Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, reportedly made a surprise trip to New York City this weekend as she prepares for the birth of her first child. The former actress, who is due this spring, is on a personal visit to see friends, including her bestie, stylist Jessica Mulroney. According to ABC News royal contributor […]
ABC7 reports, a young mother has died after falling down stairs at a Manhattan subway station while carrying her 1-year-old daughter in a stroller. 22-year-old Malaysia Goodson reportedly fell down the stairs at a Manhattan station at around 8 p.m. Monday. According to reports Goodson was unconscious when police arrived. She was taken to a […]
Kalief Browder, the teen who was jailed over allegations of a stolen bookbag and then retained and abused for two years at New York’s notorious Riker’s Island prison, has been awarded a $3.3M settlement, though he didn’t live to see it. Browder struggled to become whole after his ordeal, ultimately committing suicide at age 22 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A white supremacist has pleaded guilty to killing a Black man with a sword as part of a racist plot that prosecutors described as a hate crime. James Jackson admitted to fatally stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman in 2017 after stalking a number of Black men in New York City. Jackson, who […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City pharmacies won’t be allowed to sell cigarettes or other tobacco products starting Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reports the ban also includes businesses that contain pharmacies, such as supermarkets and big-box stores. The city’s health department says the change will affect about 500 pharmacies currently selling tobacco products. The new […]
The New York City Fire Department is dealing with racists within its ranks. A white firefighter is under investigation this month after he shouted a racist and sexist insult at a Black female emergency medical technician while she was assisting residents in need, according to The New York Daily News. The woman filed a formal […]
New York City is shutting down Aaron M. Schlossberg.
NEW YORK (AP) — In a city where rents have gone through the roof, one tenant held on to a real steal: $28.43 a month for a Manhattan apartment. The New York Post reports that’s what Patricia O’Grady paid for the Greenwich Village walk-up where she moved in 1955. She stayed until she died recently […]
Over the last few years, the nation has witnessed that a lack of care about mental health could result in the lives of many lost. Talking about mental health isn’t always easy and in African-American communities, there is usually a stigma attached to it. However, New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray wants to turn that stigma around and make […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A bronze statue of a 19th century doctor who did experimental surgery without anesthesia on enslaved African-American women was removed from Central Park on Tuesday. New York City’s Public Design Commission voted Monday to accept a mayoral panel’s recommendation to remove the statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims for relocation to […]
PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet — and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states’ waste. In Parrish, Alabama, […]
A family in New York City is grieving tonight after the loss of their loved one. But the way they found out about the horrific murder is stunning – it happened while watching the news on TV. 26-year-old Brandy Odom’s dismembered remains were found in a New York City park. Her grandmother saw that the […]
