For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections With life-saving oxygen in short supply, family members in India are left on their own to ferry coronavirus patients from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as the country is engulfed in a devastating new surge of…
“We got to learn how to celebrate each other while we’re here,” Beatz says in comments at Barclays Center Thousands of fans descended on downtown Brooklyn Saturday to pay their last respects to the late DMX. As a large crowd gathered outside the Barclays Center during the memorial, Swizz Beatz had some words for people…
Carter will represent Louisiana’s 2nd District in Congress after Richmond joined the Biden administration Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash that divided politicians across New Orleans. Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s…
Late legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s contributions to the realm of music will be the focus of a new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Apple Original Films has a documentary in the works about the life and legacy of the pioneering jazz musician. The film, titled Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong,…
Historically Black colleges and universities across the country are cultural pillars within the realm of education that hold an infinite amount of significance, and a new program will cultivate the next generation of leaders to shape the futures of these institutions. Clark Atlanta University recently unveiled an initiative centered on recruiting future HBCU presidents. The…
NASA turned to private companies for space station deliveries after the shuttles retired in 2011 The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts —…
DMX’s 15 children gathered on stage to talk about the star as a father Rapper DMX is being mourned at a memorial with family and close friends at the Barclays Center in New York. Saturday’s memorial at the Brooklyn arena was closed to the public and restricted to only close friends and family because of…
Arnold said that some things are “best left alone“ During an interview on the Tamron Hall Show on Friday, actresses and friends Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold said that a Martin reboot is unlikely to happen. “It’s something that we wanted to happen,” Arnold, 51, said. “It’s something that we tried very hard for it to…
Chloe Bailey revealed to fans on April 22 via Twitter her secret to ignoring negative feedback on social media. Bailey explained that to take one’s “power” back the person has to acknowledge only their own validation matters. She said without disclosing what particular incident prompted this response, “Any time you see someone say a negative comment…
The singer made the announcement in a now-deleted TikTok video R&B singer Kehlani, who for years has identified as a queer, announced that she identifies as a lesbian. In a now-deleted TikTok video, the Oakland native shared with her followers that she’s ready to publicly identify as a lesbian rather than queer, saying, “I finally…
