Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake. On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the country just before 5 PM. Depending upon the statistics submitted, the number of deaths ranged from 100,000 to over 300,000 lives lost […]
Now, this is why she’s The G.O.A.T. With her first big win in three years, Serena Williams is paying it forward in grand slam style. The tennis icon announced she would donate her winnings from her Sunday ASB Classic match in Auckland, New Zealand […]
January 13, 2020 Edit If you’re just joining us, here’s what you missed about the Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. ‘This disastrous mistake’: Iranian authorities said Saturday that the flight was mistakenly shot down, a conclusion […]
No one was off limits to host Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes. The comedian said that since this would be his final time hosting the show, he didn’t care who he offended. Clearly, he did not. Gervais quipped that while most celebrities took […]
A group of Black men from Baltimore is on a mission to address the violence that plagues some of the neighborhoods throughout the city. According to The Baltimore Sun, local community leaders have joined forces to host walks that were started to spread awareness about […]
A damaging earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Monday, with plenty of aftershocks expected. The magnitude 5.8 tremor happened at 5:32 a.m. ET, the US Geological Survey said. It was centered about 8 miles south-southeast of Indios, Puerto Rico, at a depth […]
In retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general at the Baghdad Airport last week, Iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles at an airbase in northern Iraq, which houses U.S. soldiers. National Public Radio reported on Tuesday evening […]
Black drivers in Los Angeles are disproportionately stopped and searched by police officers at nearly three times the per capita rate of white drivers, according to a new report by the state’s Department of Justice. While Blacks make up about 6% of […]
The signs at Glacier National Park warning that its signature glaciers would be gone by 2020 are being changed. The signs in the Montana park were added more than a decade ago to reflect climate change forecasts at the time by the […]
The principal at an elementary school in Washington D.C. sent a letter of apology home to the parents of all its students after a racially-charged and totally inappropriate incident. According to CNN, Black fifth-graders at D.C’s Lafayette Elementary School were required to portray […]
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