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Black Breaking News
Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94
WASHINGTON — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he…
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Black Breaking News
After their son died pledging a fraternity, Tyler Hilliard’s family helped pass a new anti-hazing law in his name
A new law on the books in California set to take effect next year that targets campus hazing was pushed…
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Black Breaking News
Figure skater whose parents died in D.C. plane crash says they changed their flight
Just days after placing fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship, Maxim Naumov suffered an unimaginable loss. The skater’s parents,…
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Black Breaking News
5 things to know about Junior Bridgeman—the former NBA player turned billionaire businessman—who died at age 71
On March 11, 2025, while at an event in downtown Louisville, Ky., billionaire businessman and philanthropist Ulysses L. “Junior” Bridgemen…
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Black Breaking News
2 Detroit kids sleeping in van died of carbon monoxide, not hypothermia, medical examiner says
The cause of death of two young children who were sleeping in their family’s van was revealed to be carbon…
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Health + Wellness
I Died on the Dance Floor… And Then I Fought Back!
Photo courtesy of American Heart Association In the bustling heart of Dallas, Texas, a remarkable woman named Sharell Weeams has…
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