Nathaniel DiRenzo faces charges after girl was punched, strangled at a Manhattan park during a clash between dog owners and school kids A man who attacked an 11-year-old Black girl in a New York City park last week is now in custody. Nathaniel DiRenzo, 29, who police say punched the girl during a confrontation at…
Republicans in three states say they are drawing maps without looking at racial and party data, but proposed districts still favor the GOP A decade ago, North Carolina Republicans redrew their legislative districts to help their party in a way that a federal court ruled illegally deprived Black voters of their right to political representation….
Professional sports has been rocked with racist allegations recently, mainly stemming from within NFL teams. However, the NBA is receiving its reckoning. On Friday, Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver vehemently denied allegations of “racism, sexism and sexual harassment.” The allegations reportedly are planned for an upcoming ESPN story. Breaking: The NBA is preparing for a…
Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Vanessa Bryant and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress. Kobe Bryant’s widow said she pleaded with the Los Angeles County sheriff to make sure no one takes photographs from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, and he reassured…
In another homophobic rant, Boosie said Lil Nas X should commit suicide because it would “do this world a huge favor” Rapper Lil Boosie told fellow musician Lil Nas X, that if he commits suicide it “would do this world a huge favor world,” after the Montero rapper joked about working on a song with…
A volunteer-based organization says that excessive red light speed cameras are a cash-grab for the city to close their billion dollar deficit A Chicago-based advocacy group said that red-light speed cameras are not only a cash-grab by city officials, but are disproportionately affecting Black and brown drivers. Chicago Coalition For Change, a volunteer-driven organization whose…
The college’s 33rd president is also the first nonordained member of the church to preside over the Jesuit institution In the near 180-year history of the College of the Holy Cross, not one Black American had ever taken seat as president — until Vincent D. Rougeau was inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22 in a landmark…
Source: Jemal Countess / Getty Women everywhere have been fighting decade after decade to stop people (i.e., men) from policing their bodies. Even the actual policewomen themselves are having a hard time with the issue. Chanel Dickerson, assistant police chief in Washington, D.C., came forth with a jaw-dropping claim of her own that as an…
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey have become fan favorites in the couples category. Not only do they speak highly of each other all the time and she steals his clothes, but another thing that cements their cuteness is the nicknames that they have for each other. Harvey calls her man her “nugget” and Jordan…
The eatery where Saturday’s blast occurred is a normally busy place One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday in an explosion at a restaurant in a suburb of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, police said. Police said in a statement that a bomb squad had been deployed following “a serious blast” around 9 p.m. local…
