“I’m the one in paradise, don’t encourage me to go back to Babylon,” said Rashad McCrorey, an entrepreneur from Harlem, New York, about being in Ghana. Last year, while most travelers were scrambling to book the last available flights home before international airports shut down indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McCrorey made the decision…
Hospitals in virus hotspots say they are clearly seeing more admissions and deaths among people under the age of 65 A young mother had just celebrated her first wedding anniversary and was one of six members of a Jacksonville church to die over a 10-day span. Another Florida woman had just given birth to her…
All 27 were vaccinated, had mild or no symptoms and were in isolation A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week was headed back to Galveston, Texas Friday after stopping in Mexico. The positive cases were among 26 crew members…
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich says new Biden moratorium is illegal, but hold can’t go in effect A federal judge on Friday refused landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she ruled that the freeze is illegal. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said her “hands are tied” by an appellate decision from…
It marked the first time the high court has weighed in on a vaccine mandate Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Barrett’s action came in response to an emergency request from eight students, and it marked the…
Halle Berry is opening up again about her 2002 Academy Award win. Berry has spoken several times in the past about how her expectations following the historic win were not met. She was the first Black woman to ever win an Oscar award in the Black actress category, which she won for her performance in…
Prosecutors have reportedly filed a contempt motion and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday connected to Megan Thee Stallion restraining order Tory Lanez may wind up back in jail as a result of his surprise cameo at the Rolling Loud music festival last month. His presence there may have been a violation of his restraining…
Daverion Deauntre Kinard was holding a lighter when he was killed in February, one day before 29th birthday A Southern California police officer searching for a burglary suspect on a February night opened the door of a portable toilet and found him. Seconds later, the unarmed man was dead. Fontana police on Thursday released body-worn camera…
Earthquake’s epicenter is northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A woman holds a Haitian flag and roses as people pray together during a church service that is set up outdoors near an encampment after numerous churches were destroyed during…
Ray J Norwood left his fans and followers a bit perplexed on Thursday, Aug. 12, after he sent his wife, Princess Love, well-wishes in honor of their fifth wedding anniversary. What was mind-boggling to many — aside from the black-and-white image shared from that special day and the heartfelt message — was that the couple was still…
