“At the moment, virtually everything points toward it being milder disease,” says Willem Hanekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital. That’s one of the reasons…
Alicia Keys presents the premise of the double album to the Dubai crowd as an experiment Superstar Alicia Keys on Friday debuted her new album live in front of a packed crowd at the world’s fair in Dubai — a lively pop performance full of soaring vocals and piano solos. “We can live on the…
Banksy dedicates proceeds to four people charged for taking down the statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston in England People lined up Saturday in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy — a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local…
Snoop Dogg has no plans to retire from music, but when that day does come he knows exactly who will oversee his life’s work. The former Death Row Records rapper says when it comes to entrusting someone with his legacy no one is better equipped than his wife of more than two decades, Shante Broadus….
New York law gives municipalities by year end the chance to “opt out” of hosting marijuana establishments More than 400 towns and villages across New York have opted to block local marijuana dispensaries and consumption lounges as a statewide deadline to do so nears, with many officials deciding to stay out of the upcoming market…
OPINION: Despite this latest setback, the attorney general’s political future remains bright. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) On Thursday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was suspending her campaign for governor and will seek re-election for her current position. She launched her gubernatorial campaign a little less than two months…
OPINION: The conflation of healthy skepticism surrounding the troubled actor and supporting the carceral state is an extreme that does more to gaslight Black people than humanize them. If you had doubts about actor Jussie Smollett’s account of what happened to him on that super cold Chicago night in 2019, you’re not alone. You’re also…
Sam Cooke (1931 – 1964), singer, songwriter and civil-rights activist, on stage with band at New York’s Copacabana nightclub, June 1964. | Source: Ben Martin / Getty UPDATED: 4:00 a.m. ET, Dec. 11, 2021 Pioneering soul singer Sam Cooke, also dubbed the “King Of Soul,” left an unmistakable mark on the music industry, and his…
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty While the artist formerly known as Kanye West is raising awareness around Larry Hoover’s case, a woman who previously served as his publicist made headlines for allegedly trying to coerce a Georgia election worker into confessing to election fraud. Reuters reported that 62-year-old Ruby Freeman received death threats forcing her to…
Method Man is going viral once again for his devilishly good looks. Two photos of Method Man wearing a black suit and glasses on a red carpet have gone viral after fans can not stop talking about how he’s been able to maintain being so handsome. The photos began to circulate on Twitter on Dec….
