By The Associated Press Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89. Shorter died March 2 surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. No
By Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock is poised to finally have his say. The 58-year-old comedian on March 4 will perform his first stand-up special since last year’s Oscars. He’s doing it in “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streaming live on Netflix
By Aamer Madhani and Kim Chandler, The Associated Press President Joe Biden arrived in Alabama March 5 to pay tribute to the heroes of “Bloody Sunday,” joining thousands for the annual commemoration of the seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement that led to passage of landmark voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago. The
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com On Feb. 28, Del. Marlon Amprey (D-Md-40) introduced HB0940, Criminal Procedure – Evidence – Admissibility of Creative Expression. “HB0940 is a bill to ensure that artistic expression cannot incriminate someone unless the court of law can prove that the lyrics and visual expressions are directly tied to an
By Del. Joe Vogel Since his election, congressional reporters have been chasing George Santos around Capitol Hill. National reporters have been eager to expose the blatant and bizarre lies about his life story, career, education, animal charity, and campaign funds. The story has been dominating national headlines, but it was a local journalist, Maureen Daly
By Fred Redmond This month marks 55 years since the Memphis sanitation strike began following the deaths of two sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, who were crushed by a faulty garbage truck. Organizers and activists rallied the community so that Black sanitation workers who had long experienced low wages and an unsafe work
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. A good gathering in my opinion of good people The Social Ministry Convocation was recently held at Mercy High School on East Northern Parkway. The event has been held in late winter for 44 years, but was live for the first time in person in three years. It was a
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An atmospheric river will impact California later this week. Here’s what that means KCRA Sacramento Some California residents are urged to prepare 2 weeks of essentials ahead of expected flooding CNN Yosemite National Park braces for flooding ahead of CA atmospheric river storm ABC7 News Bay Area Bay Area weather service updates forecast for atmospheric river SFGATE Emergency officials
White House Rebukes Tucker Carlson Over Portrayal of Jan. 6 Attack The New York Times Tucker Carlson talks exclusively with key Capitol Police officer ignored by Jan. 6 panel amid footage release Fox News Republicans slam Fox News’ Tucker Carlson over Capitol riot clips BBC Opinion: Tucker Carlson’s spin on January 6 is a lie. I was there CNN