Woman who gave birth to daughter in college competes in Olympic trials
“In the beginning, I thought, ‘I’m not the same athlete I used to be,’ but I learned to work with my body and once I did that, that’s when things started to come into play,” Mikaila Martin said...
View ArticleGwen Berry, who turned from flag, says she felt ‘set up’ by anthem playing at...
Hammer thrower Gwen Berry, who turned away from the American flag as the national anthem played as she stood on a podium during the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, said she felt blindsided by the...
View ArticleBill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned by Pa. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby‘s sex assault conviction Wednesday, and Cosby was released from a state prison hours later. Wearing a white T-shirt from his alma mater,...
View ArticleBiz Markie’s family gives a statement about his death rumors, “Not True”
Earlier, DJ Webstar announced that Biz Markie had passed on, making this revelation multiple times via his social media. Now, Markie’s family has released an official statement shooting down the...
View ArticleUNC trustees Finally Grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nikole Hannah-Jones was granted tenure Wednesday by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, ending a weeks-long controversy that had erupted on the North Carolina campus and online....
View ArticleTrump Organization, CFO are charged in ‘sweeping’ 15-year tax fraud
Donald Trump’s namesake company and longtime financial chief pleaded not guilty on Thursday to what a New York prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud, arising from a probe into the...
View ArticleHoward University Disavows Dean Phylicia Rashad’s Statement on Bill Cosby
Howard University late Wednesday night disavowed a sympathetic tweet on comedian Bill Cosby and his abrupt release from prison earlier in the day by his TV wife Phylicia Rashad, the incoming dean of...
View ArticleU.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson reportedly fails drug test, could miss 100...
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has reportedly failed a drug test that could result in the U.S. 100-meter champion missing that event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 21-year-old standout, who...
View ArticleBlack-Owned Swim Cap Brand Denied Certification for Olympic Competition
UK-based swimwear brand Soul Cap was created to solve a problem—and help end the stigma that Black people don’t swim. But Black athletes competing in water sports at this summer’s Olympics won’t be...
View ArticlePetition to Reinstate Sha’Carri Richardson started on Change.org
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has reportedly failed a drug test that could result in the U.S. 100-meter champion missing that event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 21-year-old standout, who...
View ArticleSha’Carri Richardson Speaks Out About Testing Positive for marijuana Ahead of...
Track star Sha’Carri Richardson is speaking out about her suspension from the U.S. Olympic team after failing a drug test. Richardson, 21, was poised to be a favorite in Tokyo after winning the...
View Article‘We All Quit’: Burger King Staff Leaves Message to Management on Sign
A Burger King sign has gone viral after employees at a Lincoln, Nebraska, location used it to announce they were “all” quitting. One of the former employees from the location told TODAY Food that the...
View ArticleCivil rights attorney Lee Merritt launches bid for Texas attorney general
DALLAS – Lee Merritt, the nationally known civil rights attorney, is officially running for Texas attorney general as a Democrat. Merritt launched his campaign Tuesday morning with an emphasis on the...
View ArticleCornel West Has Announced He’s Leaving Harvard And Says The School Has Lost...
Cornel West, one of the nation’s foremost Black scholars and an outspoken progressive activist, has announced his resignation from Harvard University, accusing the school of “intellectual and...
View ArticleTexas House Republicans vote to track down absent Democrats and arrest them...
A showdown in the Texas House was locked into place Tuesday after the chamber voted overwhelmingly to send law enforcement after Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of a GOP priority...
View ArticleHaiti on Brink of Anarchy Amid Hunger, Gang Violence and Power Vacuum
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Nearly half of the population on this island nation is facing acute hunger, while gang members block fuel distribution routes to the capital and scare away tourists from pristine...
View ArticleUpstate New York Police Officer Placed on Leave After Punching Woman in...
A police officer from upstate New York has been placed on leave after he seen punching a handcuffed woman in a lengthy video posted by the department. WSYR reports DeWitt police officer Rory Spain...
View ArticleWeed Vape Company Offers Sha’Carri Richardson $250K Endorsement Deal
U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson may not be running in the upcoming Olympics, but she’s gotten an endorsement offer related to the reason she’s not competing in the first place. The 21-year-old,...
View ArticleTennis star Naomi Osaka joins Barbie’s Role Model series
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka now has her own Barbie doll joining the toy company’s Role Model series The 23-year-old tennis player said it was an ‘honor’ QUOTE: “It’s such an honor to be...
View ArticleRacist woman falsely accuses Black man at Walmart in California
A woman is last seen in Moreno Valley, California racially profiling an innocent Black man and falsely accusing him of stealing her son’s phone. Thank you for sharing this. This video has been brought...
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