South Africa’s vaccination rate is slowly picking up speed Battling a fast-increasing surge of COVID-19 cases, South Africa has reintroduced tough restrictions including a ban on alcohol sales and an extended nightly curfew. The delta variant, first discovered in India, appears to be driving South Africa’s new increase, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday night, announcing…
Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty One of the greatest athletes of the last century won’t be making an appearance at the Tokyo Olympics. On Sunday Serena Williams confirmed that she’s skipping the games during a pre-Wimbledon video news conference. “I’m actually not on the Olympic list. … Not that I’m aware of. If so,…
Diego Chara is said to have been the target of a “discriminatory word” from a player on an opposing team Major League Soccer is investigating allegations of racial abuse directed at Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Chara. Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said after Portland’s 1-0 loss to Minnesota United Friday night that a “discriminatory word” had…
“For people of color, especially Black people, homeownership is wealth. It’s not only wealth to us, but it’s generational wealth,” said Fudge Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge said student debt is a key reason for the disproportionately low homeownership rates among Black Americans. “Who has student debt? Poor people, Black…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency on Saturday Heavy rains in the Detroit metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday caused flooding on several local freeways, prompting drivers to abandon their vehicles. Garden City, Michigan received over 6.6 inches of rainfall during the storm, according to an Iowa State University storm tracker. 6.5…
The building collapse near Miami is already drawing lawsuits Nearly three years before an oceanfront building collapsed near Miami, an engineering firm estimated that major repairs the building needed would cost more than $9 million, according to newly released emails. The email from the firm of Morabito Consultants was among a series of documents released…
Health officials say an Ethiopian military airstrike on a Tigray marketplace killed at least 64 people and injured dozens more Maerg was serving customers at his cafe in Ethiopia’s Tigray village of Togoga when the military airstrike occurred, filling the room with dust and bringing down debris that struck him on the head. “Everything was covered in…
A trio of breakout stars shared a #BlackBoyJoy moment during a roundtable when “Lovecraft Country” star Jonathan Majors, 31, and “Bridgerton” heartthrob Regé-Jean Page, 31, thanked “Star Wars” actor and activist John Boyega, 29, for speaking the truth about his Black experience while working with media powerhouse Disney. The moment of solidarity took place during…
While fireworks are integral to the country’s Independence Day celebrations, they ignite thousands of fires a year Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks. But with a historic drought in the U.S. West and fears of another devastating wildfire season, officials are canceling displays,…
The Democratic-controlled state House included several policing provisions in its overall public safety budget bill this session Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability measures, a day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for…
