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Suspect arrested for the murder of a United Healthcare executive
New York police today arrested a suspect in the shooting death of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare but he is not the usual poor homeless suspect police like to rough up. Luigi Mangione, 26, holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. He also gained recognition as…
Read MoreRandy Moss has been treated for cancer
Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss recently announced that he has undergone surgery for cancer. He explained his condition on Instagram Live on Friday, saying that he had been in the hospital for six days and was released Friday. “I am a cancer survivor. Some trying times, of course, but, you know, we made…
Read MoreIllinois Supreme Court overturns actor’s conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction after ruling that the Cook County State’s attorney did not honor an earlier agreement by trying him a second time. The court ruled that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after Smollett reached a deal with the Cook County state’s attorney in which…
Read MoreCongressional Black Caucus grows to 62 members
New York representative Yvette C. Clark will become chairman of the largest Congressional Black Causes in history with 62 members when 119th Congress convenes on January 3, 2025. Clark succeeds Representative Steven Horsford from Nevada. The caucus also will have two Black women U.S. Senators if they decide to join. They are Lisa Blunt Rochester of…
Read MoreWhite Woman who killed Black neighbor is sentenced to prison for manslaughter
Ajke “Aj” Ownes crossed the street to confront her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, who threw skates at Owen’s son playing in the grassy area near both houses. The two women shouted at each other through Lorincz’s locked door. As the argument grew more heated, Lorincz pulled out a gun and shot Owens through the door. Lorincz…
Read MorePresident Biden speaks to dignitaries at the National Slavery Museum in Angola
President Joe Biden described slavery as “our nation’s original sin — original sin — one that haunted America and casts a long shadow ever since,” during a speech before officials of the National Slavery Museum in Belas, Angola. Estimates of the number of slaves shipped from Angola range from 2 million to 6 million. Most were…
Read MoreDaniel Penney attended the Army-Navy Game with President-elect Donald Trump
Daniel Penney who was acquitted by a jury last week for choking to death a homeless, mentally ill Black man on a New York subway, was President-elect Donald Trump’s guest of honor Saturday at the Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland. Penney, 24, a former Marine, killed Jordan Neely, 30, who died from compression of the neck,…
Read MoreClimate Change Conference opens in Azerbaijan
With flash floods in Spain, droughts in California, Asia, and Africa, back-to-back devastating hurricanes in Florida, and record high temperatures, the Climate Change Conference, COP29, opened today in Baku, Azerbaijan to address some of those issues and many others. The conference is being held following the election of President Donald Trump who does not believe…
Read MoreVoters elect two Black women to the U.S. Senate
They are Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware (Left) and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and prosecutor who beat out the state’s former Republican governor in a tight race is the first Black senator from Maryland. Both women…
Read MoreDemocrat defeats Republican for House seat in Oregon
Janelle Bynum becomes the first Black person elected to the House from the state Democrat Janelle Sojourner Bynum defeated Republican Lori Chavez DeRemer for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District in a state where Blacks were for a time forbidden to live because of exclusion laws.Depending on other contests, Bynum’s election could ensure that Democrats win the…
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