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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 […]

Source: sdominick / Getty It seems like every year there is a multitude of Karen encounters that go viral, upending the lives of racist, authoritative and exhaustingly nosy white women who refuse to stop minding Black people’s business whenever they decide we don’t belong somewhere. It’s almost as if these passive-aggressive white supremacists refuse to receive the memo that, in the age of camera phones, they run the risk of […]

Source: Chris Graythen / Getty New Orleans, La  — The Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame, scheduled for January 1, 2025, has been postponed to January 2 following a terror attack in New Orleans that killed 15 people and injured 35 others early on New Year’s Day. RELATED | New Orleans Attack: Suspect Identified; Explosives Found Thousands of Hoosiers in the city for the game are now in the wake […]

Source: Denise Truscello / Getty It seems Mariah Carey is restarting her soft girl era. She has been spotted holding hands with Anderson .Paak, and she is all smiles. As spotted on Bossip, the iconic songstress may have a new man in her life. Earlier this month, she was seen out and about with Anderson .Paak in Aspen, Colo. While neither performer addressed the nature of their outing, it seemed that […]

Source: Tom Brakefield / Getty The Bald Eagle Officially Becomes the National Bird of the United States This week, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill officially designating the bald eagle as the national bird of the United States. While the bald eagle has long been an iconic emblem of America, appearing on the Great Seal since 1782 and gracing everything from military insignias to currency, it has never held […]

Source: Source: Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Source: Wikipedia / Wikipedia As 2024 comes to a close, NewsOne looks back at some of the most impactful stories of the year. Stories that captivated our minds and stories that devastated our souls, 2024 was a riveting year with ups and downs like a wooden rollercoaster at your nearest Six Flags. From schools pushing back on Black students for their hairstyles to America electing […]