The Wisconsin student took the driver's foot off the gas as it started to veer into an oncoming lane.
Derek Floyd, a 36-year-old Fire Department of New York probationary fireman, died of a heart attack on April 15, four months after he was fired as part of New York City’s effort to get funds for its migrant crisis. In November, New York City Mayor Eric Adams implemented a series of unpopular budget cuts that...
Director Abshir Rageh oversees film production at Astaan, a privately held cable television network in Somalia. With tens of millions of views on YouTube, the soap opera “Habboon,” which aired for two seasons and follows a couple navigating traditional and conservative social norms, is one of the biggest television shows the 33-year-old has created, produced,...
Two high school students in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have earned a place in history. The two students, Kimani Brame and Phoenix Moyer, are now among some of the first Black girls in the state to attain Eagle Scout status. This accomplishment comes after the Scouts organization, formerly known as Boy Scouts, started accepting girls into...
The beloved host of This Morning, Alison Hammond, is making headlines by selling off her old size 26 clothes after a remarkable weight-loss journey. The 49-year-old host is auctioning off many of her garments and will donate all proceeds to the British Liver Trust. Hammond took to her Instagram page and posted her transformation, modeling...
The famous Taylor Schlitz family is making headlines once more as the youngest of the family, Hana Taylor Schlitz, becomes the youngest person to graduate from (Texas Woman’s University) TWU at the age of 16. The family is renowned for churning out brilliant minds, as evidenced by her older brother Ian, who obtained his PhD...
Meet Ashley M. Fox, the founder of Empify and the first in her family to attend college. She also landed her dream job of working on Wall Street, which will inspire her to pursue entrepreneurship. Despite working with one of the world’s biggest banks for about eight months, the Howard graduate desired more than what...
Tiger Woods is set to receive $100 million from PGA Tour Enterprises for his loyalty, according to the Telegraph. This was made known in a statement by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. It follows the PGA Tour announcement of a $1.5 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group (SSG), which was launched to allow almost 200...
Deion Sanders is a retired American professional football and baseball player who currently coaches at the University of Colorado. Before that, he was the coach of Jackson State University after signing a four-year deal worth $1.2 million. One cannot undervalue the impact he has had on the University of Colorado or Boulder’s economy. For instance,...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Tahra Grant as its Chief Communications Officer. She replaces Robert Lawson, who will relocate to the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, as SVP of Corporate Communications for the entire Sony Group. Grant becomes the first Black woman to hold the title of Chief Communications Officer at a major Hollywood studio,...
Fat Joe is widely known for hits like Lean Back, All the Way Up, and What’s Luv? His career in the music industry started in the early 1990s, and he has released 10 solo albums besides appearing in various films, such as the 2018 Kevin Hart comedy Night School. Since jumping into the music industry,...
It’s a full circle moment for mom Tangenicka “Tange” Williams and her daughter Chyna set to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) on Tuesday, April 30. The two are from Laurens, South Carolina. In addition to having similar professional interests, a mutual love of music, and similar personality traits, their June birthdays are...
Get to know Jordan Taylor; he is the founder of Vizcom, a software company that helps industrial designers do their jobs better and more efficiently. Vizcom’s industrial design software enables designers to use natural language commands to create realistic visual renderings of their ideas and then explore limitless variations to quickly find the best one....
Tatiyana, Danyelle LaShay, and Jyniah Smith — the Smith sisters — are some of the youngest CEOs in Maryland and participants in G1 Investment, LLC’s Youth Investment Program (YIPs1). According to Black Business, the three have acquired the necessary skills at an early age to transform their ideas and visions into a reality that will...
38-year-old Tanice Spence-Clarke was arrested and charged with child neglect without physical harm after police say she let her two children walk 1.2 miles over State Road 436 in Casselberry alone. The mother had left the children unsupervised for almost three hours, the police said. A concerned woman who saw the two boys left unattended...