Category : Black Local News

Byron Donalds Pulls In $1.8 Million in Less Than Two Weeks as Florida Governor's Starts To Sizzle

Byron Donalds added roughly $1.8 million to his gubernatorial fundraising totals between June 1 and June 12, strengthening an already commanding financial position in Florida's race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. Current fundraising rep...

Most Americans Feel AI Could Eventually Make Them Jobless

Americans are increasingly uneasy about artificial intelligence becoming part of the employment landscape, with roughly 70% seeing risks to their livelihoods as the technology could eventually replace their jobs. Polling found that 34% of respondent...

Janeese Lewis George Is Victorious In D.C. Democratic Mayoral Primary, Winning Seven Of Eight Wards

Janeese Lewis George emerged from Washington's Democratic mayoral primary with a commanding victory, quickly turning what many expected to be a lengthy ranked-choice count into a decisive result. The Ward 4 councilmember established a wide lead acro...

Barack Obama Presidency Rubs Some Kenyans The Wrong Way

Barack Obama has a monument bearing his name in Kenya. Locating a shirt carrying his image has become considerably harder than it was when his presidential campaign electrified the country. Campaign apparel linked to Obama rarely appears in Nairobi...

Juneteenth 2026 Is Set To Rock The DMV

Juneteenth festivities are drawing crowds regionwide as communities mark the holiday with block parties, live entertainment, educational programs, local vendors, and family activities honoring Black heritage and freedom. Organizers regionwide have s...

Chief Engineer Karthikeyan Deenadayalan Charged In Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster That Killed Six Workers

Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, the chief engineer aboard the cargo ship Dali when it struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, now faces a federal criminal charge tied to the catastrophe that killed six construction workers and caused billions of doll...

Texas Supreme Court Says State Cannot Block Landowners From Buying Back Unused Condemned Property

Texas landowners won a major property-rights victory after the state's highest court ruled that government agencies cannot use governmental immunity to stop lawsuits seeking the return of condemned property that no longer serves a public purpose. J...

Former Los Angeles Firefighters Union Official Accused of Taking Over $82,000 From Charity Fund

Money collected to help injured Los Angeles firefighters allegedly ended up paying personal bills instead, leading to criminal charges against a former union official accused of taking $82,914 from a nonprofit foundation. Former United Firefighters...

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. Calls Plastic Pollution a Civil Rights Issue

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. says plastic pollution has become one of the most urgent threats facing Black communities, arguing that the problem belongs in the same category as other long-running civil rights struggles. The Hip Hop Caucus president and...

3 Million Without Water as Congressional Black Caucus Presses White House Over Cuba Oil Restrictions

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have expressed deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis unfolding in Cuba, largely attributed to a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. Chairwoman Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., along with other CBC membe...

Jelani Day Family Is Still Searching For Closure Around His Unresolved Death 5 Years Later

Jelani Day should have been celebrating his 30th birthday this week. Instead, the date arrived with family members gathering to honor a life that ended far too soon. For Carmen Bolden Day, birthdays now carry a different meaning. They serve as remi...

Haitian Asylum Seeker Daphy Michel Died in Pittsburgh Bus Shelter After ICE Release, Hypothermia Death Ruled a Homicide

Daphy Michel came to the United States seeking safety after leaving Haiti. Instead, the 31 year old asylum seeker was found dead inside a Pittsburgh bus shelter three days after leaving federal immigration custody, a death that investigators have no...

House Approved Measure Could Strip Companies And Workers Of Control Over First Union Contracts

One prominent labor policy group is pushing back against a bipartisan measure designed to speed up first time union deals, arguing that the concept gives Washington too much influence and could reduce the ability of companies and employees to shape...

Fort Myers Man Sues After AI Match Leads to Arrest in Jacksonville Beach Child Luring Investigation

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Robert Dillon says a grainy image from a Jacksonville Beach McDonald's changed his life. The 52 year old commercial crabber has filed a federal challenge claiming artificial intelligence driven AI matching software pointed police...

Trulieve Reaches Wall Street as Florida Company Becomes First U.S. Cannabis Operator Approved for the NYSE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Trulieve is stepping onto one of the most recognizable stages in global finance after building its name through Florida's medical marijuana market. The company has received approval to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchan...