By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. The
By Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome, The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Emergency services teams have left the scene of one of South Africa’s deadliest fires at a derelict Johannesburg apartment block, and pathologists on Sept. 1 faced the grisly task of identifying dozens of charred bodies and some body parts that were transported in
By AFRO Staff More than 50,000 scholars were welcomed back to District of Columbia Public Schools on Aug. 28. Elected officials joined two select schools to uplift and inspirescholars to start their year on a good note. Raymond Elementary School and Eliot Hine Middle School were both visited by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in addition
By AFRO Staff New Bethel Baptist Church, led by The Rev. Dexter Nutall, hosted a back to schoolcommunity day on Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers helped operate a wide range of activities and educational tables for children and families to enjoy. A few of the on-site vendors and offerings included the
By Thalia Beaty, The Associated Press Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the wildfires, through a new fund they announced Aug. 31. The People’s Fund of Maui will give $1,200 a month to adults
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com More than 40 Baltimore residents, organized by members of the Friends of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park and the Eutaw Street Neighbors, gathered for a rally outside of City Hall on Aug. 21. They called for equity, transparency and a moratorium on the bike lanes in historic communities across
By Chrisleen Herard, Special to the AFRO JPMorgan Chase recently held a ceremony at their regional headquarters in D.C. to celebrate Black Business Month and the new partnership of The Global Black Economic Forum and the National Minority Supplier Development (NMSD). This collaboration was formed to provide resources for historically underserved business owners and aims
Simone Biles wins her eighth title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 27 in San Jose, Calif. (Photo: AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) By Will Graves, Associated Press Simone Biles is not going to explain herself. Part of this is by design. Part of this is because she simply can’t. When the gymnastics star is
By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Sept. 1 released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother. Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family
By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins Sixty years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our racial economic divide is vast as ever. But it can still be closed — and quickly. It’s now been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — and the Reverend Martin Luther King