“Turning Ahmaud Arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought [him] to Satilla Shores,” said defense attorney Laura Hogue. The lawyer for one of the defendants in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery‘s alleged killers told jurors during her closing argument on Monday that the late…
Since Aaron Rodgers got caught lying about the COVID-19 vaccine, athlete vaccination status is dominating the news again. Plus, the end of an exemption will expose more athlete anti-vaxxers. Let’s start in the NFL, where the latest controversy is over whether or not Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown secured a fake vaccination card….
Source: Bill Clark / Getty Set on regaining a one-time Republican stronghold, new maps developed by Georgia Republicans just changed the makeup of a once competitive district held by Rep. Lucy McBath. Instead of facing the challenging task of re-election in her current district, McBath announced Monday that she would seek the Democratic nomination for…
The county previously requested that Kobe Bryant’s widow be subjected to psychiatric testing Los Angeles County wants Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over the Kobe Bryant crash site photos tossed. On Monday, attorneys for LA County filed a motion seeking a summary judgment to dismiss the lawsuit, as reported by The Hill. Vanessa filed a lawsuit against Los…
The Grammy winners embraced during the Dave Chappelle after-show performance Things have been icy between Usher Raymond and T-Pain amid revelations of a past encounter between the two R&B singers over T-Pain’s use of Auto-Tune. However, the two seem to have put their differences aside this Sunday after they shared a stage together at an…
When people think of Halle Berry, many think, beautiful, stunning and sophisticated. Berry has been cast as the sex symbol in several movies and a few rappers have mentioned her name in several songs with the indication that she has a certain appeal to some. Her beauty is something that is rarely up for debate,…
AUP EP#28 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 11/22/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:02] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast, the dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week we’re speaking to The Harder…
A White student slapped a Black teacher and threw a phone in her direction while cursing and yelling obscenities. A video clip of a white student attacking a Black teacher has gone viral, sparking outrage and resulting in an investigation. In the video, a substitute teacher at Castleberry High School in Fort Worth, Texas attempts…
A judge’s ruling effectively exonerated the late Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, and Ernest Thomas who were falsely accused of raping a 17-year-old White girl The quartet of Black men known as the “Groveland Four,” who were falsely accused of raping a 17-year-old White girl more than seven decades ago, were effectively exonerated of…
African-American women have higher rates of breast cancer than those of other ethnic groups in the United States. In 2018, Black women received diagnoses of 26.3 per 100,000 women, compared to 22.8 per 100,000 for white women, according to the National Cancer Institute. When women have breast cancer surgery, survivors often can’t find comfortable bras. Jasmine…
