A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The outage hit at dawn, plunging the island into an eerie silence

Rapper and podcaster Joe Budden was criminally charged in New Jersey this week for reportedly being seen “completely naked” by a neighbor at their apartment complex. Budden, 44, was charged with lewdness by the Edgewater Police Department on Dec. 30 after a complaint summons was issued for the Dec. 4

The suspect in the New Orleans truck crash that killed 10 people and injured 30 revelers in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was killed after a firefight with police, law enforcement officials told the AP. The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke

The Big Four—Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Disney—dominate the streaming universe and are always trying to obtain a bigger reach and a greater audience. Americans subscribe to an average of 2.9 platforms per month, making careful membership choices based on variety, price and brand appeal. Among the media giants, Disney+ has

When the page turns on 2024, it will be time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports. In theory, the concept held on stubbornly via the quaint and now all-but-dead notion that student-athletes played only for pride, a scholarship and some meal money.

As Inauguration Day looms, more details about appearances, performances, and coinciding events, including those featuring Black folks, have been announced. On the eve of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Jan. 19, 2025, the Black Conservative Federation is hosting a ball featuring celebrity appearances from Waka Flocka Flame, Antonio Brown, Fivio Foreign,

If Tina Knowles is going to do one thing, it’s air out her grievances on social media. The mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles discussed her social media habits and her penchant for sticking up for her loved ones on the Dec. 31 episode of “The Run-Through with Vogue” podcast.

Is anyone putting “main character energy” on their 2025 vision boards? How about attempting to rebound after a difficult and disappointing year? The upcoming new season of “The White Lotus” may be for you. Natasha Rothwell, who had to stay mum about the upcoming third season of the anthology drama

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said. The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. 2024 was a rough year for me. From January through December, each month provided a different fire that had to be put out. And while all of those fires