The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana is a basketball prodigy who owns three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously The biographical blurbs about competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee include a litany of other interests, from sports to musical instruments to science competitions to Indian classical dance. Scripps’ motivation for sharing those hobbies…
OPINION: I have zero faith that Adams can deliver the police reform we need to keep Black people like me from being afraid of the police I was surprised to see CNN’s John Berman reading my tweet to New York City’s next mayor Eric Adams in which I criticized his primary win, but frankly, I…
Actor Tyrese has come a long way in Hollywood since his first major appearance in the 1994 Coca-Cola commercial showing off his singing chops, which led to a musical recording deal and ultimately some time on the big screen. The actor says one thing he’s grateful for is showing the different sides of his talent,…
The men who attacked Haiti President and First Lady Jovenel and Martine Moïse were “mercenaries” who allegedly posed as American DEA agents. First Lady of Haiti Martine Moïse was airlifted out of the country and transported to Miami after being shot during the attack that killed her husband, Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, early Wednesday. Mrs….
“I always remember that I am in this position to open doors and light the path that others walk down,” Taylor tweeted. Sports journalist Maria Taylor, who has been at the center of accusations of racial favoritism at ESPN and specific acts of racism by colleague Rachel Nichols, is finally breaking her silence. Other than…
The state of emergency due to COVID will go into effect on Monday and last through Aug. 22 which means the Olympics, opening on July 23 and running through Aug. 8, will be held entirely under emergency measures. Fans are likely to be banned from the Tokyo Olympics following a state of emergency on Thursday…
A makeshift memorial for Leneal Frazieris shown in Minneapolis on July 7, 2021. | Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty The family of Leneal Frazier, a driver in Minneapolis who died after sustaining injuries from a police pursuit he wasn’t involved in, has retained renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump as they try…
Kevin Hart says his relationship with his older daughter, Heaven, is doing just fine following a revealing discussion about his 2017 cheating scandal. During a June recording of “Red Table Talk” with friend Will Smith, Hart opened up about his teenage daughter checking him after he’d been caught cheating on his wife, Eniko. In the…
Several pieces of surveillance footage from an Illinois jail released over recent months show a Black woman being pinned down and strip searched as male corrections officers watched after the woman was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence in 2019. Ariel Harrison, a 31-year-old mother of three who is blind in one eye, was…
Attorney Jennifer Bonjean and Bill Cosby speak outside of Cosby’s home in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, hours after his release from prison on June 30. Source: Michael Abbott / Getty With his recently overturned conviction behind him, Bill Cosby‘s next legal battle is just weeks away. Using Cosby’s lawyer released a statement Tuesday sounding very confident in…
