The local NAACP is demanding accountability after Lafayette elementary teacher Julie Colley used the word when commenting in a Facebook group. Civil rights groups and parents are calling for a Louisiana teacher to be fired after she used the n-word in a Facebook post. Julie Colley, a teacher at Ossun Elementary School in Lafayette, used…
Judge John Cooper is scheduled to hear a lawsuit brought by parents from several school districts who are asking that limits be lifted on mandatory masking Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mandatory school mask policies faces a challenge in a Tallahassee courtroom on Friday afternoon. Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper is scheduled to hear…
The announcement by the FDA applies to millions of Americans who are vulnerable because of organ transplants, certain cancers or other disorders U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues…
Clinton College President Lester McCorn made the announcement last week for qualifying full-time students at the school in Rock Hill. A small historically Black college in South Carolina is offering all full-time students free tuition for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year. Clinton College President Lester McCorn made the announcement last week for qualifying full-time students…
Reality TV star Garcelle Beauvais of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” was forced to address a conversation about race with her co-star Kathy Hilton on the latest episode of the hit Bravo series. The discussion, which initially aired on Wednesday, Aug. 11, began after Hilton brought up “RHOBH” castmates Sutton Stracke and Crystal Kung Minkoff‘s fight from earlier this season during…
Drummond tweeted a video of himself Thursday jumping into his family’s pool after his toddler. Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond shared a video of himself jumping into his family’s pool after his 2-year-old son, Deon, fell in. The toddler was sitting on the edge of the pool when he appeared to stand and fall into…
Badu tweeted a public apology to the former First Couple for posting a video from his soiree. Soul music mainstay Erykah Badu has said she’s sorry for posting a video from the private 60th birthday party of former President Barack Obama in Martha’s Vineyard. The singer took to Twitter to offer a public apology that…
Judge Christopher Wagner ordered Brandon Rutherford to be vaccinated within 60 days of his court date or face prison. An Ohio man was ordered to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of his probation. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Wagner ordered Brandon Rutherford to be vaccinated within 60 days of his Aug. 4…
Former President Donald Trump said in a statement on Tuesday after meeting with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old woman killed while storming the Capitol building in January, that Babbitt was “murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun.” Ashli Babbitt was killed by a Capitol…
Singer Jennifer Hudson is sharing the last words the great Aretha Franklin said to her before she passed away. The actress and singer spoke to “Entertainment Tonight” at the premiere of the movie “Respect” on Sunday, Aug. 8, in Los Angeles. Hudson said that she talked to Franklin just before she passed. She said that…
