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While the world is in shock and awe over the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to suspend Sha’Carri Richardson for 30 days and the U.S. track and field team ultimately cutting her off from competing in the 4×100 meter relay, even when her suspension expires, a fellow Black female Olympic athlete …

Photo: Bjoern Wylezich (Shutterstock) Last week, The Root reported that Toyota defended itself after receiving backlash for being a top donor to Republican legislators who voted against certifying the election results which declared President Joe Biden America’s new leader. It now appears the Japanese automobile manufacturer has come to glory …

Lindsey Kaczmarek gets called an ambulance driver more often than she gets called a paramedic. “That’s absolutely not what I do,” she told me. What she does do is show up when someone needs medical help, figure out what’s wrong with them, and do whatever she can to help them …

The family of TikTok star Matima “Swavy” Miller, who died of a fatal gunshot wound last week in Wilmington, Delaware, hit back at daytime talk show host Wendy Williams on Saturday (July 10) for what they perceived as negative comments about his life, and untimely death.  “Y’all, like as a …

Real Housewives of Potomac fans will have to wait a little longer to see Robyn Dixon and her ex-husband Juan Dixon walk down the aisles to get remarried. Robyn revealed to Page Six that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed their plans for a second wedding in the new season of RHOP. …

Real Housewives of Potomac fans will have to wait a little longer to see Robyn Dixon and her ex-husband Juan Dixon walk down the aisles to get remarried. Robyn revealed to Page Six that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed their plans for a second wedding in the new season of RHOP. …

Last week, Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Now, schools are lining up to offer the young academic star full ride scholarships. On Friday, Avant-garde caught the attention of Southern University and A&M College. The institution is is the largest HBCU in …

Photo: Dan Henson (Shutterstock) Surveillance footage that captured the moments leading up to Marvin Scott III’s death while in custody at a Texas jail was released by officials on Friday. The Dallas Morning News reports that the video released by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office is about 41 minutes long …

In the first extensive interview after his prison release, Bill Cosby implored his detractors to read the seven-page Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that overturned his conviction in an effort to avoid having “mainstream media dictate falsehoods.” He said in an interview posted Wednesday (July 7) at Black Press of America …

A police officer from upstate New York has been placed on paid leave after camera footage showed the man punching a handcuffed Black woman in the throat during an arrest at a Walmart.  On July 4, Officer Rory Spain of Dewitt, New York, assaulted Tyreana Edmonds as she allegedly tried …