The couple quietly arrived in England this week and stopped by Windsor Castle to spend time with the 95-year-old queen. The duke and duchess of Sussex quietly returned to the United Kingdom to visit Queen Elizabeth II for the first time since leaving and stepping down from their royal duties. According to Us Weekly, a spokesperson…
Actor Faizon Love’s past comments about Jay-Z being a “drug lord” puppet have seemingly been addressed by the rapper. The business mogul, who seldom releases music, is featured on Pusha T’s latest record, “Neck & Wrist,” from his upcoming album “It’s Almost Dry.” On the track Hov appears to entertain the internet fodder surrounding his…
A fence surrounds the entrance to the Grand Rapids police station on April 14, 2022, following the killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan. | Source: Scott Olson / Getty The recent shooting death of an unarmed Black man following a pretextual traffic stop has placed further scrutiny on the Michigan police department at…
A Michigan police officer fatally shot 26-year-old Patrick in the head following a traffic stop in Grand Rapids Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in the…
Rodney Bryant says he’s leaving the department after a three-decade career Atlanta’s police chief will retire this summer after serving in the department for more than three decades, the mayor’s office announced on Friday. Police Chief Rodney Bryant’s departure comes as Atlanta copes with a spike in homicides, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Bryant will retire…
Boseman was the Howard University student assigned to escort Bassett around campus the day she was commencement speaker. During a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, actress Angela Bassett recalled first meeting Chadwick Boseman on the campus of Howard University in 2000. Boseman — who graduated from the acclaimed HBCU that same year —…
A Black grandmother with two jobs can add her name to Hazelwood, Missouri, history books now that she’s become the first African-American elected to that St. Louis suburb’s City Council. The woman won with almost 80 percent of the votes for her seat. Lisa M. Matlock (City Council) According to St. Louis Today, on Tuesday,…
OPINION: Rising star Sofia Bryant headlines the film about one woman’s response to COVID that will have audiences laughing and crying as they recall the fear and anxiety we felt in those first days of quarantine. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The…
Buck was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of methamphetamine as part of a fetish Ed Buck told his neighbors that the steady stream of young Black men leaving his West Hollywood apartment were social work clients. What really happened behind closed doors, which he referred to…
Joseph has reportedly admitted to being at the scene yet denied being involved in the drive-by shooting of Cameron Ray. Kelvin Joseph, a cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, is reportedly a person of interest in a murder, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Cameron Ray, 20, was killed in a Dallas drive-by shooting after a…
