While grieving families searched for missing children and braced for more deaths amid historic flooding in Texas, President Donald Trump spent part of his Fourth of July golfing alongside Canadian baseball legend Larry Walker. Walker, one of only two Canadians in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, posted a photo of himself and Trump on…
It was glitz, glam, and Black girl greatness at its finest as the National Urban League hosted its 6th annual Women in Harmony Awards Luncheon on Saturday, one of ESSENCE Festival weekend’s most exclusive and empowering events. Source: Unique Nicole Held at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, the red carpet affair celebrated four phenomenal women who…
FILE – Workers back fill a hole used to replace lead pipe with copper water supply lines to a home in Flint, Mich., July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) After years of struggle, the city is closing in on replacing remaining lead lines — offering lessons for other communities tackling the same challenge. Jeffrey…
A former General Mills employee in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit accusing the food giant of racial discrimination and retaliation after he was fired earlier this year for objecting to Black History Month flyers in the workplace that he said trivialized racial violence. L. Lee Tyus Jr., who had worked at General Mills’ St. Paul…
FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Sean “Diddy” Combs earns praise behind bars after high-profile acquittals, as his legal team’s blunt strategy delivers a rare win against federal prosecutors. Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation…
Onlookers review the damage along the Guadalupe River caused by recent flooding, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez) Devastating floods leave at least 80 dead and dozens missing in Texas, including 27 from Camp Mystic, as search crews race against time amid rising questions over emergency preparedness. Camp Mystic says it…
Source: Christopher Polk / Getty Of all the disturbing details to pour out of the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, what might infuriate me the most now is the image of his supporters outside of the courthouse, spraying baby oil over each other and bouncing around in jubilation, after he managed to escape accountability for…
It’s been two and a half years since a Memphis cop gunned down Jaylin McKenzie, and the mother of the 20-year-old Black man is convinced police planted a gun near his body to support their narrative that her son had shot at the cop first. After all, Memphis police have refused to release all the…
A new photo of Donald Trump next to his 27-year-old White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has social media doing a double take, with viewers claiming she looks much older than her actual age. On July 3, Leavitt posted an image capturing herself standing next to the 79-year-old president during a recent campaign stop, sparking…
Fans of Jaden Smith were hit with a wave of nostalgia after an interview of the then 11-year-old actor on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” resurfaced. However, the warm and fuzzy feelings quickly turned into concern after many began to see the troubling contrasts between Smith then and him now at 26 years old. The 2008 interview…
