Attorney General Merrick Garland and DOJ Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney Kristen Clarke announced the federal lawsuit against Georgia on Friday The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state’s voting laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The announcement will be made later Friday by Attorney General Merrick Garland. It comes two…
Police in Portland, Oregon, are cutting back on pursuing minor traffic offenses in an effort to make “safety safer and more equitable,” according to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, a move that also is the result of the police bureau’s limited staffing and resources. On Tuesday June 22, Wheeler, who is also the city’s police commissioner,…
Harris will tour a Customs and Border Patrol processing center, hold a conversation with advocates from organizations as well as shelter and legal service providers Kamala Harris faces perhaps the most politically challenging moment of her vice presidency Friday when she visits the U.S. southern border as part of her role leading the Biden administration’s response to…
The Amherst Town Council voted 12-1 in favor of establishing the fund and requiring a two-thirds vote of the council to authorize any spending from it A Massachusetts town has created a fund to pay reparations to Black residents as communities and institutions across the country look to atone for slavery, discrimination and past wrongs amid the…
It’s been a year since the passing of “Glee” star Naya Rivera, and her ex-boyfriend actor Tahj Mowry is opening up about the impact that their relationship has on him. In an interview with Glamour magazine, Mowry, the younger brother of “Sister, Sister” stars and twins Tia and Tamera Mowry, revealed that no one compares…
In a “stunning” victory, India Walton won the Democratic primary election against four-term incumbent Byron Brown in Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday. Walton, the candidate unlikey to win, was considered the underdog because of a lack of experience in politics and her past experiences with life. Walton knows firsthand what it is to be a young single…
The Newark defacing of a Floyd statue was found just before 6 a.m. Thursday, and the vandalism in Brooklyn was discovered at 7:20 a.m. Statues of George Floyd in Brooklyn, New York and Newark, New Jersey were both defaced the day before the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty…
“Every time we hear a sound, we concentrate on those areas,” said Assistant Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raide Jadallah About 160 people were still unaccounted for Friday after an oceanside condominium building collapsed into a pile of rubble, and searchers combing through a twisted, shifting heap of concrete and metal feared the death toll of at…
Fashion designer Telfar Clemens, best known for his highly sought-out luxury bags, is taking his skills to his family’s motherland. The Queens native, who is building a name for himself for his signature vegan leather tote bag, will design the uniforms for the Olympic team for Liberia. On Monday, June 21, Telfar’s official Instagram page…
Samaria Rice, mother of slain teen Tamir Rice, slammed Shaun King via Instagram and accused him of profiting off of her son’s death. Rice wrote this week, “along with the united states, you robbed me for the death of my son.” Rice’s 12-year-old son was killed by a Cleveland police officer in 2014 while playing…
