A demonstrator holds a sign reading, “Dont Shoot”, with a picture of Michael Brown on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) OPINION: A decade after the police shooting of Mike Brown and the uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri, nothing has changed because the fundamentals of institutional racism and policing in America…
Source: felixmizioznikov / Getty The NAACP is urging the DOJ to investigate Georgia’s online voter registration removal practice after the state launched a website that allows individuals to cancel someone else’s voter registration without their knowledge. On July 29, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rolled out the Voter Registration Cancellation Portal, which allows people…
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is shown in Las Vegas in February. (Photo: Ty ONeil/AP) The arrests of Gary Miller, his wife and his daughter Wednesday drew quick praise from Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is Black. RENO, Nevada (AP) — A Nevada man charged with a hate crime acknowledged he referenced a “hanging…
Travis Scott watches the Serbia vs United States men’s semifinals basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics Thursday in Paris, France. (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP) Police were called to the Georges V hotel early Friday to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” French prosecutors said. PARIS…
Olympian Allyson Felix speaks to the media during the 2024 Summer Olympics Thursday in Paris, France. (Photo: Abbie Parr/AP) Felix, the now-retired United States sprinting great, topped the poll with support from 2,880 of her peers, the International Olympic Committee said. PARIS (AP) — Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix won an election Thursday to…
Tisha Campbell is back in the spotlight, but this time it’s not because of anything she said or did. A TikTok user recently decided to create an AI-generated cover one of her songs, but the new version has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. While many may recognize Campbell primarily as an actress, her…
This 2002 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. Health officials have announced a recall of liverwurst and deli meat products in connection with a listeria outbreak that has killed three and sickened nearly three dozen people in 13 states. (Photo: Elizabeth White/CDC via…
Source: MICHAEL B. THOMAS / Getty N inety seconds. That’s what Michael Brown was given on Aug. 9, 2014, 10 years ago today. From the first second that his killer, former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson saw the unarmed 18-year-old, it took him just another 89 seconds for him to near empty his Sig…
Grant Holloway (right) of the United States celebrates with Jasmine Moore (left) of the United States after winning the men’s 110-meter hurdles final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday in Saint-Denis, France. (Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP) It was medal-mania at the Stade de France for the red, white and blue on Thursday, with the country taking…
It was not exactly the crime of the century when a West Virginia police chief pulled a woman over for an expired registration and no visible inspection sticker before pulling a gun on her and threatening to kill her. Monongah Police Chief Nathan Lanham then smashed the woman’s car windows with a sledgehammer, prompting her…
