LaVar Ball’s dream of having all his sons in the NBA has been deferred. On Monday, LiAngelo Ball was one of three players waived by the Detroit Pistons as the NBA exhibition season continues. LiAngelo was signed by the Pistons earlier in this month, which was widely — and incorrectly — denoted as the moment…
Ryan has served as a White House correspondent for the last 24 years, covering four U.S. presidents throughout her career Veteran journalist April Ryan has signed with Byron Allen‘s Allen Media Group to serve as White House Correspondent and Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for the soon-to-be-launched 24/7 broadcast television network TheGrio.TV, the company announced Monday…
Bodycam video made public Monday, Dec. 14, showed the final moments of former NFL player Ekom Udofia’s life. Udofia, 33, was shot and killed by officers during a Nov. 30 encounter in Phoenix, Arizona. The man was armed with a weapon and refused to relinquish it even after he was shot several times by officers….
Sampson shared on social media that the video captured the fifth time the actor was stopped in six days. Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson was videotaped being aggressively detained in Cartagena, Colombia this week. In the video, Sampson is seen being punched in the face by a police officer, who also pulled his gun on…
A white man who murdered two Black Kroger shoppers in 2018 was sentenced to two life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Gregory Bush, 53, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in Jefferson Circuit Court to two counts of attempted murder and wanton endangerment for the Oct. 24, 2018…
in Colorado and most other states, prisoners aren’t near the front of the line for initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine now being distributed Amber Johnson is terrified her 63-year-old father will get the coronavirus. He has high blood pressure, asthma and is pre-diabetic, and she worries he’s especially vulnerable as an inmate in Colorado, where…
The Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to…
Granholm was reportedly a top contender for the post if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency in 2016. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to head the U.S. Department of Energy. For years, Granholm has been passionate about clean energy issues. The Democrat was reportedly considered a top contender…
“We’ll be back early and we’ll be on schedule to get the job done,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, A bipartisan quartet of congressional leaders is pushing hard and in tandem for a long-delayed COVID-19 relief package, hoping to seal an agreement as early as Wednesday that would extend aid to individuals and businesses and…
Myon Burrell’s harsh punishment raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away for the death of a young girl killed by a stray bullet A Black man sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and…
