The Sunday after Election Day, Jamal Bryant, the senior pastor at the predominantly Black New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in Stonecrest, just east of Atlanta, issued an altar call for the Black women in attendance. Once they had come forward, the Rev. Karri Turner, Bryant’s fiancée at the time and now his wife, […]

When she finally had the chance to confront her rapist in open court, she didn’t flinch. “What you did was bad,” she told the pastor. “Don’t do that to any other girl.” And he won’t. At age 74, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assaulting her and others. But the devastation lingers […]

The House passed the Paris Hilton-championed Stop Institutionalized Child Abuse bill on Wednesday, a sweet victory for the celebrity hotel heiress after the nearly three years she’s spent lobbying politicians in Washington on the issue of reform in the “troubled teen” industry. The measure that would require more federal oversight into these facilities for troubled […]

As the series marks its milestone 50th season, James Marsden is contemplating what could have been if he’d made it onto Saturday Night Live. The Golden Globe nominee revealed that he once had an audition for SNL “if you can call it that,” explaining the peculiar choice he made during his tryout before going on […]

What’s New Frito-Lay announced a recall of certain bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips on Monday after learning that the product possibly contains undeclared milk. The goods were sold in two states, Oregon and Washington. Why It Matters Food recalls are issued for various reasons, including if the product potentially contains undeclared ingredients that could […]

Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams introduced the O.H.I.O. Sportsmanship Act after the brawl that took place after Michigan’s 13-10 victory over Ohio State in December. Both Travis and Jason Kelce expressed their displeasure with Williams’ new bill.  “We have the Ohio State anti-flag planting law officially put into effect. Ohio State representative Josh Williams introduced […]

F.B.I. agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor this week as part of an investigation into a bomb threat that officials believe he made against City Hall earlier this year. The deputy mayor, Brian Williams, was appointed by Mayor Karen Bass last year to oversee public safety. Federal agents searched his home […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge granted ’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing the quarterback to play the 2025 season and told the NCAA the organization cannot take any action against Vanderbilt or any other university that Pavia plays a fifth season for next year. U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell issued the injunction […]

New Mexico State Police say that a man broke into a house and threatened the homeowner before being shot and killed on Saturday. Police said they were called to the home on Appler Rd. in La Luz near Alamogordo about a report of gunshots being fired. ‘The young children were asleep in their beds during […]

TORONTO — Alberta’s premier responded to President-elect Donald of Canada on Wednesday by saying the trade deficit with the country is due to billions in raw materials being sent south which creates trillions of wealth in America. Trump said the United States “subsidizes” Canada and is on all Canadian goods. “No one can answer why […]