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Photo: Canton Police Dept. (AP) On New Year’s Day in Canton, Ohio, a Black man was firing a gun into the air minutes after the start of 2022. Seconds later, body-camera footage shows that a police officer fired through a wooden fence, killing the man, according to the New York …

0 (Image: Roc Nation) All eyes are on this year’s Super Bowl LVI in California. After this week’s announcement from the Recording Academy that the Grammy Awards, originally scheduled for Jan. 30, has been postponed due to the recent uptick of COVID-19 cases, the focus has shifted to the NFL’s …

New York Mayor Eric Adams is joined by Governor Kathy Hochul as he speaks during a news conference at a Manhattan subway station where the two politicians announced a new plan to fight homelessness in New York on January 06, 2022 in New York City. Among other initiatives, the city …

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One year ago, the siege began. Politicians and their staffers ran for cover as the Capitol effectively became a war zone. When the haze cleared, we vowed not to forget. But the attack on American democracy did not end that day. A year later, it has only deepened: The Republican …

We made it! It’s 2022. New Year, lots of the same B.S. with a different name — I’m looking at you omicron. Pre 2020, this time of year a lot of us would be renewing our gym memberships, gearing up to learn a new language, and setting some money goals. …

Black medical school students may perhaps be among those who help fill a predicted deficit of doctors across the country in upcoming years. Of the 22,000 students who started medical school last fall, those who identified as Black or African American jumped 21% from 2020 to 21, based on new …

Vanessa Bryant attends the Universal Pictures “F9″ World Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 18, 2021.Photo: Rich Fury/Wire Image (Getty Images) Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit against Los Angeles County first responders for allegedly taking photos of the crash site where her husband, daughter, and seven others passed …

In 1999, Gayl Jones published a book that reads the way jazz sounds. Her fourth novel, Mosquito, is an ambitious, experimental riff that blends historical and philosophical beats and finds connections between U.S.-Mexico border tensions and the Underground Railroad. Mosquito displayed the wide-ranging talents of a writer heralded by Toni …

Travis Scott is out and now his good friend Kanye West is in! The headliners of this spring’s Coachella Festival have just been announced. Temperamental artist and former 2020 presidential candidate Kanye West, now known as just “Ye” will be headlining, while popular singer Billie Eilish is also scheduled. According …