The attorneys for three officers in Washington state who are accused of killing a Black man after shocking, choking, and hogtieing him in police custody are purporting that the victim died because of drugs, not excessive force. Manuel Ellis, 33, died in police custody on March 3, 2020, in Tacoma, Washington, after an encounter with…
Oprah Winfrey recently admitted to using a weight-loss medication to maintain her weight after fans speculated that the media mogul was using Ozempic, which is a popular drug often used by celebrities. Winfrey struggled with her weight throughout the two-decade-plus run of her syndicated talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and became the butt of…
Source: GIORGIO VIERA / Getty Welp, it looks like the Karens are coming home to roost. On Monday night, the Sarasota County, Florida, School Board passed a resolution calling for the resignation of Klanned Karenhood—sorry—Moms for Liberty member Bridget Ziegler, whose husband, state Republican Party chairman Christian Ziegler, who is under investigation for alleged rape…
Janelle James has her fans cringing after a clip of her delivering a joke about her son’s genitals made its way to the social media platform X. The comedienne made the joke in season three of the Netflix comedy special “The Standups,” which hit the platform on Dec. 29, 2021. The “Abbott Elementary” star’s performance…
An Atlanta woman says that she is currently homeless after her bank snatched her U.S. government-issued student loan check, claiming it was fraudulent. The woman is now in debt because the over $5,000 that she planned to pay bills with has been frozen, and the bank is refusing to give her back the money until…
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is making it known that any narratives about him withholding residuals from ’90s R&B sensation Jon B are false. A clip of the “They Don’t Know” crooner is experiencing a viral moment as a snippet of his interview on “The Joe Budden Podcast” in November 2023 has stirred a response from Edmonds….
The op-ed of a Black mayoral candidate’s father in Springfield, Massachusetts, is under fire by several of the city’s Black leaders after they were called “Uncle Toms” and “Black Judases” in the article and portrayed as yes-men to the city’s white leadership. In “The Worst Article I Ever Wrote” by Frederick Hurst, published in the…
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Craig Watkins, the pioneering district attorney in Dallas County who was also the first Black person to be a top prosecutor in the state of Texas and had a reputation for freeing innocent people wrongly convicted, died on Tuesday. He was 56. Watkins’ death was confirmed…
LeBron James continues to have his superstar cemented, as his critics continue to scrutinize every detail of his being. The Los Angeles Laker had a great pair of back-to-back days on Dec 9 and 10, as he became the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament Champion and MVP, while also getting to watch his oldest son Lebron…
A 63-year-old Pennsylvania man passed away months after he was attacked by multiple dogs and had to undergo surgeries. In October, Antonio Shaw accidentally went to the wrong home in Philadelphia when two “vicious and hungry” pit bulls pounced on him, his sister told WPVI. “These dogs were eating him like a piece of steak,” Sharese…
