A former Black firefighter was released from prison on Wednesday after a Fairfax County Circuit Court overturned his 2019 conviction on drug and gun charges. The judge wrote in the decision that the case had been built on “false statements.” Judge Daniel Ortiz threw out the conviction on Tuesday, April 20, writing, “Freitag’s false statements…
The commission didn’t say when exactly tourists will be allowed back inside the bloc, and if a reciprocal approach will apply to European tourists willing to travel to the U.S. The European Union is finalizing plans to allow tourists from the United States to travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer, officials said Monday. More…
Exclusive: Part two of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan shifts the focus to supporting American families President Joe Biden has placed jobs at the center of his pandemic response efforts, and on Wednesday, the president will announce part two of his infrastructure plan that shifts the focus to supporting families. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks…
Former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reality star Nene Leakes has announced that she lost her aunt, whom she considered a mother figure — days before Mother’s Day on May 9. “If you know me, then you know my aunt AKA mom meant everything to me! She raised me from 3 years old and taught me the…
From those who know and treasure hip-hop culture to just the casual fan, Hope wrote something that all of them could enjoy. Veteran music writer Clover Hope has created the consummate history of women in hip-hop with The Motherlode. With her new book, subtitled 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop, Hope wanted to reach a wide…
“If you have the power and the privilege to enforce the law, you must be held to a higher standard,” New York State Senator Brian Benjamin said of officers New York State Senator Brian Benjamin, City Council member Francisco Moya, and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson have crafted a bill to prevent police officers who’ve…
The singer-songwriter hinted at a future on Broadway after accepting her speech After her major win at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards, H.E.R. shared to the press that there is, “absolutely going to be an EGOT,” in the singer’s future. H.E.R. has been on fire this awards season. From taking home Song of the Year…
The Agriculture Department is announcing that it will continue through the summer a payments program that replaced school meals The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months, using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March. The Agriculture Department is announcing Monday that it will…
The case marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm…
A Louisiana school bus driver is now out of a job, after she was caught on camera making racially insensitive comments about George Floyd to an 11-year-old student on her bus. The comment was reported to the school system last week by Rose Gabriel, who initially learned of the incident after her son Rashad, who…
