Kyanni Williams was supposed to be delivered via natural birth at Denver Health, but her mom’s labor was induced A couple in Denver, Colorado was traumatized when the birth of their newborn required an emergency cesarean section, resulting in a cut to the baby’s face that required 13 stitches.  Damarqus Williams said the injury to…

Thirty states currently exempt braiders from licensure, according to the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit civil liberties organization People would be allowed to braid hair without a license under a bipartisan bill the Wisconsin Senate was set to send to Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday. The Black community has been pushing to deregulate braiding for…

One doctor said health workers at the scene reported “more than 80 civilian deaths.” An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked medical teams from traveling to the scene. Dozens of people were killed, they and a former resident said,…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a team of lawyers spent eleven months putting together a case to convict former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.  Ellison, who, like many others, witnessed cops walk away as free men after the public beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, was never certain…

Although the White House has characterized voting rights as “the fight of his presidency,” Biden has prioritized his economic initiatives When New York Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones was at the White House for the signing of the proclamation making Juneteenth a national holiday last week, he told President Joe Biden their party needed him more involved in…

The grand jury issued a statement calling for the creation of a work group to study the death of Scott to prevent something similar from happening again A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict eight jailers over the in-custody death of a Black man who died after struggling with detention officers. But the…

Like millions of other people in the world did on Sunday, “Family Matters” star Jaleel White posted a tribute to his father on Father’s Day. His post was three slides long and contained two photos and a video. The first photo was a cute throwback photo of a young White sitting in his father Michael…

Bryant and the families of others killed last January had filed a lawsuit against Island Express Helicopters Inc. Vanessa Bryant and the families of the six others killed in the helicopter crash last January that took the life of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, have settled with the helicopter company.  The…

Rapper Lil Baby wants to do more for his community and recently took to his social media page to let folks know that his recent donations of shoes to families in his old neighborhood this week was just the beginning.  On Friday, June 18, the “We Paid” emcee was recorded, leaving a local Footlocker with…