bitter pill that haunts us today.” Tennessee state Rep. Justin Lafferty (R), is facing criticism for defending the Three-Fifths Compromise. The agreement was drafted during the nation’s Constitutional Convention in 1787 and classified a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in Congress and tax obligations of…
“Not only is he a world-class stage and film actor, but he’s a brilliant writer and director too.” Award-winning actor, director, playwright and producer Colman Domingo took to social media on Tuesday to announce that he is joining the staff at the University of Southern California. “It is with great honor and joy to shout…
