by Toter - 8 months ago
One of the youth pastors at a Dallas church was shot and died on Easter Sunday just after a morning service. The church is in mourning for his loss. On Sunday afternoon, Denzel Branch, 31, was shot and died. Branch and 30-year-old Joshua Andrews got into a verbal altercation on 56th Street in southe...
by Toter - 8 months ago
A woman who killed a pair who were “twerking” while standing up in the back of her car has been imprisoned for eleven years. In Battersea, south London, Adele Okojie-Aidonojie, 23, was driving her Mini Cooper convertible at over twice the speed limit while intoxicated. Mary Macharia, 23,...
by Toter - 8 months ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Cable named the winners of the 34th Annual ATHENA Awards last week. Cynthia Whitfield-Story was named the winner for the traditional category and Tamara L. Bates was named as the winner for the young professional category. The ATHENA Awards were held during Women’s Hist...
by Toter - 8 months ago
Don Lemon is a married man.The former CNN anchor, who now has his own streaming program — “The Don Lemon Show” — tied the knot with his longtime partner Tim Malone on Saturday.Lemon, 58, and the real estate broker, 40, exchanged vows during a ceremony at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in midtown M...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
African-Americans experience disparities in justice at every major stage of a criminal case from stops and arrests, to charging, to bail and pretrial detention, to sentencing and incarceration. “Unequal treatment of Black, brown and impoverished Philadelphians can be seen in the neighborhoods a...
by Toter - 8 months ago
NASHVILLE – In response to the USDA confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle in four states, the State Veterinarian has ordered a movement restriction on dairy cattle coming to Tennessee from the affected premises. As of April 1, 2024, Texas, Kansas, Michigan, and...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 8 months ago
When the Memphis Grizzlies announced earlier this season that they would retire Marc Gasol’s jersey, everyone knew it would be more than a one-night celebration. His older brother, Pau, and the rest of his family spent the week in town leading up to the ceremony. Marc was spotted all over soci...
by Toter - 8 months ago
Columbia, TN: Democratic challengers have qualified for the ballot in all of Maury County’s state legislative races this year. The following candidates qualified for the August 1 Democratic Party primary:House District 64 (currently held by Rep. Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka)): Alex Pierce of Co...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
With barely two weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, poll graffiti and wall paintings are becoming common across West Bengal, demonstrating its unmatched power to grab the attention of voters. In Siliguri, a mural by Trinamool Congress portrays a figure resembling Prime Minister N...
by Toter - 8 months ago
NASHVILLE—The Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus is renewing his call for State Comptroller Justin Mumpower to audit Governor Bill Lee’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This is the third such request by Caucus Chairman John Ray Clemmons to Comptroller Mumpower in nine months....
by Toter - 8 months ago
Lindsey Horan scored on a penalty kick in the 77th minute and allowed the United States to get past Japan 2-1 in the SheBelieves Cup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. Japan forward Kiko Seike dashed down the wing and evaded a defender with a shot that was out of the reach...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
Religious leaders in Boston have rallied together to demand reparations for Black Americans, including a call for $15 billion from city authorities and white churches to help bridge the equity gap and tell a story of enslaved people in the northeast “that is rarely talked about.” In February 2023, B...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 8 months ago
by Dr. John E. Warren While the month of March was set aside as Women’s History Month, we should be saluting and remembering Black women in particular who bore the burden of racism and humiliation that went with being seen as chattel when other women were still seen as women, even without the recogn...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
Amid the multitude of crimes committed in Ukraine since 2014, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has emerged as a persisting and significant concern, affecting mainly women and girls aged from 4 years old to 80 years old. A recent OHCHR report notably documented how Russian soldiers raped and...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A Memphis pastor has started a petition against a bill that would prohibit the study of reparations for descendants of slaves in Tennessee, and in two days, it has more than 500 signatures. State Sen. Brent Taylor, a Shelby County Republican, is sponsoring the Senate version...
