Category : News Talk

Hilton Employee Fired After Allegedly Calling Chelsea Gray the N-Word Following Caitlin Clark Foul

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Chelsea Gray recently found herself the target of vile online abuse when a fan sent the WNBA star a direct message on Instagram calling her the N-word. The guard, who plays for the Las Vegas Aces, publicly shared a screenshot of th...

Nolan Wells' Family Finalizes Funeral Plans While Investigation Presses On

BILOXI, Miss. — Mourning relatives of Nolan Wells are organizing services for the late 18-year-old while investigators continue probing his untimely death. Tentative plans initially pointed toward a July 20 commemoration, though the family recently...

Demonstration for Nolan Wells Unites the Ocean Springs Community

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old whose unexplained death has gripped the community, became the focal point of a massive weekend demonstration at the junction of Government and State streets. Residents flooded the intersection, tran...

"Why So Few Out of 777?" Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School Admits Only 3 Black Students in Incoming Class

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Stuyvesant High School, an elite New York City institution, admitted merely three Black students into its incoming class of 777 pupils. This statistic illuminates deep-seated disparities in educational access within city specialized...

Gossip About Brandy's Health Can't Rain on Her Homecoming

MCCOMB, Miss. — R&B legend Brandy Norwood recently confronted unsolicited commentary regarding her physical appearance following a celebratory homecoming event in her Mississippi hometown. Images captured during a ceremony where the African Amer...

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Staunch Conservative and Trump Supporter, Dies at Age 71

WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has died at the age of 71 following a brief and sudden illness. His office confirmed the passing on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Emergency responders were dispatched to Graham’s Capito...

Bigots Throw Racial Insults at IShowSpeed During World Cup Match in Miami

MIAMI, Fla. — Darren Jason Watkins Jr., widely recognized by his online moniker IShowSpeed, endured vitriolic racial harassment from spectators during a World Cup Round of 32 match pitting Argentina against Cabo Verde. July 3 festivities at Hard Roc...

20-Year-Old Black Man Tyrin Johnson Was Shot and Killed by Tennessee National Guard in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tyrin Johnson, 20, was fatally shot Sunday morning during a confrontation with Tennessee National Guard soldiers attached to the Memphis Safe Task Force. Patrol members were investigating reports of gunfire near the 4 a.m. hour when...

Official Identification Pending as Family Confirms Nolan Wells' Death

Nolan Xavier Wells is believed to be the teenager whose remains were discovered on Horn Island after a multi-agency search concluded Monday morning. The 18-year-old had been reported missing since vanishing during an Independence Day boat trip on Ju...

Last-Minute Compromise Removes California Tax Measure From November Ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide on 14 ballot propositions this November following a deal that removed a high-profile tax measure from the upcoming election. Negotiators including Governor Gavin Newsom and assembly leaders reached...

"Stacking Chips" Donald Trump Raked In Over $1 Billion From Cryptocurrency Last Year

Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure shows cryptocurrency has overtaken real estate as the biggest source of his reported income, marking one of the most dramatic shifts in the business portfolio that made him a billionaire. The nearly 1,000-p...

50 Cent Gives Donald Trump Jr. a Nod With Club Performance

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is returning to the orbit of the Trump family under far different circumstances than the last time politics entered the conversation. After rejecting a reported $3 million offer to perform at a Donald Trump campaign rally in...

Fisk University Sees Data Center as a Golden Opportunity to Elevate the HBCU

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Fisk University is asking North Nashville to believe that one of the biggest projects in its 160-year history can strengthen the institution without repeating the mistakes that have left many Black neighborhoods skeptical of large...

Trump Now Shifts Birthright Citizenship Fight to Congress

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is urging Congress to pursue a path the Supreme Court refused to open, calling on lawmakers to end birthright citizenship after the justices struck down his executive order restricting the constitutional guarantee...

Justice Jackson Uses Black Americans History to Stand Up for Birthright Citizenship

WASHINGTON — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Black Americans helped secure birthright citizenship through generations of constitutional struggle as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to restrict the l...