Snyder joined a parade of former state and local officials pleading not guilty in Genesee County courts Two former Michigan health officials were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis, as prosecutors revisiting how the city’s water system was contaminated with lead…
A Black man who served 26 years on death row after he was wrongfully convicted for killing a white woman and sentenced to death in 1994 is now free after key evidence against him was debunked. Eddie Lee Howard, a 67-year-old Mississippi man, was exonerated Friday when Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom decided not…
Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man from Wisconsin who survived an almost deadly encounter with police on Aug. 23, 2020, is speaking out for the first time in a sit-down interview. Here is my @GMA exclusive interview with Jacob Blake. As Jacob Blake speaks out for the first time. More from our interview tonight on…
“Being Mary Jane” star Raven Goodwin will tackle on the role of actress and the first Black actor to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, in the new film “Behind the Smile,” Deadline was first to report last week. The indie film will be produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group. Gregory Blair wrote the…
When United States Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina called for the black national Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to be made a national hymn, social media users responded by calling for reparations to be paid to Black Americans. Clyburn, the House majority whip, is preparing to propose this week that the song, first…
The exchange comes just days after Jordan and Harvey confirmed their relationship in mutual posts. People magazine’s current “Sexiest Man Alive” Michael B. Jordan posted a sweet message to his girlfriend, model Lori Harvey, on her 24th birthday. The actor commented on Harvey’s Instagram post Wednesday in which she shared three photos of herself dressed in a…
Source: Jessica McGowan / Getty With Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff’s victories in last week’s Senate runoffs, the nation is once again realizing what we organizers have known all along: Georgia is a battleground state, thanks to the relentless work done toward investing in and turning out voters of color. I have always said that…
Calling the step ‘tragic,’ Speaker Pelosi said ‘the chamber of the People’s House must and will be safe.’ There will be a cost — literally — for House Republicans railing against new security protocols put in place after last week’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol Building where they work. Metal detectors were installed at the…
Giuliani reportedly charged Trump $20,000 a day to contest states’ results in November’s election. Angry at being the only president of the United States to be impeached twice, Donald Trump is lashing out at his supporters. One person who is a particular source of irritation for Trump is his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. Multiple outlets…
Saucy Santana’s song “Walk” has been taking off with fans and celebrities doing the “Walk Challenge,” and it looks like reality TV star Marlo Hampton is up next to take it on. She uploaded a video on Jan. 12 of her own version of the challenge as she struts her stuff down a hallway of…
