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James Ray III, lawyer convicted of killing girlfriend, dies while waiting to be sentenced
James Ray III, a New Jersey lawyer who was convicted of killing his girlfriend before fleeing to Cuba, died on Sunday, a few weeks before he was to be sentenced, authorities said. The 60-year-old was found...
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6 interesting facts about Marvel’s Jonathan Majors, who is the son of a pastor
Actor Jonathan Majors is in the news after his appearance at a New York City courthouse on Tuesday for a hearing over assault and harassment charges brought against him by the Manhattan District Attorney’s...
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Correctional officer loses job after becoming caretaker of inmate’s newborn child
A former Mississippi correctional officer said she was fired from her job after she became the caretaker of an inmate’s newborn child, WLBT reported. Roberta Bell had worked at the Louisiana Transitional...
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How history forgot Patricia Roberts Harris, the first Black woman to sit on a Fortune 500 corporate board
She was a woman of many firsts. A law school dean and a civil rights leader, Patricia Roberts Harris was the first Black woman to become a U.S. cabinet secretary in 1977 and the first to be named U.S....
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25-year-old Nomhle Ngwenya is the youngest and first Black woman PhD graduate at Wits University’s science faculty
African girls and women in STEM face various challenges, including limited access to resources, gender bias, and lack of representation. Still, some are beating the odds to become great in the field, contributing...
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How this entrepreneurial couple raised over $5 million after declining $400K on Shark Tank
Husband-and-wife duo Tim and Kim Lewis launched natural hair care line CurlMix in 2015 as a DIY box for curly hair. “We began that way because I was spending a lot of time on YouTube,” Kim...
