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Police have released the bodycam footage that captured the moment cops fatally shot a 68-year-old man whose family says he was just responding to a burglary. Charles Calhoun was shot and killed by police on March 23 after officers claim he pointed a gun at them and wouldn’t drop it …

Photo: Joe Kohen (Getty Images) Justice was carried out in an Atlanta courtroom this Friday as the killer of Angela Simmons’ ex fiancé was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sutton Tennyson. If you recall, Tennyson was fatally shot outside of his garage in 2018. Williams turned …

Shatanya Clarke, a treasured news anchor for KFDX, passed away from a brain tumor after being diagnosed two years ago, Fort-Worth Star-Telegram reports.  Clarke died in her home on Thursday, April 14. Many described the 27-year-old as having a “bigger-than-life spirit.” “Shatanya was a bigger-than-life spirit,” said News Director Adam …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Though medical research, knowledge, and technology continue to advance year after year, there is still little known about the root cause of uterine fibroids—a.k.a. noncancerous growths that present themselves inside or outside of the uterus. What is clear, however, is the fact that those benign tumors disproportionately …

It’s not a stretch to say Apple’s AirPods’ ability to play high-quality music is just one of the many things it excels in doing. AirPods are almost as valuable as listening devices for video calls and Zoom meetings as they are for listening to music while at the gym or while walking. …

Members of Saint Augustine’s University crew teamPhoto: Julia Wall/News Observer Five young women at North Carolina’s Saint Augustine’s University are making history. They will compete as the first historically Black university women’s crew team, ever. “We are trailblazers. We are literally Black history,” sophomore Breanna Dorway said. “I’m just really …

Today is the 75th anniversary of Major League Baseball’s Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in the sport, however America’s favorite pastime has been failing to gain traction amongst Black youth players. An Atlanta-based mentoring program however, has been working to change that narrative. Headed by Atlanta native and former …

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Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Walker of Panama City, Florida, has received acceptance letters to all 27 nationally top-ranked universities he applied to – including MIT, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins – and over $4 million in scholarship offers. The Rutherford High School senior hopes that he inspires other Black teens to follow their …