Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica defends title aver crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters, pointing at the scoreboard even before crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Saturday to defend her title and lead a Jamaican sweep of the medals. Griffith Joyner set…
Despite the surging delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, Congress and President Biden allowed protections to elapse WASHINGTON (AP) — A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday night after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on a long-shot strategy to prevent millions of Americans from…
Racheal Oniga | Source: Twitter / Twitter Veteran Nollywood actress Rachael Oniga, a legendary presence in the Nigerian movie industry, died Friday, according to reports. She was 64 years old. It was not immediately clear how Oniga died. Reports on social media varied, with the cause of Oniga’s death in some cases being attributed to…
Congressional candidate Nina Turner speaks to a crowd of volunteers before a Get Out the Vote canvassing event on Friday in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. | Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Former state Sen. Nina Turner recently spoke with NewsOne about her campaign to represent Ohio’s 11th Congressional District ahead of the final get-out-the-vote push….
Source: Boston Globe / Getty The national lawmakers who are duly elected by taxpayers have apparently decided it’s more important to adjourn Congress for the summer and go on vacation than it is to work on behalf of their constituents who may be on the verge of homelessness as the federal eviction moratorium expires this…
Soulja Boy‘s birthday party, taking place in Hollywood Hills, California, was shut down on Wednesday, July 28, by the Los Angeles Police Department after authorities received numerous noise complaints from residents. Another issue that the locals also brought up was the large number of people — one of those being Ray J — who attended the rapper’s…
Comedian Mo’Nique has been brought back into the fold of the entertainment industry via a deal to develop unscripted television projects. “The Parkers” actress inked the deal with Endemol Shine North America — which will allow her and her husband Sidney Hicks’ production company, Hicks Media, to develop shows for other talent and for Mo’Nique…
“It’s clear that I established my brand first,” beauty entrepreneur Cydnie Lundsford said. Weeks after Kim Kardashian filed to trademark her new beauty brands SKKN and SKKN by KIM, her legal team received a cease and desist letter from a Black business owner who is already using the unique moniker. Lawyers for Beauty Concepts LLC…
“This maneuver is not something that American police are trained to do,” an activist group says. A Kaufman County deputy who was captured on camera brutalizing a teenage Black girl has been put on leave pending an investigation into the disturbing incident. The video shows a white officer pinning 18-year-old Nekia Trigg to the ground…
OPINION: Elected officials should drop their political theatrics over CRT and embrace the serious issues in our K-12 education system that continues to deny equal opportunity for all students. Across our nation, families and students have struggled during the pandemic to keep up with their educational progress. For many families, this pandemic forced them into…
