Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill cites pretrial publicity, in part, for moving the case of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao to January. A judge has moved the trial of two former Minneapolis police officers charged in relation to George Floyd’s death to January 2023. Monday’s ruling, by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, sets jury…
Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique isn’t backing down from her feud with King of Comedy D.L. Hughley. What started as an apparent miscommunication over flawed contract dealings has now unraveled into an outright war of words between the two industry peers. “Tell me what part of what he said was funny?” the 54-year-old actress wrote alongside…
The attack came as worshippers were celebrating the feast of Pentecost, an important Catholic post-Easter holiday. The gunmen who killed at least 50 people at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria opened fire on worshippers both inside and outside the building in a coordinated attack before escaping the scene, authorities and witnesses said Monday. Although…
From left: Zaria Burgess and her father, Joshua Lee Burgess. | Source: Union County District Attorney’s Office A white man in North Carolina was sentenced to death for murdering his Black teenage daughter, concluding a court case that spanned nearly three years. Joshua Lee Burgess was not only sentenced on Friday for the 2019 grisly…
OPINION: White mass shooters are generally viewed as individuals with a mental health problem. But when the shooter is Black, we know that Black violence will be used to justify racism and violence against us. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Another week,…
California has rolled a 500-page report detailing the long-lasting effect slavery has had on Black Americans and the numerous misdeeds of the state and federal government that warrant recourse. The report released on June 1 was published by the civil rights division of the California Department of Justice with input from California’s Task Force to…
NBA superstar LeBron James had fans questioning his intentions when he recognized his love for his wife of nearly nine years, Savannah James. In his post that received over 2 million likes, he shouted out the entrepreneur and philanthropist for being his “rock,” saying, “Been my [rock emoji] holding this s–t down from the very…
Dr. Farah Fourcand | Source: Miss Global Organization Representation matters. As such, Dr. Farah Fourcand, an accomplished neurosurgeon who is also leading in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, is representing the nation of Haiti in the annual Miss Global pageant. Fourcand, who describes herself in part as a National Institutes of Health-trained Neurointerventional Surgeon, activist,…
“I want the same justice that would happen for anybody else in America,” said longtime Randle friend Paul Collins. The family of Jalen Randle, who was killed in April by a Houston police officer after a brief car chase, met this week with Houston District Attorney Kim Ogg. On Monday, friends and neighbors of Randle,…
International outrage has been sparked after a Black man died from smoke inhalation as Brazilian police trapped him in a tear gas-filled SUV. While law enforcement says he was “actively resisting” arrest, other reports officers were using cruel and excessive force. The public is calling foul and lining the streets in São Paulo in protest. …
