Authorities say Sylvia Matthews called police about her accused stalker Michael Garrett at least twice on Dec. 3 before he allegedly killed her in her own home An elderly Washington, D.C. woman, who authorities say had been stalked for years by a former inmate she previously met while working at a local jail, was allegedly…
The actor and hip-hop legend is the latest to be immortalized in bronze by artist Sherwin Banfield Ladies love “cool” rapper and actor James Todd Smith, aka LL Cool J, and apparently so does artist Sherwin Banfield. The sculptor, who was born in Trinidad and raised in Smith’s Queens, New York hometown, paid homage to…
Folks are outraged and an investigation has since been launched after video footage showed a police officer violently arresting an older Black man at a local grocery store in south Minneapolis earlier this month. In a nearly 5-minute video, officer Christopher Lange could be seen manhandling 64-year-old Troy Lee Billups and pushing him onto the…
“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…
