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  • Mother Emanuel Holds Services of Remembrance, a Year After Mass Shooting at the Church

    Exactly a year ago, the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., was left reeling after a horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine victims, including church pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Today, Friday, the church is remembering those parishioners, embracing the community with a message of love, as it remember those…

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  • Man Who Threatened Black Mizzou Students Sentenced to Probation

    A white Missouri man who threatened black Mizzou students on social media after the University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned amid protests over his mishandling of racial abuse has been sentenced to probation, Reuters reports. Boone County Circuit Judge Kevin Crane sentenced 20-year-old Hunter Park to five years’ probation for the threats he made in…

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  • US Senate Approves Bill That Would Require Women to Register for Draft

    Women may have to register for the draft as soon as 2018, based on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday in the Senate. The bill included the amendment that would require women who turn 18 on or after Jan. 1, 2018, to register for the selective service, the New York Times notes.…

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  • Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Buys TheGrio

    Big changes are coming to the African-American news-media space: On Tuesday, Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios announced its acquisition of TheGrio, an online news website that focus primarily on black readers, The Wrap reports. “David Wilson and his founding partner Dan Woolsey have done an incredible job these past seven years building TheGrio, and we are one…

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  • Fired Fla. Cop Brings Black Girlfriend as Witness to Prove He’s Not Racist

    One of the four Fort Lauderdale, Fla., cops who were terminated as a result of a racist-text-message scandal brought his black girlfriend to court for an arbitration hearing as proof that he was not racist, CBS Miami reports. Former Police Officer Jason Holding is fighting to get his job back, and his girlfriend, Perpetua Michel,…

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  • 4 Alligators Killed in Search for Toddler Dragged From Orlando, Fla., Disney Resort

    Authorities are continuing the search for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged away by an alligator from a Disney World, Orlando, Fla., resort late Tuesday, as officials continue to pull alligators from the nearby lagoon in order to check for the boy’s body, CBS News reports. Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jeff Williamson said the…

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  • Johnson Publishing Sells Ebony to Texas-Based Private-Equity Firm

    Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end more than seven decades of ownership by Johnson Publishing, the Chicago Tribune reports. The amount for which Johnson Publishing sold the influential African-American lifestyle magazines to Clear View Group, an African-American-owned firm, was not disclosed.…

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  • Low-Income Tenant Leaders, Allies, Protest Displacement of Museum Square Residents in DC

    Low-income tenant leaders, residents and allies protested at Museum Square in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning on behalf of tenants of the Chinatown apartment complex. The residents have been fighting for their right to remain in the area since being told in 2014 that the building’s Section 8 contract was due to expire and the owner,…

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  • Orlando, Fla., Mass Shooter Frequented Gay Nightclub Before Shooting: Report

    The man who killed 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday night had been to the gay nightclub several times before and was reportedly seen by at least four regular customers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times…

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  • Wife Tried to Talk Orlando, Fla., Shooter Out of Attack, May Face Charges: Report

    The woman who was married to the Orlando, Fla., shooter has revealed to federal investigators that she tried to talk her husband out of the attack, NBC News reports. Noor Mateen, the wife of Omar Mateen, who ultimately died in the shooting, told FBI agents that she was with her husband when he bought ammunition and…

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