Sunday’s fire comes just days after a house fire in Philadelphia left 12 people — including eight children — dead At least 19 people, including nine children, died in a fire Sunday at a Bronx apartment building in one of the worst blazes in New York City in decades, officials said. Mayor Eric Adams called…
Marlon Wayans was seemingly always destined for comedic greatness. The youngest of the über-talented Wayans crew wasn’t born into a Hollywood legacy family, but it’s certainly the reality he and his siblings have created. As part of a family of ten — eight children including Marlon and parents Elvira and Howell — being raised in…
Kevin Hunter Jr. seemingly gave fans an update on his mother Wendy Williams‘ health by sharing a clip of the daytime television host on his Instagram Story. In the Jan. 7 upload, Williams, who has taken a leave of absence from her self-titled show since last year for ongoing health issues, appeared to be on…
A Washington state man identified as William Cunningham is facing felony hate crime charges after video footage captured him hurling racial slurs as he threatened a Black student who was involved in an altercation with his daughter and her boyfriend. The incident in the Seattle exurb of Monroe, Washington, occurred nearly two months ago on…
Essence Preparatory charter school in San Antonio falls prey to state’s law limiting how schools teach about race A proposed Texas charter school almost became a casualty of the state’s battle over critical race theory towards the end of last summer, recently unveiled public records show. Administrators for Essence Preparatory Public School in San Antonio…
Nigeria has witnessed more than 10 attacks on schools in the past year Gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven months in captivity, a government official has said, the latest batch in the release of the dozens of Kebbi state students abducted in June. They arrived at the Kebbi state capital on…
New York City is the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal voting rights to noncitizens More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year — after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation to automatically…
OPINION: The brilliant legal scholar was so much more than her failed nomination to be assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s civil rights division. The academic and legal world lost a brilliant mind and an amazing human being when longtime Black scholar and Harvard professor Lani Guinier died on Friday. Carol “Lani” Guinier…
Virginia Spencer to serve three months A North Carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot was sentenced Friday to three months imprisonment. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she finds it “very hard to comprehend” why Virginia Marie Spencer and her husband took their child into the…
Denzel Washington shared his take on “Grey’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo’s story of the two clashing heads while he guest directed an episode of the long-running series, and although the moment is fuzzy in his mind, it still doesn’t quite match the actress’ recounting. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor directed a 2016 episode of Shonda…
