On ‘The Bachelorette,’ Vermeer and Master of Frankfurt Lead to Tears -ARTnews
Master of Frankfurt, St. Catherine, ca. 1510–20. MAURITSHUIS Last night, the hit show The Bachelorette paid a visit to the…
Brooklyn Public Library to Stage Inaugural Edition of Festival Honoring Lou Reed and Tai Chi -ARTnews
Lou Reed. COURTESY BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY This August, the Brooklyn Public Library will host the first edition of a new…
Abby Lloyd featuring Aunt Nancy’ at Freddy -ARTnews
Pictures at an Exhibition Abby Lloyd, Freddy, 2019, fabric, Poly-Fil, ribbon, and found materials, installation view. COURTESY THE ARTIST…
New York Times opinion team declares America isn’t so great: ‘We’re just OK’
New York Times staffers “argue that the myth of America as the greatest nation on earth is at best outdated…
Black Barbie doll in wheelchair is major hit on Twitter
Curvy Barbies (Photo: Mattell) Barbie for the win. A Black Barbie doll in a wheelchair is circling the Twitterverse and…
Miranda Lambert back to work after taking ‘longest break I’ve ever had in 17 years’
Miranda Lambert: Things you didn’t know Miranda Lambert has come a long way from tiny Lindale, Texas. And despite living…
Epidural stuck in young mom’s back during childbirth, leaving her in ‘agonizing pain’ for days
Pixabay An 18-year-old Florida mother is currently recovering from a medical incident that left her in “agonizing pain” after an…
Prince George reportedly inspired Kate Middleton to add this special feature to new garden
Kate Middleton had a special someone in mind when she added stepping stones to her new garden at the Hampton…
Black airline passenger “embarrassed and heartbroken” that white woman asked her to move
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A Black Spirit Airlines passenger was told to relocate to another seat after a white…
Quentin Tarantino still says next movie will be his last, hints at ‘creative’ future
Quentin Tarantino has been warning fans for years of his intention to step away from the director’s chair after his…
Mouth almighty pol Tom Tancredo makes 360-degree offensive remark about Biden ‘transitioning’ to ‘half-black’ woman
Tom Tancredo (Photo by Andrea Melendez-Pool/Getty Images) Former Republican congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has an unorthodox suggestion for…
Christina Anstead discusses new pregnancy and mothering four kids: ‘It happened quickly’
Even though Christina Anstead and Tarek El Moussa are no longer a married couple, the “Flip or Flop” stars maintain…
OITNB Star Danielle Brooks confirms she’s ‘happily pregnant’ in Instagram post
Actress Danielle Brooks attends the Netflix Presents ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Special Screening at AMC Loews Broadway 4 on…
Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case
A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the…
Sherri Shepherd said friends warned her not to marry her ex-husband but she didn’t listen
Sherri Shepherd arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012…
Fox News tops MSNBC, CNN for 70th straight quarter
Fox News has been the most-watched cable news network for 70 consecutive quarters after finishing the second quarter of 2019…
NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns Gives Us an Inside Look Into His Style Game • EBONY
Two-time NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns (commonly referred to by his fans as KAT) is well-known for his on-court skills. The…
Comedian Mike Epps and Producer Kyra Robinson Wed in California [PHOTOS] • EBONY
Comedian Mike Epps said ‘I Do’ to his girlfriend, producer, Kyra Robinson on June 23rd in Newport Beach, California. The…
“Old Town Road” #1 on Billboard for 13th week setting hip-hop record
Lil Nas X performs onstage at the 2019 BET Awards (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for BET) For the…
Five Years After Kidnapping, Nigeria’s Chibok School Girls Fade From the International Scene | Council of Foreign Relations
In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female students gathered in Chibok to sit for high school examinations. The international…
The Legacy of Denver’s Forced School Busing Era | 5280
The phone calls started when Rachel Noel was elected to Denver Public Schools’ board in 1965. The time of the…
Brianna Mason becomes first Black woman to win Miss Tennessee
Image by lorilynn oliver from Pixabay Brianna Mason has plenty for which to celebrate this morning. In a historic year…
Mexico Returns 81 Migrants to Haiti Amid US Pressure | VOA News
MEXICO CITY – Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 81 migrants to Haiti after attending to “technical” considerations and…
‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges | The New York Times
Since the 1930s, the women of Bennett College, one of the nation’s two historically black colleges for women, have dressed…
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs dead at 27
Tyler Skaggs, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, has died, the baseball team announced Monday. Skaggs was just 27…
Facts you might not know about July 4th
Find out how much money Americans spend on hot dogs and watermelons to celebrate Independence Day. Source link
Mom who tried to kill baby held in his death 11 years later
A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for trying to drown her baby son more than a decade ago has…
Best places to watch fireworks on July 4th
America’s 243st birthday is upon us, and nothing signifies July Fourth like fireworks, a tradition that dates back to July…
Oregon governor ready to take lead on divisive climate plan
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Monday that she’s ready to use her executive power to lower carbon emissions following a…
Nike cancels shoe featuring early version of American flag
“Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured an old…
‘Brand new’ tanks will be on display for July 4th: President Donald Trump
Two Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles will be on display at the Mall on Thursday as part of…
Washington Post: DC mayor hits Trump’s July Fourth plans
“The President can speak at any event that he wants to speak at,” Bowser said in an interview Thursday with…
Family of 4 among 10 killed in fiery plane crash near Dallas
A family of four from Texas was among 10 people killed when a small twin-engine plane they were on crashed…
The utter absurdity of Trump’s July Fourth bash
Which brings me to this tweet the President sent on Sunday: “HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of…
Father of 2, deported to El Salvador, allowed return to US
A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. on Monday, two years after being…
President Trump’s Fourth of July event: There will be tanks, but there’s a catch
However, they will not parade down Pennsylvania Avenue due to the need to protect roads and bridges. Trump later confirmed…
Trade hopes lift S&P to record as tech leads
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, but finished off earlier highs, led by gains in technology stocks…
After explosions, Brazil power transmission companies remove GE equipment
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – After an unusual number of explosions, several Brazilian power transmission companies have started removing a piece…
Trump says any China trade deal would need to be somewhat tilted in U.S. favor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that trade talks with China were under way and any deal…
Trump says China trade talks ‘back on track,’ new tariffs on hold
OSAKA (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed on Saturday to restart trade talks after President Donald Trump offered…
Exxon quarterly profit to feel pinch of weaker natural gas, chemical earnings
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) said on Monday lower natural gas and chemical margins in its second quarter would…
Oil prices slip as demand worries outweigh OPEC supply cuts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as worries that a weakening global economy would dent demand for the…
Brookfield, GIC to buy Genesee & Wyoming for about $6.4 billion
FILE PHOTO: People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield…
Asian shares cautious as weak manufacturing data stoke growth worries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares were choppy on Tuesday as weak global manufacturing activity reinforced worries about slowing world growth,…
USTR proposes $4 billion in potential additional tariffs over EU aircraft subsidies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just days after reaching a truce in the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. government on Monday ratcheted…
Twitter Users Clap Back After Ted Cruz’s Lawyers Compare Him To Rosa Parks
Most people wouldn’t put Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) next to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, but the Texas Republican’s attorneys…
Older women have higher heart disease risk with ‘apple’ shape
(Reuters Health) – Older women who are at a healthy weight may be more likely to develop heart disease when…
U.S. recorded 18 new cases of measles last week
FILE PHOTO: Lead medical assistant Fengmei Lin holds a vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine at…
Alcohol’s secondhand harms prevalent among U.S. women and men
(Reuters Health) – Just like cigarettes, alcohol creates secondhand harms, a new study suggests. Over a 12-month period, more than…
Mother of French quadriplegic brings appeal to keep him alive to U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The mother of a quadriplegic French man who has been in a vegetative state for more than…
New Mexico woman dies from virus linked to rodent droppings
A New Mexico woman’s death marked the first hantavirus-related fatality in the state this year, health officials said, who are…
Weight loss support helps people with fatty liver disease
People who have fatty liver disease related to being overweight may get the disease under better control when they get…
Baby born weighing less than 2 pounds defies odds
A baby who was born weighing less than 2 pounds finally got to go home last month just shy of…
U.S. states sue EPA for stricter asbestos rules
(Reuters) – Ten U.S. states and Washington, D.C. sued the Environmental Protection Agency to begin working on rules to tighten…
Florida woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria infection at beach, family says
A family’s trip to the beach ended in tragedy after their 77-year-old grandmother fell into a small hole in the…
Trump immigration proposal may mean sick kids lose health benefits
A Trump administration proposal to increase the odds that immigrants will be deemed “public charges” ineligible for government health benefits…
Man wakes from 3-month coma, learns he’s going to be a dad again
A 29-year-old man who woke from a 3-month-long coma to find out he was going to be a dad again…
FDA ties three deaths to Edwards Lifesciences’ recalled heart devices
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday three deaths had been reported related to Edwards Lifesciences…
Why Facebook Libra Is Not a Good Investment for African American Investors
Editors’ note: Last month we published an op-ed from crypto expert and enthusiast, Emilie Jerard, who made the case as…
Newark Artist Builds Unique, Unisex Jewelry Brand
Four years ago, Newark-born visual artist Joshua Fennell encountered a series of unfortunate events in his personal life. To stave…