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The Telfar bag has quickly become one of the most sought-after fashion accessories in the country. On Friday, the dark olive version quickly sold out, leading shoppers to bemoan on Twitter that their bag was “not secured.” Since it launched in 2014, the bag from the mind of queer Liberian-American …

When police shooting victim Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her own home in March 2020 in Louisville, her name became a rallying cry during a summer of passionate protests sparked by her death and that of George Floyd in Minneapolis, another Black slain via officers’ actions, two months later.  …

Website hosting company GoDaddy gave a Texas anti-abortion website 24 hours to find a new hosting site before it cut off service. On Tuesday, Texas legislatures passed the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, making it illegal for most women to get an abortion after six weeks. The website, …

In a radio interview with Leah’s Lemonade, actor Tyrese Gibson claimed that colorism is still an issue in Hollywood.  “Terrence Howard has no idea how many roles that I was about to book, and they went with him because he’s the lighter-skinned black man with the green eyes,” Gibson said. …

A new program in San Diego is hoping to close some of its city’s wealth gap and disparity in homeownership by offering Black families up to $70,000 toward the purchase of a home. “Thirty-one percent of Black families in San Diego own their own home versus 65 [percent] of white …

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt, according to the Education Department, and it marks the start of …

LES CAYES, HAITI – AUGUST 16: A man rides his bike by a collapsed building after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on August 16, 2021 in Corvalion, Les Cayes, Haiti. Rescue workers have been working among destroyed homes since the quake struck on Saturday and so far there are 1,297 …

A family faced the harsh reality of traveling without being vaccinated after three members tested positive for COVID-19 before boarding their flight back to Louisiana. Yolanda Comager says that she and two of her daughters had to leave her husband David — who is now intubated — and two other …

Two tourists are facing up to one year in prison and a $5000 fine after allegedly falsifying vaccine cards to travel to Hawai’i last Sunday. U.S. mainlanders Norbert Chung, 57, and Trevor Chung, 19, were detained and arrested by the Department of the Attorney General at a Honolulu airport after …

Haiti is reeling from Saturday’s deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has taken the lives of hundreds. Now, the Caribbean nation stands to face at least one tropical storm in the coming days. The Weather Channel’s Paul Goodloe breaks down the weather forecast for tropical storms Fred and Grace and what …