WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed early Friday morning that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more than 207,000 Americans and devastated the economy. Mr. Trump, who for months has played down the seriousness of…… read more »
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
View full article here Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C.,…… read more »
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle to face off on next ‘Verzuz’ battle
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle will face off in the latest “Verzuz” battle. Social media accounts for “Verzuz” posted the announcement Tuesday. “The Master Class we’ve ALL been waiting for! Y’all gotta get dressed up in ya Sunday’s best for this classic affair,” the caption reads. Fans are expecting Knight to sing her classics, “Midnight Train to Georgia” and…… read more »
Jacob Blake speaks out for first time since police shooting
MILWAUKEE — Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he’s in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down. In a video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his family’s lawyer, Ben Crump,…… read more »
Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, dead at 43: ‘A king on and off screen’
Tributes to Chadwick Boseman continued to pour in Monday following news that the actor died Friday at age 43. Boseman, who starred in Marvel’s Black Panther and Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016. “I’m more aware now than ever that time is short with people we love and admire,” Michael…… read more »
Jacob Blake paralyzed after he was shot by Wisconsin police, family attorney says
Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who was shot several times by police in Wisconsin, is now paralyzed, family attorney Benjamin Crump said Tuesday. Blake is currently undergoing surgery and is “struggling to sustain his life,” Crump added. “The medical diagnosis right now is that he is paralyzed and because those bullets severed his spinal cord and…… read more »
Police clash with protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana after police fatally shoot 31-year-old Black man
Protesters and police clashed in Lafayette, Louisiana a day after police fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, outside a convenience store. On Saturday night, protesters blocked traffic as they gathered on Moss Street in Lafayette near a police precinct to protest Pellerin’s death, CNN affiliate KATC reported. Police in riot gear gave a 10-minute warning…… read more »
Scripture of the Week – Isaiah 26:3-4
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.” When it seems like everything is out of your control, God has it all in control. He is more than worthy of your trust,…… read more »
Kamala Harris responds after Trump promotes racist birther conspiracy: ‘They’re going to engage in lies’
Kamala Harris has responded to a racist birther conspiracy theory promoted by Donald Trump which falsely claims she is not eligible to serve in the White House, telling a prominent black-oriented media outlet: “They’re going to engage in lies. They’re going to engage in deception.” The California senator selected by Joe Biden to join his presidential campaign spoke to TheGrio on Saturday…… read more »
Tracee Ellis Ross was saddled with ‘lady chores’ on ‘black-ish.’ So she spoke out
“Can’t Stop Watching” is back. In the latest episode of The Times’ TV podcast, host and staff writer Yvonne Villarreal asks “black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, an Emmy nominee for comedy actress, about concerns she might have had taking on the role of “sitcom wife” in ABC’s comedy: What I did speak up about from the beginning was,…… read more »
Man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father to be paroled
Larry Demery, one of two men serving life prison for murdering NBA star Michael Jordan’s father in 1993, will be released in three years, state officials announced Tuesday. Demery was sentenced in 1996, along with childhood classmate Daniel Green, for the shooting death of James Jordan, who was sleeping in his car in Robeson County…… read more »