‘The Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not’ Defying President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he does not have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president on Jan. 20. Pence said…
Raphael Warnock became Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator on the heels of a razor-thin runoff election Tuesday, Jan. 5. Warnock garnered little more than 2.23 million votes, or 50.6 percent, to unseat Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler who’s vote total was just shy of 2.18 million, according to unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State….
The rapper and producer was hospitalized on Monday night According to the LAPD, four men were arrested for the attempted burglary of Dr. Dre’s home following the news of his aneurysm. Dr. Dre was hospitalized on Monday night after reportedly suffering a brain aneurysm, and according to NBC News, only hours after Dr. Dre was…
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…
