For WNBA veteran Natasha Cloud, speaking up about social justice is just as important as winning basketball games. Cloud has had a successful nine-year pro career that includes a WNBA championship and being the career-assists leader for her former Washington Mystics. She has also used her platform for social justice advocacy —

Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast, with big parades rolling down the main routes as some revelers get fancied up for formal balls while others dress in costume to poke fun and make merry. Three parades will roll Thursday night in

The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad. The cuts detailed by the administration

New York City Mayor Eric Adams got into a testy exchange during a live TV interview on Wednesday when challenged on his use of the term “Negros” at a recent Black History Month event. “All these Negroes who are asking me to step down, God forgive them,” said Adams on

Hidden in the hills of the lush island of Grenada, right in the community of St. George’s, sits Spice Harmony Yoga, a Black-owned yoga studio that feels like an escape from the world. Founded by Dr. Kecia Brooks-Smith-Lowe, her husband Ferron C. Lowe Esq., and their daughter, Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe, Spice

“Project Runway” alum Sha’Vi Lewis had died. He was 39. The reality TV figure died Monday, February 24, according to a Facebook post by his aunt, Deidra DivaDoll Elkerson, and TMZ. “My fabulous, talented nephew, Sha’Vi Lewis, is gone from this place. I won’t hear his greetings to me anymore,

Newsflash: Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs before finding your prince—or decide you’re perfectly fine on your own. Halle Berry made it clear she’s unbothered by the chatter about her dating history during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. Like so many women navigating today’s dating scene,

The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease the cost of eggs. With an emphasis on tightening up biosecurity on farms, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA

President Donald Trump caused outrage after posting an AI-generated video on social media that depicts a future Gaza rebuilt in his likeness, an apparent nod to his previous suggestions that the United States should “own” the Palestinian territory and be transformed into a “riviera.” The post was shared by Trump

The Grande Dame’s legal saga, stemming from a car crash in March 2024, is ending with one year behind bars. On Wednesday, after Karen Huger was found guilty of a DUI in December, Montgomery County (Maryland) Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann sentenced the 61-year-old “Real Housewives of Potomac” star to