An 18-year-old from Baltimore has been charged with the murder of his 8-year-old brother. Authorities say he used a shotgun he received in exchange for a puppy. Devin Wilson was arrested Tuesday in connection with the Dec. 30 killing of Dylan King. WBAL-TV 11 reports police charged him with first- and second-degree murder. Police reports show […]
18-year-old college freshman Jaylen Smith was elected to the mayor of Earle, Arkansas becoming the youngest Black mayor in U.S history. Earle, a small town in Arkansas with a population of 1,831 where the teen received 235 votes while his opponent, Nemi Matthews, got 185 votes according to CNN. Earle has be officially sworn in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City correction officer was charged with murder on Friday in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man in the Bronx a day earlier, an episode that may have involved a toy gun. Officer Dion Middleton, 45, was arrested Thursday in the shooting of Raymond Chaluisant, the New York […]
A North Carolina 18-year-old used his own body to shield a 10-year-old from gunshots according to ABC NY 7. AL-Tarrek Bell is from Skinnersville, North Carolina a town on the shores of the Albemarle Sound in Washington County. Bell was less than a month from his birthday, Bell was close to graduating high school and had […]
The family of the student-athlete died during an elevator malfunction while he was in a student apartment complex has hired an lawyer according to Fox Sports Radio. JauMarcus McFarland, a football player at Champion Prep Academy was crushed when officials said a elevator malfunctioned in Atlanta, GA. Attorney Shean Williams says the legal team will conduct […]
An 18-year-old North Carolina man was fatally shot by a Davidson County Sheriff’s deputy in 2020, family has filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office and the deputy who shot him. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump stated at a recent news conference that a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Fred Cox’s family 8 […]
Former Polish sprinter Marcin Urbaś has urged an Olympic victor get tested to confirm her sex. Sprinter Christine Mboma was disqualified from running in the 400-meter event at the Olympics due to a naturally high testosterone level as Blavity previously reported. She is one of several cisgender, Black women from Africa who have been hindered by the gender […]
An Olympic hopeful says that she’s being targeted by the United States Olympic Committee because she’s representing Haiti, WRLN reports. Aliyah Shipman, 18, who’s a Muslim and a Haitian American from Florida, said that U.S. Olympic officials are attempting to sabotage her dream of participating at the Olympics by questioning her eligibility and background. “This […]
Nadiya Blair just graduated from Howard University with no debt at the age of 18 and she has big plans ahead. The standout graduate, who plans to oversee a franchise vector marketing business for a million-dollar company, wisely carried out her financial plans while in school. She first enrolled in a dual credit program at […]
A young Connecticut woman and a husband and wife have been identified as victims in a tragic shooting on Friday which may have stemmed from homophobia, family members say. Lauren “Lela” Leslie was visiting her girlfriend at the home of David and Delores Wisdom when the shooting occurred, the Journal Inquirer reported. David allegedly killed […]