Sponsors of the Olympics are walking a tightrope ahead of the Beijing Winter Games next month as worsening geopolitical tensions force them to consider downplaying their involvement without upsetting China. Political fervor in the United States reached a high last month as the White House called for a diplomatic boycott of the Games, a statement…… MORE
The FBI arrested a Nevada man for allegedly making several threatening phone calls to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office on the morning after the attack on the US Capitol, the Justice Department announced Thursday. This is the second person arrested by DOJ’s Elections Threats Task Force, which was launched last June to address the…… MORE
A Black man spent six days in jail in Nevada because police misidentified him as a convicted White felon who is more than twice his age, according to a federal lawsuit filed against the police departments of Henderson and Las Vegas. Shane Lee Brown is now asking for at least $500,000 in damages. Brown, 25,…… MORE
Alabama’s bid to pause a court order requiring the state to redraw its congressional map was denied Thursday evening, setting the potential for the Supreme Court to quickly intervene in case. “We discern no basis for a finding that this case is the extraordinary case in which we must allow an election to proceed under…… MORE
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Last week’s frightening sight of a local TV reporter being hit by a car during a live shot is sparking conversations and calls for change. The reporter, Tori Yorgey of WSAZ in Huntington, West Virginia,…… MORE
A 5-4 Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of death row inmate Matthew Reeves by lethal injection, reversing a lower court opinion. The lower court had agreed to block the execution because Reeves sought to be executed by an alternate method: nitrogen gas. But the justices granted Alabama’s request to reinstate the execution…… MORE
A call between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday “did not go well,” a senior Ukrainian official told CNN, amid disagreements over the “risk levels” of a Russian attack. The White House, however, disputed the official’s account, warning that anonymous sources were “leaking falsehoods.” They did state that Biden warned…… MORE
The Cobb County Republican Party headquarters is bustling on a weekday evening as the party gears up for a primary election that Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs isn’t entirely sure she can trust. “Do I trust the process? It’s a hard question. I trust the election process. Do I think that there are improvements that still need…… MORE
A federal judge on Thursday invalidated a massive oil and gas lease for 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico after a coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration to stop it. Rudolph Contreras, a US District Court judge for the District of Columbia, ruled that the lease sale was invalid because the…… MORE
Dharini Mathur’s son had just turned 4 when he started pre-school online. More than 600 days later, he still sits behind his computer screen, attempting to learn virtually — while making zero contact with his classmates and teachers. He is one of more than 4 million children in India’s capital, Delhi, forced out of the…… MORE
Both projects will be premiering in May.Bobby Brown is coming to a television screen near you! The “My Prerogative” singer will be the focus of two projects slated to premiere on the A&E network in May.According to a release, the first — a two-part documentary titled Biography: Bobby Brown — is an “up-close and personal…
The former ‘Empire’ actor faces a maximum of three years in prison for staging a fake hate crime in 2019.A date has been set for Jussie Smollett’s sentencing. On March 10, the actor/singer will find out his punishment after being convicted of staging a fake hate crime on himself, per CNN.Smollett, best known for his…
He helped Morehouse grads by taking care of their student debt, now he could become an NFL team owner.Billionaire Robert F. Smith could become the first Black majority owner of an NFL franchise if he wins a bidding war to purchase the Denver Broncos.Sports business website Front Office Sports reported on Jan. 20 that Smith,…
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Back in 2019 and 2020, we broke the story that the BRAVO reality star was quietly working on a spin-off, focusing on her mother and aunts – aka the Old Lady Gang and the family business.Today (January 21st), that news was confirmed with an official announcement of a new docu-series and a trailer.Viewers will watch…