R. Kelly got a taste of jailhouse justice — a frustrated inmate went on the attack and jumped Kelly in his cell … TMZ has learned. Federal law enforcement sources with direct knowledge tell us the incident recently went down inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago where Kelly was sitting on his bed when another…… read more »
Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who was shot several times by police in Wisconsin, is now paralyzed, family attorney Benjamin Crump said Tuesday. Blake is currently undergoing surgery and is “struggling to sustain his life,” Crump added. “The medical diagnosis right now is that he is paralyzed and because those bullets severed his spinal cord and…… read more »
Protesters and police clashed in Lafayette, Louisiana a day after police fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, outside a convenience store. On Saturday night, protesters blocked traffic as they gathered on Moss Street in Lafayette near a police precinct to protest Pellerin’s death, CNN affiliate KATC reported. Police in riot gear gave a 10-minute warning…… read more »
Kamala Harris has responded to a racist birther conspiracy theory promoted by Donald Trump which falsely claims she is not eligible to serve in the White House, telling a prominent black-oriented media outlet: “They’re going to engage in lies. They’re going to engage in deception.” The California senator selected by Joe Biden to join his presidential campaign spoke to TheGrio on Saturday…… read more »
“Can’t Stop Watching” is back. In the latest episode of The Times’ TV podcast, host and staff writer Yvonne Villarreal asks “black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, an Emmy nominee for comedy actress, about concerns she might have had taking on the role of “sitcom wife” in ABC’s comedy: What I did speak up about from the beginning was,…… read more »
Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing new sexual assault allegations. The Oscar winner is being accused of raping a woman twice in 2013, according to a civil lawsuit filed on Tuesday. The unidentified woman said the incident occurred in Gooding’s New York City hotel room after meeting the actor at a Greenwich Village lounge. He invited…… read more »
Chrissy Teigen is sure to have some new cravings. After debuting her growing baby bump in husband John Legend’s new music video early Thursday, Teigen confirmed news of her third pregnancy herself by nightfall. The supermodel showed off her protruding bump in a Twitter video Thursday night: “Look at this third baby (expletive),” she said. “What the…oh God.” Teigen, 34,…… read more »
Larry Demery, one of two men serving life prison for murdering NBA star Michael Jordan’s father in 1993, will be released in three years, state officials announced Tuesday. Demery was sentenced in 1996, along with childhood classmate Daniel Green, for the shooting death of James Jordan, who was sleeping in his car in Robeson County…… read more »
Read full story here LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Last week, Gov. Hutchinson announced a state-wide mandate for the state of Arkansas. The mask mandate will take effect on Monday, July 20. The governor said this decision came after conversations with those on the front-lines and legislators. He said that the fight against COVID-19 will likely get…… read more »
(CNN)James Charles Evers, the older brother of civil rights icon Medgar Evers, died in Mississippi Wednesday morning of natural causes, Rankin County Coroner David Ruth told CNN. He was 97. Known to many as Charles, Evers was the older brother of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, the Mississippi NAACP leader who was killed by a…… read more »