Life
I moved from Canada to the US in 2010 and have no plans to return anytime soon. Canada may sound like a haven to Americans who are dissatisfied with US politics. However, Canada’s economy and lack of opportunity are why I chose to stay in the US. While I’m grateful to call Toronto my hometown, […]
Nicknamed ‘the Black Harvard,’ Howard University occupies a central role in US vice president Kamala Harris’s biography: since graduating there in 1986, she has frequently returned at key moments in her life Islander News.com Source link
Black History Month | The Moments That Make Us: How early life in the U.S made Haji Wright Sky Sports Source link
In 2000 my wife, Carolyn, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Then, in 2001, our much-loved labrador, Sam, had to be put to sleep on the cold floor of the vet’s treatment room. This was a miserable end for such a wonderful friend, as we only had five minutes with him after he left us. Seeing […]
In her bid to secure support from black voters ahead of the upcoming US presidential election, Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris drew flak over a new campaign ad which targets black men’s love life.The ad, which targets users on Instagram and Snapchat, features a speed dating scenario designed to encourage young voters to participate in the […]
CNN — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of a Black transgender woman, following the first trial verdict to convict someone of a federal hate crime against a trans person. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of one hate crime count, one federal firearms count, […]
CNN — An elderly man narrowly escaped with his life after a harrowing attack by a bear and her three cubs in his own home. Around 8:30 p.m. last Thursday, the 74-year-old man in Lake City, Colorado, along with other residents in the home, were startled by a loud crash, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said […]
Law school graduate and criminal justice advocate Kim Kardashian has called on California authorities to reconsider the life sentences handed to Erik and Lyle Menendez, the two brothers convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents seven years earlier. “They are kind, intelligent and honest men,” Kardashian wrote in a personal essay submitted to NBC. The […]
More than seven decades ago, the S.S. United States — a ship bigger than the Titanic — made its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, breaking the trans-Atlantic speed record. The ocean liner, which once transported heads of state and members of the Hollywood elite from New York City to destinations across Europe, may soon […]
A gunman who shot and killed 10 people at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, guilty on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 45 other charges earlier on Monday. Alissa – who broadcast the rampage […]