The on-call nurse who treated John Neville following his death in the custody of Forsyth County Jail is the only one facing an involuntary manslaughter charge. After a Black man died of asphyxiation sustained at the hands of Forsyth County Jail officers in North Carolina, a grand jury voted to indict the hospital’s on-call nurse…
A cable news host and the creator of the 1619 Project had a lively debate this week over how “great” was the Greatest Generation. The contentious but collegial exchange was sparked by the sentiment that those who lived in America during the Second World War “brutally suppressed” people of African descent living alongside them in…
Experts say Texas law would exempt Lizelle Herrera from a criminal homicide charge for aborting her own pregnancy. A Texas district attorney said Sunday that he will ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against a woman over a self-induced abortion. Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday in Rio Grande City, a community of about 14,000 people…
Lines of communication appear to be crossed between the family of Tyre Sampson and singer YK Osiris, who claimed he would pay for the funeral costs of the 14-year-old Black boy who fell to his death after slipping out of his seat on a 430-foot free-fall ride near Orlando’s tourist district’s ICON Park last month….
In his song “Thank You God,” the former “Empire” star defends his innocence while on pre-trial release pending appeal of his high-profile hoax case. Nearly a month removed from Jussie Smollett’s pre-trial release from Cook County Jail pending appeal of his conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019, the former Empire actor is using…
County officials have said the FBI is reviewing Cedric Lofton’s death. A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center found that an officer changed his answers on a form that otherwise would have led police to take the…
Adams woke up with a raspy voice Sunday, though he has no other symptoms. New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, his 100th day in office, according to a spokesperson. The first-term Democrat woke up with a raspy voice Sunday and took a PCR test that came back positive, spokesperson…
Sometimes the best way to deal with an online troll is to like the post and keep it going, because that’s exactly what Nicki Minaj did when British television personality Piers Morgan randomly reignited their feud as part of a promotion video for his upcoming show “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” “Nicki Minaj, without any a shadow of…
Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty Hip-hop culture is probably at its most advanced stage ever, but never can you forget about the foundation where it all began. Rap pioneer LL Cool J does it daily on-air with “Rock The Bells Radio.” Now he’s ready to hit the stage again by bringing back the New York…
A West Virginia native is living proof that it’s never too late to fulfill a life-long dream. According to WBAL-TV, 101-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper recently received an honorary diploma. This 101-year-old man finally received his high school diploma https://t.co/T9uHkDLFnf #7News — 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) March 27, 2022 Cooper attended Storer College between 1934 and…
