A career shoplifter in Florida known for stealing designer merchandise was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she was convicted of a brazen heist at Sunglass Hut two years ago. Ernesha Atmore, who had been in and out of prison for stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, faced stiffer penalties due to Florida’s…
NEW ORLEANS – FEBRUARY 09: Voters enter a polling place in the Lower 9th Ward to cast their ballots in the state’s presidential primary on February 9, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana. | Source: Mario Tama / Getty In January, the Louisiana Senate passed a new congressional map that would create a second majority-Black voting…
Comedian Mo’Nique has revamped her routine on Katt Williams’ The Dark Matter Tour. Video footage circulating online features a segment where she encourages the audience to curse her longtime enemies Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. While the crowd seemed to crack up at her jokes, some folks aren’t finding her updated act amusing and are…
A gentrified urban industrial area is seen from an Amtrak train bridge on October 18, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for $5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods. It’s a distant…
Videos posted to social media showing a young, white Christian school student repeatedly saying the N-word has triggered calls for more severe punishments for students who use racial slurs and hate speech. The Kansas City Defender reported on two videos, originally posted on Snapchat last October, showing the student in a school bathroom saying, “You…
It’s been six years since “My Prerogative” singer Bobby Brown cropped fellow vocalist Ralph Tresvant out of a group New Editon photo online, but the two appear to have buried their past beef and fans are excited about it. Tresvant joined Brown on stage as he performed for The Tom Joyner Foundation’s Fantastic Voyage 2024…
Source: FatCamera / Getty Heath advocates in North Carolina are sounding the alarm on the state’s proposed anti-DEI bill targeting federally-funded medical schools. Some believe if the legislation passes that it could have a detrimental effect on the work the medical schools are doing to combat the Black maternal health crisis. In March, North Carolina…
A Michigan news outlet’s investigation revealed how a former deputy slipped through the cracks of a background check and went on to be hired by a police department after he was fired from a sheriff’s office for going on a racist rant as he was on the way to buy drugs using a squad car….
Claflin University held its Spring Commencement Convocation with former South Carolina Representative Bakari Sellers to serve as keynote speaker on May 6, 2023, at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. | Source: Claflin University / Getty College graduation season is upon us as students across the country prepare to embark on the next stages of…
Willow Smith, the daughter of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, recently revealed why her mother allowed her to shave her head as a 12-year-old. The 23-year-old musician encountered fame when she was just 9 following the success of her single, “Whip My Hair.” In an interview published in Allure, Smith explained that it…
