Organizers cited “current exponential growth” of new COVID-19 cases in the city and region With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and…
Source: Tom Williams / Getty The Senate dropped a Saturday surprise by confirming Eunice Lee to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Confirmed in a 50-47 vote, Lee will be the second Black woman to serve on the court. She is also the first former federal public defender to join the roster of judges….
“Kool & the Gang” co-founding member Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas has passed at the age of 70. Representatives for the group announced Thomas’ death on Aug. 7 in a statement shared with fans on social media. The beloved father “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at his residence in New Jersey. A cause of death…
Preliminary findings from South Africa show that the J&J shot is highly effective against preventing hospitalizations and death According to new data from a large-scale trial study, Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was found to be highly effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The study, known as Sisonke, of nearly 500,000 South African…
Tracee Ellis Ross’ impromptu dance video on Aug. 6 could not escape the background distractions that grabbed fans’ attention. The distractions included an unidentified friend adding special effects sounds to the actress’s moves. At the same time, an unsolicited conversation is happening. In honor of Flashback Friday, a social media event where users share older…
Marquis Davis was 28 and unvaccinated when he died after contracting coronavirus The family of a Florida business owner who died of COVID-19 last month used his funeral as a site for testing and administering vaccines to protect people against the disease. Marquis Davis, who passed away of COVID-19 complications on July 26, was the…
Violence interrupter grassroots programs are forming in communities across the country and employing alternative strategies to curb violence When Rasheedat Fetuga became a teacher, she worked hard to help protect her students, many of them poor and from a nearby housing project. When one of her favorites was shot and killed at 16, she stood…
A former Georgia deputy and U.S. Marine who bragged in messages with members of an extremist group that he had brutalized a Black man in custody and that he intended to charge Black people with felonies to keep them from voting was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, plus one year of supervised…
Impact Church hosts second vaccination drive as more Florida residents warm up to the idea of being protected against virus A church in north Florida is grappling with the spread of a COVID-19 Delta variant among its congregation after multiple members died of the disease within the past two weeks. Six members of Impact Church,…
As Democratic lawmakers attempt to snuff out restrictive voting legislation in Texas, there are signs the stalemate may be thawing Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol on Saturday as Gov. Greg Abbott began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff that ramped up in July when…
