The nation’s oldest living United States veteran Lawrence Brooks passed away at 112. The New Orleans man passed away on January 5, 2022. Brooks was born on September 12, 1909, Brooks, 1 of 15 children, was drafted into the Army in 1940 at 31 years old. The veteran helped build roads and bridges for the […]
A Florida 13-year-old died after his dirt bike crashed during an encounter with police. Now his family is demanding answers. Stanley “SJ” Davis III was riding recklessly on his dirt bike Sunday afternoon when an officer with the Boynton Beach Police Department tried to pull him over for a traffic violation, ABC News reported. Surveillance […]
”I’m still in shock,” said the baby’s aunt, Katrina Cook. “Hoping I heard it wrong. Maybe I just heard it wrong.” Despite the recommendations the Hugger Family Daycare had twice been found by the State of Florida to be non-compliant. Five weeks before McKnight’s death, the facility had been fined for having seven children under […]
(BPRW) Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell dies of COVID-19 complications (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement on Facebook. […]
WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the U.N. and made faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell rose to the […]
(BPRW) Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell dies of COVID-19 complications (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement on Facebook. […]
Keyshia Cole‘s mother, Frankie Lons, has recently passed away from an overdose after a long-fought battle with addiction. Lons was 61. Lons was known after appearing on Cole’s various reality TV shows. Lons would later get her own spin-off series entitled, Frankie & Neffe, alongside Cole’s sister Neffeteria Pugh. The death was first announced by Cole’s sister Elite […]
“Martha White undoubtedly shaped our community in Baton Rouge, and communities across our nation,” Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said in a statement Monday, June 7, according to the Associated Press. “We honor her legacy today and every day.” Ted Jemison, the son of the Rev. T.J. Jemison, remembered White asking him — referring White’s refusal […]
At just 11-years-old Damon Weaver interviewed then-President Barack Obama in 2009 has passed at 23. Weaver interviewed Obama on August 11, 2009, to discuss issues that were important to the children of America. During their conversation, the pair talked about educational issues, including school lunches (with Weaver suggesting “French fries and mangoes”), bullying and what […]
Damon Weaver, who emerged onto the public spotlight as an 11-year-old when he interviewed former President Barack Obama, died on May 1 at age 23. Weaver’s sister, Candace Hardy, confirmed the news on Thursday, saying that her brother died due to natural causes, USA TODAY reported. “He was a light, the life of the party,” Hardy told WFLX. […]