The iconic Black media company Ebony Media Operations LLC may have found a new owner after bankruptcy. Former NBA player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman would reportedly be buying the legacy company after winning a $14 million bid for it in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Chicago Tribune reported. On Friday, Dec. 18, Bridgeman’s company Bridgeman Sports and Media was…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a batch of pardons, including forgiveness for two defendants who pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The wave of 15 pardons, and five sentence commutations also includes several of Trump’s GOP allies and four Blackwater guards convicted in a 2007…
Johnson was released from the hospital on Tuesday Florida’s Keyontae Johnson was just released from the hospital following his collapse on the court, but his health issues may linger as he’s been diagnosed with a heart condition. A source close to Johnson told USA Today on Wednesday that the SEC preseason player of the year…
Americans are rightly frustrated that government leaders who were elected to serve them instead pushed through a $900 billion stimulus package which would only provide direct payments of $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples. A new poll shows that while most Americans across the aisle agree that relief is needed to combat…
A few changes have been made to qualifications for the second round of COVID-19 stimulus checks. There are a few changes to qualifications for the second round of stimulus checks due to reach the American people in coming weeks. The package bill for the $600-per-person payments has passed Congress, although there is a push from…
The U.S. Congress recently announced that it had finally passed a $900 Billion COVID-19 relief bill that would assist millions of Americans. Less than a day later, Beyoncé announced that she too would be helping out families in need during this deadly pandemic. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, Beygood, a charity founded by the Grammy award…
Body camera footage showed police officer Vincent Mentesana cursing at Jethro Devane in June 2019 A 71-year-old Black man in South Carolina was embarrassed and feared for his life when a police officer looking for teens who might have been breaking into cars held him outside naked and at gunpoint after he peeked out his…
Sean “Diddy” Combs wants everyone to know that not only does he love his mother more than words can express, but he’s also got some exceptional genes. (L-R): Janice Combs and her son Diddy Photo: @diddy/Instagram The 51-year-old took to Instagram to wish his mother, Janice Combs, a very happy 80th birthday in a heartfelt,…
Eric Coomer says he’s ‘been thrust into the public spotlight’ via Trump’s lies and others’ agendas. An employee of Dominion Voting Systems, in response to harassment, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the campaign of President Donald Trump and several conservative news figures and outlets. Eric Coomer, who is a security director at the firm,…
The Virginia Beach Police Department apologized after a video showing a Black man being wrongfully handcuffed in front of his family went viral. Jamar Mackey was eating lunch at a table in Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach on Saturday, Dec. 19, when two police officers walked up and cuffed him. Shantel Covil, his fiancée, began…
