Legendary Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer. Jackson Lee, 74, who has represented Texas’ 18th Congressional District for 15 consecutive terms, told Americans she is “confident” that her doctors will successfully treat her pancreatic cancer, a medical malady that disproportionately affects Black people. “My adult life has been...
Cellphone video caught the moments an argument escalated into a full-fledged fight between a passenger and four Spirit Airlines workers at the Baltimore airport. TMZ reports Tuesday’s fight happened at the Baltimore/Washington International Airport. The video shows one man who appears to be a passenger at a gate arguing with a group of four employees...
A Florida woman faces charges of first-degree murder after she allegedly strangled her 18-year-old daughter, who called police moments earlier to report that her mother was trying to kill her. Rotesha Silveus, 38, remains jailed following the May 13 death of her adult daughter, Natavia Sanders, who two days earlier made a desperate call to...
A white Michigan state trooper was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter this week for striking and killing a Black man with his SUV while pursuing him for a probation violation last month. Michigan State Police Sgt. Brian Keely is facing up to life in prison for killing Samuel Sterling, a 25-year-old father of...
“Enough,” said President Joe Biden on May 31. The United States President called for a ceasefire in Gaza with the violent ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. Biden is calling for a full and complete ceasefire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza, a release of a number of hostages, including...
A Michigan man whose license was suspended when he appeared for court on a Zoom call while driving says he is extremely embarrassed after the colossal blunder went viral on social media, asking, “What was I thinking?” “It’s very embarrassing,” 44-year-old Corey Harris told WXYZ in Ann Arbor following the episode in mid-May. “With the type...
