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FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan, center. | Source: X screenshot In today’s episode of DEI Is The New N-Word, white conservatives have proven, once again, that they will take any event — no matter how irrelevant the subject of diversity, equity and inclusion is to said event — and make it about DEI hiring the second they find out someone in a top position of authority is […]

Source: Getty Images / Getty A horrifying act of violence unfolded early New Year’s Day in New Orleans when a pickup truck, bearing a visible ISIS flag, plowed into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street. The attack, carried out by Shamsud Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran from Texas, claimed the lives of 15 people and left 30 others injured. The FBI has labeled the incident an act of terrorism, […]

Source: Columbus Dispatch / Radio One Columbus   James G. Jackson, the first Black chief of the Columbus Division of Police and its longest-serving leader, passed away Thursday at the age of 91. Jackson died at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Beginning his five decade-career, Jackson joined the Columbus Division of Police in 1958 and quickly distinguished himself, climbing ranks and ultimately became deputy chief in 1977. His […]

Source: WADE VANDERVORT / Getty / Cybertruck New details are emerging about the suspect behind a Tesla Cybertruck exploding in front of a Las Vegas Trump Hotel. Local news affiliate ABC13 KTNV Las Vegas is sharing new details in the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion that left one person dead (the suspect) and multiple people injured. The news website reports that following federal search operations in Colorado Springs, the suspect behind […]

Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty New details are emerging about the victims who tragically lost their lives during the New Year’s Eve celebration on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Louisiana. According to ABC News, 15 people were killed and approximately 30 others injured when Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect, drove through barricades and deliberately crashed into a crowd of revelers ringing in the new year. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick […]

Source: Family of Charizma Jones Jail is a punishment, but being behind bars should never be a death sentence.  A NYC jail is under investigation after a Black woman, who was severely ill, died from alleged staff neglect. According to AP, Charizma Jones was being held at Rikers Island when the 23-year-old fell into a coma and died of apparent organ failure. Jones was receiving treatment for a possible case of […]

Police checkpoints on and around Bourbon Street, after a vehicle plowed into New Year crowds at a tourist district local authorities said in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. | Source: Anadolu / Getty Donald Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office yet, and already he’s giving us a glimpse at what we’re in for over the next four years: lies, unmitigated xenophobia and a glaring lack of media […]

Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty The FBI has identified 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran from Texas, as the suspect behind the deadly New Year’s Day NOLA attack. Source: – / Getty   The attack unfolded in the early hours of New Year’s Day (around 3:15 am) after Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck along a three-block stretch on Bourbon Street, hitting dozens of innocent bystanders. Witnesses reported that […]

Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty As Americans are still reeling from both the tragic NYE attack in New Orleans and the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas, a popular car rental app serves as the link between the two incidents. Newsweek reports the drivers involved in both incidents used the Turo app to rent the associated vehicles. A Turo spokesperson confirmed the rentals in a statement: We are heartbroken by the violence […]