Source: Paras Griffin / Getty A woman has been arrested in Minnesota this week in connection with the murder of the son of famed Memphis rapper, Project Pat. Talia Jones was arrested and charged with facilitation of first-degree murder of Patrick Houston, Jr., who was shot and killed at the top of the year. As…
Honoree Snoop Dogg accepts the Ultimate Icon Award onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) Snoop Dogg becomes co-owner of Welsh soccer club Swansea City, joining the ownership group to support the team’s growth and global reach. Snoop…
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice carries after a catch during warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File) Rashee Rice gets 30 days in jail after a high-speed crash in Dallas injured several; the Chiefs receiver pleaded guilty to felony…
President Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is so obsessed with grooming in the U.S. Armed Forces that he’s cracking down in the name of military readiness. A number of new rules and regulations require new “standards” of grooming and appearance, according to a new report, and those new regs seem to intentionally target minorities…
Adrienne Hazel watches her son Ricky as he plays on a swing on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Sylvia Jarrus) Civil rights case resolutions in schools drop sharply under Trump as Education Department staff is slashed and complaints rise. The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the…
Source: AJ_Watt / Getty Despite making up roughly 13–14% of the U.S. population, Black physicians constitute just about 5.7% of all doctors nationwide, a startling mismatch in representation. Thankfully, the Young Doctors Project (YDP), a multigenerational mentoring and career pipeline program for high school boys, is on a mission to change this alarming statistic. Founded…
Two Black cross-country truck drivers filed a federal lawsuit this month alleging they were denied service and harassed at a Denny’s restaurant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Each man is seeking damages of $4 million. Damon Whitfield and Hector Madera, who live in Pennsylvania, work as a long-haul trucking team and were transporting a load…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped in to address zoomed in footage of Donald Trump’s bruised and swollen appearance, which has fans speculating and forming odd theories about the President. Images from earlier this week show Trump watching the championship match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain from a private box at MetLife Stadium. As…
Source: Justin Casterline / Getty The community around Rainbow Terrace Apartments in Cleveland’s Garden Valley neighborhood has faced tough times after a devastating explosion and fire on June 23. More than 40 families were displaced, five people were hospitalized, and tragically, one man lost his life. But Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders recently stepped in…
Source: ANDREY DENISYUK / Getty A white man from Ukiah, Calif., who, in June of last year, committed an inconceivable act of cowardly racism by punching an 11-year-old Black boy in the face just for interacting with white children, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after being convicted of a hate crime. According…
