by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors June 22, 2025 Romance scams are emotional cons disguised as love stories. Romance scams are emotional cons disguised as love stories. Scammers build fake online relationships to manipulate people into sending money, gifts, or sensitive information. These schemes don’t just break hearts; they drain bank accounts.

Randolph Bracy and LaVon Bracy Davis are taking sibling rivalry to a new level as the brother and sister run against each other in a race for a Florida state Senate seat on Tuesday. Not only that, one of their opponents for the Democratic nomination in the district representing parts

Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that he signed the bill, which is expected to draw a legal challenge from critics who

The United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran, bombing three of the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear sites overnight. U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that the sites were “completely and fully obliterated,” and warned there would be additional strikes if Iran retaliates. The U.S. strikes came after a week of open

by Sharelle B. McNair June 22, 2025 The distraught employee says he was promised an investigation but was fired two weeks later after filing a complaint with the store’s human resources department. A former employee of an ACE Hardware store in Arlington, Texas, has filed a lawsuit claiming the store

by Mary Spiller June 22, 2025 Jamaine Stanton is helping shine a spotlight on Birmingham’s Black-owned businesses through a new mobile app—Black Business Traffic. With a few taps on a smartphone, users in Birmingham can now discover and support hundreds of Black-owned businesses, thanks to the Black Business Traffic app.

by Daniel Johnson June 22, 2025 Elijah Obeng alleges that In-N-Out discriminated against him due to his hair, in violation of California’s CROWN Act. Elijah Obeng, a former In-N-Out employee, is suing the California burger chain, alleging that it discriminated against him and terminated him because of his natural hair.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. There was no immediate acknowledgment from Iran of

by Mary Spiller June 21, 2025 Jessica Ross and Treveon Taylor are the parents of a baby who was decapitated during delivery and whose autopsy was later posted on social media without their consent. A Fulton County jury has awarded $2.25 million to the grieving parents of a baby who

by Daniel Johnson June 21, 2025 Is Sharpton right? As prominent Black men like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Tyler Perry face federal charges and sexual assault and abuse allegations, in a conversation prompted by TMZ reporters, Al Sharpton said that wealthy and prominent Black men have generally been targets in