Source: Paras Griffin / Getty A lawyer representing a group of women claiming they were sexually abused and assaulted by rapper T.I. and his wife, R&B singer Tamkea Harris, sought out law enforcement authorities in California and Georgia to launch a criminal investigation against the couple. New York-based lawyer Tyrone A. Blackburn will represent 11…
In an Instagram Story, Woods described the message — then showed the gifts — from her Minnesota Timberwolves player boyfriend. Jordyn Woods’ father, the late John Woods, was a sound engineer on the hit NBC show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He died in 2017, just two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. On Saturday,…
Chances are dwindling that the Democrats will find a way to retain a minimum wage boost in the $1.9 trillion relief package Senate Democrats considered reshaping parts of the House-passed COVID-19 relief bill on Monday, as party leaders who are hoping to salvage a minimum wage increase abandoned one proposal aimed at pressuring big companies…
It seems that Ciara and Russell Wilson had an eventful weekend. They both shared photos that show the two literally swimming with sharks that seemed just as unbothered as the Wilsons. Ciara shared two photos, one of her floating in the shark-infested water by herself and the other with her husband standing by her side….
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala donned a mask and doled out welcoming elbow bumps as she took up her job at WTO headquarters The new head of the World Trade Organization called Monday for a “technology transfer” when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and urged member nations to reach a deal to reduce overfishing after years of…
Bernard Williams was 17 years old when he was convicted of murder for a 1996 killing. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Now Williams is suing the city of Chicago and several of the Chicago police investigators who helped wrongfully convict him, according to a federal lawsuit…
OPINION: Vice President Kamala Harris shattered a 200-year-old glass ceiling in November 2020. As a Black woman, she brings both cultural and gender competency to the most powerful table in the country. Two hundred and thirty-three years ago as the United States Constitution established the role of vice president, it also enshrined the rights of…
‘We have our own work to do,’ said HFPA Vice President Helen Hoehne. ‘Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital.’ After a lengthy recent expose by The Los Angeles Times that outed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as having no Black journalists among its 87 members, the organization says it’s committed to…
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Hamilton, who recently performed for the White House, tells theGrio despite being hospitalized with COVID-19 he is ‘educating’ himself before getting the vaccine White House officials in a Sunday evening call with reporters emphasized that there are now three highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines available across the country. The latest is the one-shot dosage from Johnson…
The ‘Greenleaf’ alum stars in the TVOne flick based on the book by Demetria Lucas Plenty of people know Deborah Joy Winans for her role as Charity in OWN’s Greenleaf but the fans of the actress with the soulful voice have never seen her quite like this before. As the lead in TVOne’s latest offering,…
