Lawrence Brooks, the oldest United States veteran of World War II, has died. The New Orleans man was 112 years old. Brooks passed away early Wednesday morning on January 5, 2022. Born on September 12, 1909, Brooks, 1 of 15 children, was drafted into the Army in 1940 at 31 years old. He helped build roads…
A 5-year-old boy who escaped the deadly fire reportedly told a neighbor, a paramedic, a firefighter and hospital staff how it started. A child playing with a lighter near a Christmas tree may be the cause of the fire that killed 12 people in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that a…
Source: Toni Anne Barson Archive / Getty Bahamian actor, director, writer, and diplomat Sidney Poitier, has died at the age of 94. His death was confirmed by multiple Bahamian news outlets as well as the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs. As of now, there has been no announcement to the cause of his death, but…
The esteemed actor and activist was known for breaking down barriers in Hollywood, becoming the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor A true Hollywood legend has passed away. Academy Award-winning actor and activist Sidney Poitier has died, NBC News confirmed. The trailblazing Bahamian-American actor was 94 years old. 15th September…
Steve Harvey‘s exercise video left fans scratching their heads on Jan.5 after zooming in on the “Family Feud” host’s cameraperson. In the Instagram upload, Harvey, in an undisclosed gym with his trainer and someone recording video, noisily enters the scene before executing a round of push-ups. Steve Harvey’s workout clip derails after fans focus on the star’s cameraperson’s recording…
Not only did the Black unemployment rate in December jump to more than twice that of white people, but Black workers — who already have long had the highest rate of all demographics — saw their levels of joblessness grow while everybody else’s dropped. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning released the…
If there is anything 50 Cent is going to do besides troll, it’s brag on his success. On Wednesday, Jan. 5, the New York rapper posted a screenshot of a internal rating Starz chart on Instagram with a list of the “Top 10 Highest Rated Cable Series Among Black Homes,” showing that his three shows…
The device was neutralized just over an hour after a bomb was discovered outside Republican National Committee headquarters. On Jan. 6, 2021, as a violent insurrection raged inside the U.S. Capitol, then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters when a pipe bomb was discovered outside the building. Politico is exclusively reported it…
OPINION: The Brooklyn Nets’ decision to let the unvaccinated All-Star play part-time for road games is neither fair to fans nor fellow NBA players It’s never been easy to be a Nets fan. With the exception of the Jason Kidd years and a few flashes of greatness before and since, they have far more often…
A 32-year-old Black veteran and father of three was shot and killed in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this week after a road rage confrontation with a white father and son riding in a pickup truck ended with the motorcyclist being shot in his chest. Stephen Addison was shot by 51-year-old Roger Dale Nobles Sr. as the biker argued…
