The charges against a Guatemalan teen blamed for causing the death of a Florida police officer have been officially dropped. It comes after Virgilio Aguilar Mendez’s attorneys argued that the teen was not responsible for St. Johns County Sgt. Michael Kunovich’s fatal heart attack — which happened following an encounter between the two in May 2023. Mendez…
A Washington State police officer is under fire for making insensitive comments about a 23-year-old Indian woman who was fatally struck by his colleague. Jaahavi Kandula, a graduate student at Northeastern University Seattle campus, had the right of way and was crossing the street in a crosswalk when Officer Kevin Dave hit her in January 2023. Dave…
Actress and comedian Nika King has been keeping busy on the stand-up comedy circuit during the hiatus of the popular series “Euphoria.” “Euphoria” is the second most-watched show in the cable channel’s history. The series revolves around the tumultuous life of 17-year-old Rue, a drug addict fresh from rehab with no intentions of maintaining sobriety,…
As former president Donald Trump tried to throw jabs at President Joe Biden during a Virginia rally by calling him “the worst president … who is cognitively impaired, in no condition to lead,” he mixed up the name of the sitting president with past leader Barack Obama – who hasn’t served as commander-in-chief in seven…
Comedic actor Jamie Foxx is going back to his stand-up roots with a bit called “What Had Happened Was,” where he will address the many rumors circulating around his mystery illness. Hollywood held its breath in concern last spring after his daughter, Corinne Foxx, revealed that her father, was taken to a hospital on April…
The sequel to the 2021 blockbuster opens by declaring the underlying reality that governs all of what happens in Frank Herbert’s apocalyptic, futuristic universe — Power over spice is power over all. Thus begins “Dune: Part Two.” Picking up from where it left at the end of the first installment, the second part traces Paul…
A New York judge has sentenced a man to more than 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of murder for fatally shooting a woman who mistakenly pulled into his driveway last year while searching for a house party. Kevin Monahan, 66, received the sentencing on March 1 after having been convicted of…
The daughters of soul singer James Brown, celebrated for his 1966 hit song “It’s a Man’s World,” have opened up about their shocking childhood and past between their father and mother. The two women recently revealed that they’ve grappled with reconciling their emotions regarding their father’s history of violently assaulting their mother. (L-R) Dr. Yamma…
Source: Tanya Hoffler-Moore The vice president of video at iOne Digital, the online arm of the formidable Urban One media empire, is being honored as a trailblazer at this year’s African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival. Tanya Hoffler-Moore is one of four award-winning Black women being honored at the 24th installment of the…
The mother of Elijah McClain spoke out about the sentencing of one of the Colorado paramedics who was tried and convicted in her 23-year-old son’s death. A judge sentenced Peter Cichuniec to five years in prison, which is the minimum sentence for his criminally negligent homicide conviction. “Minimum, the bare minimum always?” Elijah’s mother, Sheneen…
