culture
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Tyler Perry Recalls ‘Scary’ Incident With Alleged Stalker
Tyler Perry took to Facebook Friday to describe a stalking-type incident involving a former employee at his studio in Atlanta, according to the New York Daily News. In the post, called “Scary Situation,” which has since been removed, Perry said a man barricaded himself in an office because he wanted to meet the filmmaker. …
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Chicago Little League Team Visits White House
Members of Jackie Robinson West, the beloved Chicago Little League team that made national news this summer, have visited the White House, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Jackie Robinson West team became a national sensation by reaching the Little League World Series championship game. The team lost to Seoul Little League of South Korea, but…
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Ferguson Nervously Awaits Grand Jury Decision
Across Ferguson, Mo., people are bracing for a grand jury not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, the New York Times reports. And few are expecting peace, the Times writes, if Wilson escapes charges in the Aug. 9 shooting that sparked months of protests, putting Ferguson at…
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Abducted Philly Woman Made Smart Moves That Helped Police Find Her
Police say the Philadelphia woman abducted from a Germantown, Pa., street Nov. 2 made smart decisions to lead the authorities to her, ABC News reports. Carlesha Freeland-Gaither’s kidnapping was caught by nearby security cameras. Her cellphone was found on the street near the scene of her abduction, and police think she discarded it deliberately to…
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Supreme Court to Review Obamacare Subsidies
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new challenge to a key provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Associated Press reports. The challenge threatens to curb subsidies that help millions of low- and middle-income people afford health insurance premiums. The justices on Friday agreed to review a federal appeals court ruling…
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US Army Issues Apology Over the Use of ‘Negro’
The Army is backtracking on a policy it published last month stating that “Negro” was an acceptable term to refer to black service members. According to CNN, “Army Command Policy,” known as regulation AR 600-20, received some negative publicity after the Army released the information. Officials apparently now realize the error of their ways. A…
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1st Look at Selma Trailer
The world got its first look at the much anticipated motion picture Selma when the movie’s trailer was released this week. The film depicts the bloody, tension-filled voting-rights marches that took place in 1965 from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery, Ala., led by Martin Luther King Jr. Back in September, director Ava DuVernay was still editing…
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Republican Spokesman Says the NAACP Is Out-of-Date
A Republican National Committee spokesman is not happy with the NAACP. Raffi Williams, who has served as the RNC’s deputy press secretary for nearly two years, called out the civil rights organization for not mentioning the historic wins of Republicans Mia Love and Sen. Tim Scott in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Love, from Utah,…
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#Pointergate: How a News Station Missed a Story That Twitter Didn’t
It was a nonstory at best. A moment of awkwardness between Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Navell Gordon, a black campaign volunteer, as both stopped to pose for a photo. In that moment, they couldn’t decide what to do with their free hand. They both fumble a bit and in the end settle on pointing…
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Report: Obama Expected to Nominate Loretta Lynch for Attorney General
If speculation holds true, President Obama is slated to tap Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, to replace Eric Holder as the next attorney general, according to officials who heard reports of the president’s decision and told CNN. According to several news sources, the decision is all but…