Archive for May 2024
Trump convicted on all counts
A New York jury has convicted former President Donald Trump with. Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney.
Read MoreThe movie “Patton” makes Black soldiers invisible
General Patton. awards Silver Star to Private Ernest Jenkin
Read MoreKidney transplant victim dies
Richard “Rick” Slayman, who received the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney, has died. Massachusetts General Hospital, where the transplant occurred on March 21, made the announcement today. Slayman, 62, was living with end-stage kidney disease. The hospital discharged him on April 2. His treatment points to a major discrepancy regarding kidney transplants…
Read MoreMarilyn Mosby, former Baltimore State’s Attorney, has been convicted
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby
Read MoreRFK Jr. discloses a serious worldwide health problem that has affected him personally
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent candidate for president, said a parasitic worm ate part of his brain, I really thought he was crazy. How did it get there? However, parasite worms in people’s brains are a common problem worldwide, according to a study published in Scientific American. While relatively…
Read MorePolice shoot an Air Force service member in his apartment
An attorney for the family of a Florida special operations airman who was shot and killed in his home by a local police officer said Wednesday that officers responding to a reported disturbance may have entered the wrong apartment. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt…
Read MoreChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently announced Sendy Soto as the City’s first Chief Homelessness Officer (CHO).
Sendy Soto is the chief Homeless Officer
Read MoreNorthern Ireland elects a Black woman as mayor of one of its largest cities
Lilian Seenoi-Barr arrived in Northern Ireland as a refugee and is now the first Black woman to be elected mayor of Derry, also known as Londonderry and Strabane, a town in County Tyrone. This is believed to be the first time a Black politician has been elected to public office in Northern Ireland, although Rotimi Adebari, a…
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