Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, provides technology, forensic services and investigative support to resolve missing person and unidentified remains cases, but the database has been underrepresenting the cases of Black and Indigenous women at disproportionate rates, according to a recent report from PBS News […]
In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have Nice Things Because The Beneficiaries Of White Supremacy Can’t Mind Their Own Business, a Chicago suburb is being sued for becoming America’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, officials announced the city’s reparations plan, which came after […]
The latest guilty verdict handed down by an Orange County, Fla. jury was in connection to a shocking confession of a Black man in 2021. However, his statement to police wasn’t in the midst of an interrogation — it was during his job interview to be a […]
Sheriff and police authorities have been overwhelmed by all the people flooding into Louisville, Alabama, for Freaknik-inspired parties. The rural town of just 600 people saw nearly 1,000 people flood the streets to party recently for one such party. This one turned deadly. The authorities reported being unprepared […]
Brondello Team Loses First Game Of The Year Photo: Special to the NY Beacon By Shara Talia Taylor The New York Liberty(4-1) lost their first game of the 2024 regular season to the Chicago Sky (2-1), 90-81 at Barclays Center last Thursday night. New York […]
*In a dramatic turn of events on Wednesday, a St. Louis judge ruled that Maurnice DeClue, the 15-year-old charged with brutally beating fellow student Kaylee Gain, will be tried in the juvenile court system. The ruling comes after compelling testimony from a juvenile officer suggesting a broader […]
After receiving several racist packages in recent weeks, Terry Williams experienced the unthinkable: his San Francisco home set ablaze Tuesday. Though Williams — a professional dog walker and lifelong resident in his Alamo Square neighborhood — wasn’t home at the time of the blaze, he shares the […]
May 25, 2024 Edit *Kigali, Rwanda (CNN) — Even Africa’s wealthiest man has trouble traveling in his own continent. Despite doing business in multiple countries, Nigerian-born Aliko Dangote complains he faces far more hurdles crossing Africa than visitors with European passports ever do. “As an investor, as someone who wants to […]
On March 8, 16-year-old Kaylee Gain and 15-year-old Maurnice Declue were seen scuffling in the parking lot of Hazelwood East High School. Video footage of the incident shows Declue punching Gain repeatedly in the head and Gain struggles to push her off. Declue then cradles Gain and smashes her […]
Tibbs Crew Running Out Of Gas And Time Photo: Special to the NY Beacon By Andrew Rosario Brunson’s Minutes Catching Up To Him Photo: Special to the NY Beacon Despite the team riddled with injuries, the New York Knicks took the first 2 games of […]
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