The department suspended the nine firefighters without pay New York City officials have suspended nine firefighters without pay in connection with a string of racist messages and memes they shared on their phones, including ones that mocked the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, according to a published report. A spokesperson called…
NBA player LaMelo Ball is paying it forward by supporting students who aspire to pursue careers in the sports management space. According to Sports Illustrated, the Charlotte Hornets guard recently teamed up with the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at LIU Brooklyn for the creation of a scholarship fund. Hornets’ LaMelo Ball…
Twitter declined to comment Saturday on the former president’s filing Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Miami seeking a…
The soon-to-be Disney Princess performed a chilling rendition of a famous track from the Lion King Halle Bailey wowed the audience with her rendition of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” during Disney World’s 50th Anniversary event. The 21-year-old singer, who is half of the R&B duo Chloe x Halle, delivered the chilling performance during…
Source: Tom Williams / Getty Secretary Marcia Fudge recently sat down with NewsOne to discuss the new housing agenda, House America, and steps being taken by the Biden administration to support the whole person. In the launch of House America, figures released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development indicated 580,466 people experienced homelessness…
The person of interest in Marcano’s disappearance, Armando Manuel Caballero, was found dead Monday of an apparent suicide A body believed to be 19-year-old college student Miya Marcano has been found, a Florida sheriff said. “What we believe to be the remains of Miya was found about 10:45 this morning in a wooded area in…
The public apology came Friday during a B2K reunion performance at The Forum in Los Angeles Many fans of the early 2000s boyband B2K worried they’d never see the iconic R&B group collaborate again after it was revealed in 2019 that band member Lil Fizz was dating the ex-girlfriend of frontman Omarion, causing a sizeable…
Most local governments follow the state’s holiday schedule, which provides for 14 paid holidays for state employees An Alabama city is giving its employees an additional paid holiday after its City Council voted to recognize Juneteenth. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when federal troops entered Galveston, Texas, some two months after the Civil War…
“The Hutchinson house was built just barely 20 years out of slavery,” said Greg Estevez, the great-great-grandson of a former enslaved man who built a 136-year-old home now being restored. In 1885, Henry Hutchinson, who had been born into slavery in 1860, built the two-story Victorian-style home on a 10-acre plot of land on Edisto…
Olympic hopeful Sha’Carri Richardson still has her sights set on competing in the Games. Richardson sent a clear message about her ambitions to her followers via Instagram Stories when she shared a scenic photo from a trip abroad to Paris, France, the next host city of the Games. Her caption read: “Paris 2024 history will be…
