Biden is expected to announce Garland’s appointment on Thursday, along with other senior leaders of the department President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said…
Beloved author Eric Jerome Dickey, most notable for his bestselling novels about contemporary Black life, including “Sister, Sister” and “Friends and Lovers,” has died. He was 59. Emily Canders, Dickey’s publicist at Penguin Random House, told The Associated Press that the award-winning writer died after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, Jan. 3, in Los…
Reps. Burgess Owens and Byron Donalds will join a group of lawmakers who claim without evidence that there was fraud in the 2020 election Congress is set to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory, but Republican lawmakers are attempting to thwart the largely ceremonial process. TheGrio reported that Sen. Ted Cruz is leading a…
‘Just to be one of the very few that played receiver to win the Heisman, it means a lot to me,’ Smith says On an Alabama team stacked with stars, DeVonta Smith emerged as the best player in college football while playing a position that rarely gets that kind of recognition. Smith became the first…
Toya Johnson and Rasheeda are serving up friend goals on a silver platter. The entrepreneurs flaunted the fruits of their labors when they got together to stunt on all of Atlanta in front of white Bentleys and in fly outfits. The pair looked wealthy and healthy as they struck poses in front of the two…
Notably, turnout wasn’t just in metro Atlanta, but also in rural and small-town counties across South Georgia, where the Black vote has historically lagged The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, defeated Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Tuesday’s special election for an unexpired term for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. Warnock will become the first Black…
A Virginia Beach sergeant who wrongfully detained a Black man at a mall last month has been cleared of wrongdoing. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, Virginia Beach Police Department Chief Paul Neudigate briefed the City Council about the internal investigation into the Dec. 19 detainment of Jamar Mackey, who was handcuffed by an officer who believed…
The bureau is still examining evidence and has not announced any conclusions The FBI investigation into whether the Nashville bombing was a terrorist act has sparked criticism about a possible racial double standard and drawn questions from downtown business owners whose insurance coverage could be affected by the bureau’s assessment. More than a week after…
The president’s Republican allies in the House and Senate plan to object to the election results, heeding supporters’ plea to ‘fight for Trump’ President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the presidential election is going before Congress as lawmakers convene for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden. The typically routine proceeding…
After suffering a brain aneurysm on Monday which led to hospitalization in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Dr. Dre spoke out on Tuesday evening, thanking his supporters for their well wishes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dr. Dre (@drdre) “Thanks to my family, friends and and fans for their…
