Melvina Bogard faces felony aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct charges A Chicago police officer who shot an unarmed man in the back as he tried to escape capture by running up an escalator in a busy subway station has been charged with felony aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct, prosecutors said Thursday….
U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix will forever be an Olympic legend after becoming the most decorated track and field athlete in American history. Felix, 34, received her eleventh medal on Aug. 7 in Tokyo when the women’s U.S. 4×400 team — Sydney McLaughlin, Felix, Delilah Muhammad and Athing Mu — won gold with a time of…
Thomas was “the quintessential cool cat in the group,” the band says in announcing the musician’s passing Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, alto saxophonist and co-founder of hit-making funk and pop band Kool & the Gang, passed away Saturday at the age of 70. The legendary music group announced Thomas’ death in a statement on Facebook,…
The U.S. has now won the last seven Olympic gold medals matching the country’s men’s program for the most ever in a row Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi walked off the basketball court together, arm-in-arm, one last time at the Tokyo Games. They started their journey together five Olympics ago and ended it in the…
Martha’s Vineyard was undoubtedly the place to be Saturday night. And if you were one of the hundreds of guests who attended former President Barack Obama‘s 60th birthday party at his mansion on the tony Massachusetts island, you can surely attest to that as fact. One of those attendees — made up of Obama’s family,…
Poland’s Marcin Urbaś called Mboma’s participation a “clear and insolent injustice against women who are definitely women.” Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma proudly draped the Namibian flag around her shoulders Tuesday after winning the silver medal in the women’s Olympic 200-meter race, just over one month after learning she could not compete in her signature 400m…
Thompson averaged 7.6 points and 81 rebounds with Boston in 54 games The Sacramento Kings acquired 10-year veteran center Tristan Thompson from the Boston Celtics on Saturday as part of a three-team trade that also involved the Atlanta Hawks. The Kings traded guard Delon Wright to Atlanta. The Hawks sent guard Kris Dunn, forward-center Bruno…
Actress Gabrielle Union is keeping her fans’ gaze locked on her with her latest set of steamy pics. The “Being Mary Jane” star posed in a doorway wearing a long black robe and nude underwear, giving the impression that she was almost completely bare. Comments were plenty from onlookers, who thought the photos were nothing…
Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Learning from the eviction moratorium crisis, the Biden administration got a jump on the federal student loan repayment pause. The Department of Education announced this final extension of the repayment pause would extend through January 31, 2022. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona issued a statement explaining the final extension gave “borrowers the time they…
“Full of life. She loved everybody,” said Kristen Clark, Jordyn Franklin’s aunt A West Memphis, Arkansas family is in mourning after COVID-19 complications took the life of an 11-year-old girl on Monday. When Jordyn Franklin woke up on July 30 with typical cold symptoms, her mother Caylenn Franklin said she did not initially suspect her…
