Archive for July 2025
Homeless drops in L.A. for a second year, but more housing is still needed
The Greater Los Angeles region experienced a second consecutive year-over-year decline in people experiencing homelessness, according to figures released July 14, but authorities warned that more housing will be needed to continue the downward trend. The annual point-in-time homeless count showed there was a 4% decrease in unhoused people across the county, while in the…
Read MoreBlack people in England are four times as likely to face homelessness, the Guardian reports
Black people in England are almost four times as likely to face homelessness as White people and substantially less likely to get social housing, according to the first major study into homelessness and racism in more than two decades. A three-year research project by academics at Heriot-Watt University found that ethnicity affects a person’s risk…
Read MoreFrench President and his wife sue Candace Owens
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens over her repeated claims that France’s first lady was born male. In a 219-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court, the Macrons pointed to a March 2024 post on Xin, the website, in which Owens said that she would stake her “entire…
Read MoreFrance will recognize Palestine
France will recognise Palestine as a state during the United Nations General Assembly in September in an attempt to end the war in Gaza, where people are starving, President Emmanuel Macron has said. “In keeping with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will…
Read MoreSpike Lee and his wife, Tonya, are named ambassadors to Benin
The country or Benin has appointed American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a seasoned producer and author, as its ambassadors for African Americans in the US, which coincides with the country offering people of African descent a chance to visit and claim their citizenship if eligible. Benin’s southern coast has a…
Read MoreThe Justice Department releases files on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The U.S. Justice Department recently released on July 21 files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., despite some members of the King family opposing the release, though one family member supports it. The release contains 230,000 pages of documents and comes following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14176, said U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreA judge sent a former cop to prison for involvement in the murder of Breonna Taylor
U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings last week rejected an unsigned plea by the Department of Justice to sentence Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer, to time served after he shot up Breonna Taylor’s home and a neighbor’s home during a botched no-knock raid looking for a drug suspect who had moved. Instead,…
Read MoreMalcolm-Jamal Warner is killed in a swimming accident
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, was killed Sunday in a swimming accident in Cocles de Limón, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Warner, 54, was swimming when he was caught in a high current and pulled out to sea. He was assisted by people who were at the beach, but he was declared…
Read MoreBlack kids are getting fatter, and the reasons are multifaceted
The obesity rate among Black children and adolescents rose from 22.4% in 2011 to 35.8% in August 2023, according to a study published in Annals of Family Medicine, a bimonthly publication. Obesity prevalence in Black children and adolescents was 62.73% higher than the overall prevalence across all races and ethnicities combined. Childhood and adolescent obesity…
Read MoreFormer president of Nigeria dies
Muhammadu Buhari, the former president of Nigeria, Africa’s wealthiest country, was recently buried in his northern hometown as thousands of people lined the streets to say goodbye. Buhari, 82, died Sunday in London from an undisclosed illness, but SaharaReporters said he died of leukemia. He handed over power in 2023. Current President Bola Tinubu, who…
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