Kobe Bryant’s widow says Los Angeles County first responders improperly shared photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed him and their 13-year-old daughter. By Alicia Victoria Lozano and Corky Siemaszko LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant sobbed on the stand Friday as she described the anguish she felt after learning that first responders leaked images of the site […]
The former NBA player has tried to cultivate an image as an informal U.S. diplomat to North Korea and Russia. By Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON — Former NBA player Dennis Rodman said Saturday that he plans to visit Russia to seek the release of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug […]
Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping to falsify the search warrant that led to the killing of Taylor. A protester raises a portrait of Breonna Taylor during a rally in remembrance in Louisville, Ky., on March 13, 2021, the anniversary of her death. Jeff Dean / AFP – Getty Images file By The Associated Press […]
“We want to be a pipeline for Black pilots,” said William McCormick, chairman of Florida Memorial University’s Board of Trustees. At Florida Memorial University, a small historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Tremaine Johnson is training to become one of the country’s few Black pilots. Less than 2% of commercial airline pilots are Black, according […]
Sheldon Smith founded the Dovetail Project to help young men in underserved communities become role models for their kids. In the latest episode “Dad’s Got This,” TODAY’s Craig Melvin is shining a light on the Dovetail Project. The initiative, which was founded by Chicago-based activist Sheldon Smith, provides young Black and Latino fathers with the skills they need […]
A group of people from Central and South America seeking asylum wait in line to be helped by mutual aid volunteers outside of Port Authority early on Wednesday, August 10. The group of 80-100 traveled from Texas by bus. REECE T. WILLIAMS/GOTHAMIST As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to send busloads of migrants to New […]
Mari-angela Guramata and her daughter attend a resource fair outside Lincoln Hospital Sunday, August 21. (Spectrum News NY1/Edric Robinson) Roger Milliner was one of dozens of workers at a resource fair on the grounds of Lincoln hospital this weekend. He’s part of one of the many organizations across New York providing community services for those […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James is defending a 44-year-old federal measure that is meant to provide protections for indigenous families across the country and now being challenged at the U.S. Supreme Court. James signed onto an amicus brief with a bipartisan coalition of 24 attorneys general from around the country in support of the […]
Police raced to the building on Rockaway Parkway near Winthrop St. in East Flatbush after someone reported hearing gunfire at 1:17 a.m. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News) A 42-year-old woman shot to death in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment building early Monday had recently reported separate assaults from an ex-boyfriend, her cousin and […]
Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,’ opening Aug. 21, explores the myriad of ways Black filmmakers and performers have impacted film history and visual culture across decades. A still from William Selig’s ‘Something Good — Negro Kiss’ (1898), with Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown. COURTESY OF USC HMH FOUNDATION Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971, the Academy Museum of Motion […]