The Carter twins are reportedly home and resting at their lavish compound in Malibu. According to TMZ, Beyoncè and Jay-Z’s newborns were released from UCLA Medical Center toward the end of last week, after being hospitalized for a week. The dynamic duo – a boy and a girl – were born prematurely and placed under lights to […]
I nsecure star Yvonne Orji plays a promiscuous character on the popular HBO show , but in real-life, she’s a devout Christian. She says that despite her character’s personality, she’s been able to maintain her personal integrity. In fact, though her character Molly’s struggles with promiscuity, Orji, 32, is still a virgin. The Christian Post […]
St. Anthony, Minnesota reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer last year, CNN reports. A joint statement, released on Monday, called the shooting “a tragedy” for Castile’s family and the community. “The parties moved expeditiously to resolve potential civil claims resulting from this […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A mistrial was declared Friday in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on charges in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist. The Hamilton County jury had deliberated more than 30 hours over five days after […]
After three Black teenagers were handcuffed for selling water without a license on the National Mall in the nation’s capital, a District of Columbia councilmember is condemning the officers for the arrests, Think Progress reports. Councilman Charles Allen, the head of the council’s Public Safety Committee, issued a letter claiming that the actions of the […]
Hill Harper has an impressive resume: He is an accomplished actor, author, has a Harvard law degree and even started his own skincare line. Now, he can add fatherhood to his list. While promoting his new film All Eyez On Me on Good Morning America, Harper opened up about adopting his son and the joys of being […]
Chadwick Boseman is absolutely killing the game in Hollywood. The star of 42 and the upcoming Black Panther, he has also lined up a new film about the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall…and it looks good! Having already portrayed both Jackie Robinson and James Brown, Boseman has one other real-life subject up his sleeve. Marshall, directed […]
TV Judge Glenda Hatchett will join her son, Charles S. Johnson IV and MomsRising, an organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, for a candlelight vigil at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Friday, June 23, on what would have been the 41st birthday of Kyira Dixon Johnson. In April of […]
The administration has been unresponsive to concerns expressed at the first meeting, the Black lawmakers say.
Just imagine, a hair accessory being sold in 50 stores and 16 states across the country…and the CEO of the hair brand is still in elementary school! That’s right, 10-year old Gabrielle Goodwin has come up with a solution that will bring nothing but relief to Black moms around the world – barrettes that don’t […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city’s north side. Jurors found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a […]
A Connecticut pastor has some explaining to do as he’s been accused of selling a church to himself for a dollar. Franklin L. Fountain of the Fountain of Youth cathedral in Bridgeport, Connecticut has been accused of forging deed documents of his pastor father’s church, established in 1960. The Christian Post reports: “Isn’t this all […]
