It was an ordinary night last year for a Black mother and son, tucked away in their home relaxing. But a group of uninvited visitors threatened the sanctity and safety of their Rocky Hill, North Carolina, residence. It all began with a loud knock at the door around 10 o’clock the night of May 3….
The 23-time Grand Slam champion usually doesn’t play in a tournament in the week before a Grand Slam event, but made an exception for this Australian Open because of the pandemic Serena Williams withdrew from an Australian Open tuneup tournament citing a right shoulder injury on Friday within hours of setting up a semifinal match…
Although Dems might not have the power to force Trump’s testimony, the request from House impeachment managers is part of their overall effort to put the violent events of Jan. 6 on record House Democrats asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging him to respond to their charge that…
The embattled Lanez had an eyebrow-raising exchange on Twitter after he made an observation about the return of Kodak Black. Rapper Tory Lanez tweeted Thursday about Kodak Black, who is back in the studio after having his sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump. “Y’all ni**as don’t understand how hard this ni**a Kodak finna come…
The league said it expects to agree to terms with the National Basketball Players Association on testing protocols that will apply to all players and how testing will work for the All-Star event The NBA told its teams on Thursday night that it expects to finalize plans in the coming week to have an All-Star…
Singer Lizzo is taking the term self-love to a whole other level. While some people may look in the mirror and repeat phrases to uplift and encourage themselves, the singer does the same but instead does it while looking down at her stomach. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, the Grammy Award winner uploaded a clip of herself telling…
J&J’s vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19, according to preliminary results from a massive international study Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies. J&J’s vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate…
Up for best ensemble are Regina King’s ‘One Night in Miami’ about a 1964 meeting of four Black icons and the August Wilson adaptation ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Chadwick Boseman received two posthumous nominations from the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Thursday, while the Korean American family drama “Minari” and Spike Lee’s Vietnam veteran drama “Da…
Stop-motion innovator Laika is funding BSU’s animation studio so Black art students can further explore and learn digital animation. Bowie State University will be the first historically Black college to open an animation studio for students to explore and learn the art of digital animation. The Maryland-located campus, one of the 10 oldest HBCUs in…
Vice President Kamala Harris made her first tie-breaking vote on Friday in a move to accelerate a $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package intended to offer much needed relief to Americans during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, USA Today reports. President Biden is expected to meet with Democrat leaders and deliver remarks on Friday regarding the economy….
