“This was an accident,” said Springfield Police Chief Lee Graf. “It doesn’t mean it’s okay. It was an accident.” An Ohio police officer who is seen running over a shooting victim with her squad car Sunday night has been placed on administrative leave. Authorities in Springfield and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident…
TheGrio’s annual ‘Juneteenth Live!’ celebration is set to air Saturday at 1:00 PM ET on Facebook Live Come celebrate Juneteenth with theGrio fam! As a part of our “Black and Proud” series, Sterling K. Brown, Maxine Waters and more are joining us for Juneteenth Live! TheGrio is celebrating Juneteenth in a major way this year…
Nearly two years after speaking about his battle with breast cancer, Mathew Knowles is still encouraging African Americans to pay their doctors a visit. In a Wednesday, June 16, interview with Survivor Net, Knowles gave some context to why many Black people avoid doing their checkups. He said, “This distrust goes back all the way…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear Republicans will oppose a “plan endorsed by Stacey Abrams.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that Republicans will oppose a compromise voting rights bill offered up by West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Manchin rejected the For the People Act penned by his party, which featured…
An Alabama father said he was eating with his 2-year-old son at a mall in suburban Birmingham when he was forced to leave after another child cried at the sight of him. “I walked by a basket with these kids in it and they got to screaming and crying like I was trying to kidnap…
Roger Stone must be unaware of 50 Cent‘s reputation for eviscerating folks on the internet who dare come at him with any form of criticism. In a random 30 second clip posted to a YouTube channel called “Pump Red,” the Donald Trump confidant, right-wing political operative and convicted felon — whose 40-month prison sentence on…
And then there were six. Nick Cannon welcomed his latest two children with international DJ Abby De La Rosa. Rosa deleted all of her other photos except for a short video clip of her sitting in the hospital bed holding her new bundles of joy. In the silent Instagram video, she rocks her new sons…
Chaos broke loose in an Cleveland, Ohio, courtroom after the mother of a homicide victim lunged at Simone Biles’ older brother, Tevin Biles-Thomas, after he was acquitted in a triple murder case, multiple news outlets reported. On Tuesday, June 15, following a ruling from Judge Joan Synenberg in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, a woman…
The proud mother shared some tennis tips with her daughter that her own father taught her when he was her coach Serena Williams hit the tennis court this week with her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. during which she served up lessons on the sport that included tips from Williams’ father, Richard Williams. In a…
“Yes, mentally ill people have rights but you know who else has rights? We do. The people and families of the city have the right to walk the street and not fear for our safety because a mentally ill person is going to lash out.” Former presidential candidate and current New York City mayor hopeful…
