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Wiz Khalifa arrested in Romania, charged with illegal drug possession
Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been arrested and charged with illegal drug possession after headlining a music festival in Romania. Khalifa performed at “Beach, Please!” festival in Costinesti, Romania, where he allegedly consumed cannabis on stage, according to French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP). Authorities arrested the rapper after allegedly finding cannabis in his possession in the early hours of Sunday, July 14, AFP reported.
I read the entire Project 2025. Here are the top 10 ways it would harm Black America
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. If you frequent Black Twitter, visited a barbershop recently or could hear the BET Awards over your uncle yelling: “If God made something finer than Taraji P. Henson, he must’ve kept it in heaven,” then you know about Project 2025.
Study finds toxic metals in tampons, including ‘organic’ brands
Anyone who has raised an alarm about the materials used to make menstrual products, specifically tampons, may just have a point. Several brands of tampons, including organic brands, have been found to contain toxic metals. According to a new study published in the August 2024 edition of Environment International, a...
I never knew how much I could hate the word Popsicle: A summer break soliloquy
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It was shortly after schools shut down during the pandemic in 2020 that I discovered my kids were starving. Not in the charitable giving kind of way, but I found out that despite sending my kids to school with several snacks, lunch and beverage options, surprisingly, they didn’t have enough to eat. I learned this the way many parents learned this: Our kids seemed to ALWAYS need a snack at home. It felt like my life was on an endless 15-minute ask-for-a-snack loop.
What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too
WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn’t make calls or texts. That, though, turned out to be the least of my problems.
Anger and anxiety loom over the Republican convention after the assassination attempt against Trump
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign chiefs designed the convention opening this week to feature a softer and more optimistic message, focusing on themes that would help a divisive leader expand his appeal among moderate voters and people of color. Then came a shooting that rattled the foundation...
Minutes after Trump rally shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradictory — reflecting the frightening uncertainties of the moment as well as America’s fevered, polarized political climate. The cloudburst of...
Jacoby Jones, a star of Baltimore’s most recent Super Bowl title run, has died at age 40
BALTIMORE (AP) — Former NFL receiver Jacoby Jones, whose 108-yard kickoff return in 2013 remains the longest touchdown in Super Bowl history, has died. He was 40. The Houston Texans, Jones’ team for the first five seasons of his career, announced his death Sunday. There was no immediate announcement of cause of death.
Mississippi election officials argue against quick work on drawing new majority-Black districts
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Redrawing some Mississippi legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots, state officials say in new court papers. Attorneys for the all-Republican state Board of Election Commissioners filed arguments Wednesday in response to a July...
Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova win women’s doubles title at Wimbledon
LONDON (AP) — After seeing longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova went out on Centre Court and added another Grand Slam trophy to her own collection. Siniakova won her third women’s doubles title at Wimbledon after teaming up with Taylor Townsend to beat...
Morehouse College president says he will retire next June
ATLANTA (AP) — Morehouse College President David Thomas announced that he will retire next year, saying it is time for new leadership at the prominent all-male, historically Black school he has led since 2018. Thomas, 67, said in a statement Friday that he will retire June 30, 2025, noting...
Trump shooting draws reactions from Black leaders, raises security concerns
Political leaders quickly condemned what is being investigated as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. President Joe Biden said, “There is no place for this type of violence in America,” and was “grateful” Donald Trump, who appeared to be...
Trump is fine after shooting at rally, campaign says. Prosecutor says gunman and 1 attendee are dead
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. “President Trump thanks law enforcement and...
Historically Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal
WALLACE, La. (AP) — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Their tidy Creole cottage cafe in the small riverfront town of Wallace lies yards from property their great-grandparents bought more than a century ago.
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics as Biden works to shore up base
WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix pastor the Rev. Warren H. Stewart Sr. has had countless discussions this election season with fellow Black men on the economy, criminal justice, immigration and other issues dominating the political landscape in their battleground state of Arizona. But never abortion. “They’re about justice. They’re about...
Judge ends Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case allowing Black election workers to collect $148M judgment
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts.
A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday. Using DNA from descendants of his brothers, the remains...
Family vows during funeral to push for charges after Black man pinned to ground outside hotel
With chants of “Justice for D’Vontaye,” family and friends gathered Thursday for the funeral of a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel. And while remembering D’Vontaye Mitchell as a son, husband and brother, they vowed to...
‘Give me a break’: Black Democrats sound off after Biden press conference and gaffes
Following President Joe Biden’s 50-minute press conference Thursday night, where he fielded a range of questions from the White House press corps on foreign policy and national security concerns, Black Democrats say they’re committed to supporting Biden’s reelection campaign. “I am all in. I’m riding with Biden...
A Black man was denied a job interview until he reapplied with a white-sounding name
A Black man in Detroit is suing a local hotel after he claims he only received a job interview after reapplying for a position, having changed his name to sound more white. Dwight Jackson filed a lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel on July 3, claiming he was denied a job when he applied as “Dwight Jackson,” but later was offered an interview when he changed his name to “John Jebrowski.” He initially applied under his real name in April for multiple jobs he was qualified for, including a job in reception. When he didn’t hear back, he reapplied with the same credentials under a different name.
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