An Ohio jury failed to reach a verdict in the murder case for the ex-deputy accused of killing Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020, resulting in a mistrial this week. Goodson, a 23-year-old Black man, was fatally shot multiple times in the back by former Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jason Meade outside of Goodson’s family’s Columbus home…
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new album, “This Is Me…Now,” her first full-length solo project since 2014’s “A.K.A.” With it comes renewed interest in critics examining how the singer built her music empire off of the talent of Black artists. Ahead of its Feb. 16 release, Lopez hinted that her ninth studio album may…
Nearly $36,000 has been raised for the family of a 7-year-old girl who was attacked by multiple dogs in Minnesota. The donations have been pouring in to help cover medical expenses for Sumaya Farah Ali’s recovery. The child was walking from school with her mother when the animals surrounded them, according to her family’s GoFundMe….
A 35-year-old man was arrested for setting numerous fires outside a predominantly Black church in Rhode Island last weekend. Kevin Colantonio of North Providence was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying any building or other real property by means of fire or explosion, the US Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday. Colantonio is accused of committing…
Source: felixmizioznikov / Getty With the current news cycle focused on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the hearing to determine whether she should be disqualified from prosecuting the RICO case against Donald Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants accused of election interference in Georgia, it’s easy to forget how we got here…
Taazmayia “Taaz” Melanie Lang was a Philadelphia “it” girl in the 1970s who hung out with stars like Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, and even her son’s friends, the Jackson 5, when they came to town. By all accounts, she was well-loved and liked by everyone. Still, the former beautician was shot down in her early…
Following rulings in Colorado and Maine disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the ballot under a Fourteenth Amendment clause, Arizona House Republicans are pushing a bold initiative to designate Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election regardless of voters’ decision. State lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Legislature are pushing it as a resolution, not…
Source: MoMo Productions / Getty According to a new Pew Research survey, Black Americans are fed up with the way they are unfairly covered in the news. The new study, published Feb. 13, found that 63% of Black adults feel frustrated with the way the Black community is covered in the news and via media….
What is it about Netflix’s recent release, “Lift,” that has upset the audience so much? Its ludicrous plot? Stock characters? An underwritten, poorly-performed villain? Or the unfathomable reality that in casting a black comedic star in a lead action role, it has dared to usurp the status quo? Maybe the fact that in the course…
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, leader of Black Voices for Trump Floyd Harrison poses for his booking photo on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Handout / Getty Harrison Floyd, one of more than a dozen remaining co-defendants in Georgia’s election interference case against commander-in-election-fraud-lies Donald Trump, has…
