While serving as a one-star general at Missouri’s Fort Leavenworth Army base in 1982, Colin Powell decided that two gravel alleys weren’t enough of a tribute to the Buffalo Soldiers. It was 10 years in the making, but on July 25, 1992, Powell returned to the base to dedicate in …

Screenshot: via video from Hiram Gilberto Garcia Police in Austin, Texas have a suspect in custody in the shooting death of a man during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city yesterday. Garrett Foster was killed after he approached a vehicle that witnesses say sped towards a crowd of …

“There really wasn’t any doubt about the right decision for me to take,” de Havilland would recall. “One of the nice things I thought was, If I do win, other actors, feeling frustration such as I feel, will not have to endure that. They’ll take the suspension, without pay, of …

Kanye West is apologizing to his wife, Kim Kardashian, for sharing private details about their family, including an assertion he tried to divorce her. On Saturday, the rapper/producer took to Twitter and wrote, “I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a …

Photo: Arturo Holmes (Getty Images) Doja Cat, the “Say So” and “Dindu Nuffin” singer, says she was recently diagnosed with COVID-19. “It was a four day symptom freak-out,” Doja revealed in an interview with Capital Xtra on Friday. “Honestly, I don’t know how this happens but I guess I ordered …

Reading Maxine Kumin in quarantine solitude, I’ve found something familiar in the way that little details come alive when larger, flashier things have fallen away. Kumin is known for quiet, observational poems, and “Winter’s Tale,” published in The Atlantic in 2009, is quiet both in style and subject matter. “Even …

The WNBA is serious about justice for those victimized by police brutality. During the league’s opening game on Saturday (July 25), every player from the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm walked off the court during the national anthem. Both teams then held a 26-second moment of silence for Breonna …

Actress Amber Riley is letting everyone know how she keeps Naya Rivera’s legacy alive. In a touching tribute she posted on her social media on Thursday (July 23), Riley shared a slideshow of photos featuring the two of them together, beginning her caption claiming the two of them had the …

Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) A school district in Virginia has voted that a high school named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be renamed for Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17. CNN reports that the Fairfax County School Board allowed people to submit suggestions for …

Kanye West is apologizing to his wife, Kim Kardashian, for sharing private details about their family, including an assertion he tried to divorce her. On Saturday, the rapper/producer took to Twitter and wrote, “I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a …