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MIAMI (AP) — An internal investigation has been launched into why an African American doctor known for testing the homeless for the coronavirus was handcuffed outside his home by a police sergeant, Miami’s police chief said Saturday. Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina said in a video posted to social media Saturday that his agency doesn’t…
In Mississippi, a beloved barber has died from COVID-19 after he didn’t shut down and continued to accept clients while the epidemic rages. Eugene Thompson, 46, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, died last Saturday (April 4), less than a month after testing positive for the novel disease. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER….
A Baltimore police officer has come under fire after a video shows him intentionally coughing around Black residents of a public housing complex. As the unidentified sergeant walks outside the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore, the woman behind the camera can be heard saying to him: “Hey officer friendly with the…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has defended her decision to get her hair cut while the rest of the city is under a stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lightfoot is facing backlash after she violated her own quarantine advice over the weekend to go to a hair salon, and her stylist…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mary Louise Brown Morgan kept a garden full of rosebushes and just about every kind of fruit tree, from plums to satsuma oranges to kumquats. And when the lawn surrounding her south Louisiana home grew too high, the 78-year-old grandmother climbed on her lawnmower to cut it…
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — After going to sleep angry and afraid to vote, Xavier Thomas woke up on Election Day in Wisconsin thinking about how hard black people had to fight for the right to cast a ballot. He didn’t want to be deterred despite the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s…
At the rate he’s going, we’re gonna be adding the word/name “Angel” to Tyler Perry‘s moniker; he is constantly an angel for those in need. He earned another star on Sunday when he went to a Houston’s restaurant in Atlanta and left a $500 tip for each of the 42 out-of-work servers….
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles for more than two decades, has died in prison. He was 67. California corrections officials said Franklin was found unresponsive in his cell at San Quentin…
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country’s first black president and echoed the call for “justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” in America. For more than four decades after the death of…
Jimmy Wynn, the diminutive Houston slugger whose monster shots in the 1960s and ’70s earned him the popular nickname “The Toy Cannon,” has died. He was 78. The Astros said the three-time All-Star outfielder died Thursday in Houston, but did not provide further details. Just 5-foot-9, Wynn was packed with power….
Darlyng & Co., a lifestyle kids brand, has become the first Black-owned family business to be featured in a national advertising campaign launched by Amazon. The national campaign ran on broadcast TV on major networks as well as across online and social media channels. Darlyng & Co. was also featured in a…
Michelle Obama shared an encouraging message to Americans as they practice self-isolation amid the novel coronavirus pandemic “You aren’t alone,” the former first lady’s stated in a lengthy post on Instagram, PEOPLE reports. “These past few weeks have been scary and difficult for many of us. We just don’t have a roadmap for what we’re currently…
Tom Brady is officially an NFL free agent for the first time in his two decade long career. The 42-year-old quarterback with six Super Bowl rings said Tuesday morning via a social media post that he is leaving the New England Patriots. He officially hits the league’s open market Wednesday, but…
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the former “Central Park Five” is teaming with an acclaimed children’s author on a young adult novel with a personal theme — being wrongfully sentenced to prison. Yusef Salaam and author Ibi Zoboi are working together on “Punching the Air,” according to Bray + Bray,…
Effective March 23rd Howard University will move to online classes due to CoronaVirus COVID-19 concerns. Howard officials will reevaluate on March 25th to determine if the move should be longer. Dorms will remain open. The University posted the transition on their website which you can see here. https://twitter.com/TheHilltopHU/status/1237799349180084224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1237799349180084224&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wusa9.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fcoronavirus%2Fcoronavirus-howard-canceled%2F65-7c40e084-d510-4a9b-9350-83081a664428 Howard joins Georgetown…