Three Wrongly Convicted Men To Each Receive $2.9 million

Three Baltimore men were exonerated in November after serving 36 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Now they are getting a huge settlement from the state of Maryland in an attempt to right a wrong. In 1983, Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andrew Stewart were 16 […]

Everything You Need to Know About Philly Wine Fest 2020

  At this year’s festival, guests will be able to sample more than 500 wines and enjoy bites from some of Philly’s best restaurants. Tickets are on sale now for the annual Philadelphia Wine Fest, where guests have the chance to taste more than 500 wines from producers around […]

Tyson Destroys Wilder in Rematch

  Added Weight Did Not Hurt Fury Photo: Special to the NY Beacon      By Joshua Garcia   Legs shaking, lip busted, with blood seeping from everywhere above the shoulders, Deontay Wilder stood toe to toe with Tyson Fury in the middle of the […]

All Stars Honor, Mourn Kobe

    By Shara Talia Taylor It was a bittersweet reunion as the NBA All-Star weekend returned to Chicago after 32 years. Television ratings were high and the new format gave the participants extra incentive to compete on both ends of the court. Unfortunately, the […]

How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart

  For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth Subramanian Soon after the violence began, on […]

Connie Hawkins honored at Barclays Center

    By Derrel Jazz Johnson Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Brooklyn product ConnieHawkins was honored at Barclays Center Monday night in a pregameceremony that united dozens of people, including basketball legendsNate “Tiny” Archibald and Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland, New York Citycouncilman Robert […]

Botswana auctions off permits to hunt elephants

  Botswana held its first auctions for the right to hunt elephants since lifting a ban last year. The country has some 130,000 elephants, the largest population in the world. The government sold seven hunting licences on Friday, with each allowing hunters to kill 10 […]