Month: February 2021

When American author Meena Harris tweeted criticism of the Indian state’s clampdown on farmers protesting agricultural reforms, nationalist counter-protesters responded by burning her portrait. Hundreds of Indians barraged her with abuse on Twitter, telling her to stay out of their country’s affairs. Harris — who is the niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris and

Two men have been arrested following a manhunt in Georgia that left a deputy in critical condition, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI said preliminary information indicated the deputy was shot during a pursuit Saturday that began in Seminole County, Georgia, when a deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop for reckless

Vanessa Bryant has asked a US court to publicly name four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies she claims took or shared pictures of the remains of her late husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter and seven others killed in the January 2020 helicopter crash. The request comes as part of Bryant’s federal lawsuit against

Major League Baseball celebrated Black History Month this year by merging America’s favorite pastime with art. The MLB commissioned 10 artists to celebrate the careers of legendary Black baseball players, in an effort to “honor the past and current game changers in baseball,” said Barbara McHugh, MLB’s senior vice president of marketing. “We also wanted

Two men have been arrested following a manhunt on Saturday that crossed from Florida into Georgia and left a deputy in critical condition, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI said preliminary information indicated the deputy was shot during a pursuit that began in Seminole County, Florida, when a deputy tried to conduct

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for the withdrawal of Eritrean and Ethiopian regional forces from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, and an end to killings and human rights violations there. His call came a day after investigations by CNN and Amnesty International into the massacre of civilians in two separate assaults in

Click here for updates on this story     MAUI, Hawaii (KITV) — The Hawaii Department of Health reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 in Maui County. This includes 31 historical cases dating back to November 9, 2020 and 19 cases from the Maui Community Correctional Center cluster, nine cases attributed to a Pacific Islander cluster and

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A planned protest happening this weekend in Northwest Portland has some business owners on edge. The Fields Bar and Grill was vandalized on Feb. 26, and now the owner is boarding up the windows and doors as a precaution. The protest is planned at

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Good news: There’s no serial killer going around the Kansas City metro area. The Kansas City Police Department tweeted on Saturday about a rumor apparently going around the city right now concerning a serial killer. The flyer the department tweeted out claims that

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — It’s a day that rocked the Milwaukee community. Friday, February 26, was the one year anniversary of the Molson Coors deadly shooting. Five people were shot to death before the shooter turned the gun on himself. Among those was 33-year-old Jesus Valle Jr. Family

Click here for updates on this story     FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Like many small businesses around the country, Black-owned barbershops and hair salons have had to adapt to operating during a pandemic. Many locally have had to evolve to survive, but business remains strong because it’s a staple for the Black community. Hair salons and

Click here for updates on this story     MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman was seriously injured after being pinned between a vehicle and a wall on Friday. Meriden Police say that a box truck had gone off of Old Colony Road and struck three parked cars, a utility pole, a granite post, and a tree.

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An innocent child was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance as an officer trailed behind and taken into emergency surgery Saturday night after he was shot while sitting in a car, just outside of his fathers home in Mobile. The 5-year-old boy was

A Florida golfer is believed to have drowned after falling into a golf club pond while looking for his lost ball Sunday morning, police say. Hermilo Jazmines of Lutz, Florida, was playing golf with a friend at the East Lake Woodlands Country Club in Oldsmar, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release

When Teresa Ferrin found a Purple Heart at the Phoenix thrift store where she works, she knew it had to be important to somebody. “Every time I’ve ever seen (medals) in a Goodwill or something I’m like, ‘Why is this here? This needs to be with the owner,’” Ferrin told CNN. In this case, that

Kayla Gore wants transgender people of color in the South to have a fighting chance. In 2016, she and her friend Ellyahnna C. Wattshall were working at a local community center in Memphis, Tennessee, when they noticed emergency shelters were discriminating against trans people like them. “It was just me and Ellyahnna at the (LGBTQ)

It was a nice day for a spacewalk. Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover Jr. began their spacewalk outside of the International Space Station at 6:12 a.m. ET and ended at 1:16 p.m. on Sunday. The spacewalk assisted with a continuation of upgrades for the space station orbiting Earth. The activity lasted for seven hours

Three police officers in Wichita, Kansas, were wounded Saturday when a modified shotgun discharged as they entered an empty home, authorities said. In a news release obtained by CNN affiliate KWCH, Wichita Police said the officers responded to a call from a homeowner that reported damage to a vacant home, believing someone might be inside.

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — As the price of bitcoin skyrocketed over the last year, so has the amount of energy used to mine the cryptocurrency, prompting concerns about its environmental impact. Despite the currency’s value having seen a recent decline, the energy used to harvest it has

At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured in Myanmar on Sunday as police and military forces “confronted peaceful demonstrations,” the UN Human Rights Office said. The reported casualties make Sunday the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations against the military coup which ousted the democratically

At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured in Myanmar on Sunday as police and military forces “confronted peaceful demonstrations,” the UN Human Rights Office said. The reported casualties make Sunday the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations against the military coup which ousted the democratically

Long before Venus and Serena Williams, another tall, young Black woman shook up the staid world of tennis with her powerful serve and brilliant play. She was Althea Gibson, and tennis had long been a segregated sport when her skill and strength broke the color barrier in the 1950s. Gibson’s path to tennis stardom was

He was never a household name, but Albert Murray was one of the most important Black thinkers of the 20th century. The essayist and social critic changed the way people talked about race by challenging Black separatism and insisting that the Black experience was central to American culture. He once remarked that American society is

Noel Quintana said he was slashed across the face. “When I was attacked on the subway, there were so many New Yorkers around me, but nobody came to my help, nobody made a video,” the 61-year old Filipino American said. “I was scared I wasn’t going to make it. … We are all New Yorkers,

Standing on the steps of a courthouse, the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian pleaded for the right of every person to vote with “verbal jabs” when a sheriff literally jabbed him, beating and knocking him to the ground. The Baptist minister and director of national affiliates for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had led

Myanmar police shot dead at least seven protesters Sunday and wounded several others in the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1, according to Reuters citing political and medical sources, as well as local media. As demonstrations against the military coup, which ousted the democratically elected government of civilian leader Aung San

It’s a nice day for a spacewalk. Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover Jr. began their spacewalk outside of the International Space Station at 6:12 a.m. ET Sunday. The spacewalk will assist with a continuation of upgrades for the space station orbiting Earth. The activity is expected to last about six-and-a-half hours, and you can

Myanmar police shot dead at least four protesters Sunday and wounded several others in the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations against the military coup, which ousted the democratically elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, entered their forth week, security forces began a violent crackdown on

When Florida resident Ernesto Sorzano picked up his fried rice and shrimp from a Chinese takeout, he got a fortune cookie that would change his life. Sorzano, who is in the process of moving to Huntersville, North Carolina, used the set of lucky numbers from the fortune cookie to purchase a North Carolina Powerball lottery

Three Wichita, Kansas, police officers were injured in a possible explosion Saturday while responding to a call at a vacant home, authorities said. “Just after 4:00 officers were dispatched to check a vacant residence in the area. After making entry into the residence, three officers sustained injuries from a possible explosion from an unknown device,”

Myanmar police shot dead at least two protesters Sunday and wounded several others in one of the bloodiest days since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations against the military coup, which ousted the democratically-elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, entered their forth week, security forces began a violent crackdown

Myanmar police shot dead one protester on Sunday and wounded several others as they moved to end weeks of demonstrations against the military coup, according to a local politician and news reports. Police opened fire in the southern town of Dawei, local politician Kyaw Min Htike said. The Dawei Watch media outlet reported that one

Two people suffered critical injuries in a 30-vehicle pileup outside of Billings, Montana, on Saturday, authorities said. The victims jumped from the Yellowstone River Bridge during the accident to avoid being hit by one of the cars, the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) tweeted. They were hospitalized and are expected to recover. “The cause appears to

Two adults and four children were rescued Friday by the US Coast Guard off the Georgia coast after their boat struck an object and started sinking. The 17-foot boat was near the entrance to the St. Marys River on the Florida-Georgia border when it hit something and started taking on water, the Nassau County, Florida,