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Larry Knox was appointed the new board chair for the Rochester Police Accountability Board. The board voted unanimously to put Larry Knox in position as board chair. The PAB board also appointed Arlene Brown as vice chair and will be taking Danielle Tucker’s place as vice chair. Click Here To Read More. Source: WHEC-TV
The Blue Note Jazz Festival just got sweeter. The festival is set to take place on July 29-31 in Napa Valley, California, and has now added Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg to the lineup. Both artists will join the music collective Dinner Party, made up of Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, and Kamasi Washington on the […]
Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state is seeking proposals for $10 million that’s available to reproductive health care and abortion service providers to help improve the security of their facilities and the safety of their staff and patients. Governor Hochul stated: “I will continue to do everything in my power to […]
Yesterday afternoon, the man who was behind the racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Payton Gendron faced Judge Susan Egan for a scheduled pre-trial conference in Erie County. The white supremacist killed 10 Black people at the Tops supermarket while live-streaming the shooting and pleaded not guilty to 25 […]
Sandra Douglass Morgan is the NFL’s first Black female team president in the league’s history. Las Vegas native, is now the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders New Team President. Morgan was the first Black city attorney in Nevada, when she served for the City of North Las Vegas, and she was the first person of color […]
A Virginia man won $250k after playing lottery numbers he dreamed about the night before. The winning numbers for the Virginia Lottery’s Bank a Million were 13-14-15-16-17-18 and the Bonus Ball 19. Source: 13WHAM-TV
Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killer Eric Holder was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the shooting death of the rapper back in 2019. Eric holder trial was delayed last week after being attacked by inmates while in custody. Eric Holder faces life in prison. Source APnews
President Joe Biden spoke to Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, pledging his commitment to secure the release of the WNBA All-Star from Russia. In a statement from the White House, Biden called Cherelle to reassure her that he was working to secure Brittney’s release. Biden also read Cherelle a draft of the letter he plans […]
Our girl RiRi has officially been announced by Forbes as the youngest self-made billionaire in the country at just 34 years old. According to Forbes, Rihanna’s net worth is around $1.4 billion, and for the first time, the Barbados-native has ranked as the only self-made billionaire under 40 years old on the annual list coming […]
As travel begins to increase, New York State Attorney General Letitia James has provided hotels and tourism associations across the state with cards that contain human trafficking information and hotline numbers, reminding lodging facilities of their obligation to post the cards in visible locations to help victims of human trafficking. NYS AG James stated: “Human […]