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Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump called the arrest of a Florida woman outside of her daughter’s school another moment of “excessive force” by a police department. Speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Crump was joined by Erika McGriff, the woman whose arrest was captured on
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what
Just because your paycheck stops, doesn’t mean your period does. That’s what Taylor DeBerry realized earlier this year as she stood under the fluorescent lights of a Nevada dollar store, scanning the shelves for essentials. Fresh off a layoff and trying to stretch every dollar, she stared down the feminine
NBC News announced layoffs of 150 staffers on Wednesday (Oct. 15), eliminating dedicated teams for NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT, a vertical dedicated to covering LGBTQ+ issues in the country. According to The Wrap, stories will still be published to those specific groups and NBC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could effectively kill the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and allow the Republican Party to redraw voting maps without existing protections from racial discrimination for Black communities across the country. “They can literally create a permanent one-party
Nicki Minaj is seemingly ending her war of words with Jay-Z—at least regarding new music. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), the Pink Friday rapper took to Twitter to inform her Barbz fan army that they would not receive her new album after she hinted at dropping a new project earlier this
Just as LeBron James works hard to protect his NBA legend status, the basketball Hall of Famer is ready to put in the work to protect his marriage to Savannah James. During a recent episode of the “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast, co-hosted by Savannah James and her best friend April McDaniel,
Having children can shift your entire world, and for Shonda Rhimes, that shift may have saved her life. During an “In Conversation” event with Robin Roberts at 92NY on Oct. 14, the powerhouse producer and screenwriter got candid about the moment she realized she had to change her lifestyle and
One month after Ego Nwodim announced her departure from “Saturday Night Live,” she is booked and busy. On Wednesday, October 15, the 37-year-old comedian and actress announced she is gearing up to star in a solo show at New York City’s historic Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater as part
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump called the arrest of a Florida woman outside of her daughter’s school another moment of “excessive force” by a police department. Speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Crump was joined by Erika McGriff, the woman whose arrest was captured on
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what
Just because your paycheck stops, doesn’t mean your period does. That’s what Taylor DeBerry realized earlier this year as she stood under the fluorescent lights of a Nevada dollar store, scanning the shelves for essentials. Fresh off a layoff and trying to stretch every dollar, she stared down the feminine
NBC News announced layoffs of 150 staffers on Wednesday (Oct. 15), eliminating dedicated teams for NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT, a vertical dedicated to covering LGBTQ+ issues in the country. According to The Wrap, stories will still be published to those specific groups and NBC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could effectively kill the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and allow the Republican Party to redraw voting maps without existing protections from racial discrimination for Black communities across the country. “They can literally create a permanent one-party
Nicki Minaj is seemingly ending her war of words with Jay-Z—at least regarding new music. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), the Pink Friday rapper took to Twitter to inform her Barbz fan army that they would not receive her new album after she hinted at dropping a new project earlier this
Just as LeBron James works hard to protect his NBA legend status, the basketball Hall of Famer is ready to put in the work to protect his marriage to Savannah James. During a recent episode of the “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast, co-hosted by Savannah James and her best friend April McDaniel,
Having children can shift your entire world, and for Shonda Rhimes, that shift may have saved her life. During an “In Conversation” event with Robin Roberts at 92NY on Oct. 14, the powerhouse producer and screenwriter got candid about the moment she realized she had to change her lifestyle and
One month after Ego Nwodim announced her departure from “Saturday Night Live,” she is booked and busy. On Wednesday, October 15, the 37-year-old comedian and actress announced she is gearing up to star in a solo show at New York City’s historic Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater as part