President Barack Obama does it again, makes history. His state visit to Cuba will continue with a tour of Havana today and will meet with President Raul Castro, before attending a state dinner tonight at the Revolutionary Palace. President Obama arrived at the Jose Marti International Airport on Sunday at 4:19 p.m. with First Lady […]
A 25-year-old Virginia woman was shot and killed by two Norfolk, Virginia police officers Saturday after after making a “threatening motion” with a fake gun, according to Mic.
A restaurant in Toronto, Canada is facing backlash after a Black employee in training was sent home because of her natural locks. CBC News reports that Akua Agyemfra’s encounter with her manager at Jack Astor’s happened on her third day of training, when she wore her hair in a bun. The 20-year-old was hired on the […]
Lyrics from the song (including those calling Northerners "scum") will be replaced with a poem by John T. White about the state's appearance and natural beauty.
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday acknowledged increasing chances that the party will be facing an "open convention," noting the ongoing opposition posed against Trump by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Without a clear cut nominee, the party will have to resort to a floor fight to pick a nominee.
A judge from the U.S. District Court in Washington was hit with a civil lawsuit the same day he retired over claims he allegedly assaulted a teenage witness in a high-profile case 35 years ago. CBS News reports that Terry Mitchell, 51, claims Richard Roberts sexually abused her during the trial of White supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin, who killed two Black joggers in Salt Lake City back in 1981.
First Lady Michelle Obama promotes #LetGirlsLearn at SXSW. Here are five things to know about what the initiative is doing.
A study finds that black men's college football and basketball players' graduation rates lag behind black male non-athletes at the same schools. Researchers say this is troubling because the additional financial and academic support the athletes receive seem to make no difference.
Hopewell Police officers responded to a 9-1-1 dispatch for a domestic dispute Sunday afternoon at the Twin Rivers apartment complex on Winston Churchill Drive. Apparently, a man stabbed his daughter’s boyfriend. Boyd Ballard, 61, according to police was holding two large butcher knives and approached an officer in the parking lot. The officer told the […]