by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton September 24, 2025 The 45-year-old also played for the Detroit Lions Former NFL player Rudi Johnson, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, was found dead of an apparent suicide. The NFL team released a statement following the reported death of the former running back, who

Three people, including detainees, have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal authorities said. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday. Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin

by Jameelah Mullen September 24, 2025 Four legends, one unforgettable night. “The Queens: 4 Legends, 1 Stage” tour made its Atlanta stop Sept. 20, drawing an intergenerational audience to witness four icons — Gladys Knight, Stephanie Mills, Patti LaBelle, and Chaka Khan — come together for a night filled with

by Jeroslyn JoVonn September 24, 2025 Shonda Rhimes is making Dartmouth history with her building renaming coming in 2028. Shonda Rhimes will make history at Dartmouth as the first woman and Black alum to have a dorm named in her honor. On Sept. 22, Dartmouth announced Rhimes’ $15 million pledge

How Charlie Kirk is being memorialized — with many conservatives and white Christians, particularly evangelicals, emphasizing his faith and labeling him a martyr — has sparked debate among Black clergy, who are trying to square a heroic view of the 31-year-old with insulting statements about people of color that were key to his political

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman September 24, 2025 Taylor spent his lifetime promoting and archiving the Black experience. Dr. Quintard Taylor, a renowned historian specializing in African American history, has passed away at the age of 77. Taylor was a leading voice in the documentation and promotion of Black history. The educator

Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent decades. “It’s like a hole in the community,” Clarke said. She fears a new round of closure discussions could strip the historically

 Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by

by Jeroslyn JoVonn September 24, 2025 Morrison won the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. As America nears its 250th birthday, the state of Ohio will commemorate the milestone with a yearlong initiative celebrating literary icon Toni Morrison. Starting Feb. 18, 2026, in Columbus and running through Morrison’s 2027 birthday

by Jeroslyn JoVonn September 24, 2025 A look back on the case of 14-year-old Emmett Till, 70 years after his white killers were acquitted of his lynching. Sept. 23, 2025, marks 70 years since two white men were found not guilty in the brutal murder of 14-year-old Chicago native Emmett