Source: WKBN / WKBN Lawrence Brooks celebrated his 112th birthday on Sunday, September 12, making him the nation’s oldest World War II vet. Brooks was born in Norwood, Louisiana in 1909, then moved to New Orleans in 1929. He was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army in 1940 at 31 years old. Around 1.2…
Republican talk radio host Larry Elder almost certainly would have replaced Newsom had the recall succeeded, an outcome that would have brought a polar opposite political worldview to Sacramento California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle…
The Creative Arts Emmys were awarded this past weekend — one week ahead of the Primetime Emmys — and several deserving creatives, Dave Chapelle being one of them, got to take home an award. At the Sunday, Sept. 12 event, Chapelle was nominated for several categories but ultimately won an Emmy in the Outstanding Guest…
A variety of mayoral and city councilor candidate signs in Boston’s Dorchester on Sept. 14, 2021. | Source: Boston Globe / Getty Boston moved closer to electing its first non-white male mayor in city history following the primary election on Tuesday. But that person will not be Black, as voters rejected the campaign of acting…
Gubernatorial recall candidate Larry Elder presents a medal to a Chinese-American World War II veteran at the Monterey Park City Hall on Sept. 13, 2021, in Los Angeles. | Source: Francine Orr / Getty Republican California gubernatorial recall candidate Larry Elder badly lost his bid to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom as voters overwhelmingly decided…
Source: Photo taken by Leonardo Costa Farias / Getty Erin Overbey, an archive editor for the New Yorker, laid out an impressive thread addressing racism in legacy media outlets Tuesday afternoon. Overbey called out outlets, including her own, for the lack of diversity and polite racism. She said the masthead of leading outlets resembles an…
Reginae Carter has been keeping her head down lately when it comes to social media but every now and then she pops out with a photo that leaves her followers stunned. Carter dazzled her fans with a Sept. 8 Instagram post, wearing a pink plaid curve-fitting blazer and jean shorts. The 22-year-old’s hair was another…
An officer and a sergeant were fired earlier this year over the incident The young mother who was pulled from her car by Philadelphia police and beaten has reached a $2M settlement with the city. As previously reported by theGrio, Rickia Young made a wrong turn in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020 and found herself…
She told investigators that she threatened the VP because she doesn’t believe she’s Black. A Florida nurse is facing five years in prison after admitting she threatened to kill Vice President Kamala Harris. Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, confessed in federal court that she filmed herself talking about being offered $53K to kill Harris within 50…
Her mother found Farrah Carter, 15, stabbed to death and mutilated in her own bedroom in 2002. The man accused of stabbing 15-year-old Farrah Carter to death nearly 20 years ago has been arrested for her murder, PEOPLE reports. Joseph Pollard, 56, was arrested and charged by police in Miramar on Tuesday, Sept. 14. He…
