As the second wave of carnival celebrations wash across the Caribbean diaspora this summer — from Crop Over in Barbados and Spicemas in Grenada to Caribana in Toronto — there’s one sound that’s dominating the road: soca. With the pulsating rhythm of drums, powerful lyricism, and adept storytelling that inspires fêters — or partygoers — to...
Jackie Young walked up to A’ja Wilson with a sense of disappointment. It was the day after the Las Vegas Aces beat the Washington Mystics in a regular-season game in 2020 during the WNBA bubble season in Bradenton, Florida. Young, who played 15 minutes against the Mystics, went scoreless in the game. “Dang, you had...
LAS VEGAS — According to the Social Security Administration, babies being named “Kobe” began to peak around 2000. Coincidentally enough, that was the same year that NBA star Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers won the first of three consecutive NBA championships, cementing Bryant as one of the most accomplished — and popular —...
On July 11, Mesha Mainor, a Democrat who represented part of Atlanta in Georgia’s House of Representatives, switched over to the Republican Party. Mainor is now the only Black member of the GOP among Georgia’s 236 state lawmakers and is the first Black woman to hold office as a Republican. The last Georgia Democrat to...
Eduardo Rodriguez's return from the injured list didn't quite go as planned. Read more…
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NCRF is proud to partner with T-Mobile on a mutual mission to provide exceptional career opportunities to underserved and under-resourced communities. This national campaign is open to all high school gr…
The agency sent OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, a letter this week over consumer harms and the company’s security practices.
A judge ruled that the sale of the cryptocurrency XRP on public exchanges did not violate securities law.
Alex Mashinsky was arrested on Thursday morning. He and his former firm also face lawsuits from the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.