Wendy Williams attends Daniel’s Leather Fashion Show featuring Dame Dash at Harbor New York City on February 15, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) *Wendy Williams made a rare public appearance at New York Fashion Week over the weekend, and now many fans are concerned about her overall well-being. The former daytime
*(CNN) — This Monday, February 20, marks Presidents Day. The federal holiday falls on the third Monday of February, commemorating America’s 45 commanders in chief (Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms, so is considered the 22nd and 24th US President.) Officially, the holiday is known as Washington’s Birthday, as it usually falls around George Washington’s
By AFRO Staff Creative Nomads helped local moms come together and practice self care this Valentine’s Day with their “Mindfulness With Mom” program. The session is a social emotional series that centers the practice of self care and personal well-being in order to better navigate managing their family and the world. Led by Executive Director
By DOROTHY HOOD, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Del. Lesley Lopez became a victim Thursday night of exactly the kind of harassment that she’s trying to put a stop to – getting unwanted sexual images through online platforms. Lopez, D-Montgomery, is the chief sponsor of HB 600, which would create a task force to
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time
By KARA THOMPSON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Wes Moore testified Thursday in support of a bill that would give military retirees a larger tax break, one of the pieces of legislation his administration requested the Speaker of the House to submit for this session. “What this would allow us to do is
2023 Super Bowl full of historic milestones Black athletes and artists were crown jewels of Super Bowl 57. This year’s event was full of historic “firsts” as Sheryl Lee Ralph performed an inspiring renditionof James Weldon Johnson’s Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” for the first time ever. Rihanna also gave a landmark
By CHRISTINE ZHU, Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maureen Daly of Long Island’s North Shore Leader broke the story of George Santos’ deception months prior to the 2022 election. But people didn’t listen, and Santos went on to secure victory in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. He’s since faced scrutiny from local and
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “While we don’t know what crimes Trump and his allies will be charged with, the expected indictments will bring desperately needed accountability and demonstrate that no one – not even the former president – is above the law.” — Brie Sparkman, Citizens for Responsibility and
BY GREG MORTON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – On March 30, 2020, amid a national emergency and rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, then-Gov. Larry Hogan issued an executive order mandating most workers stay home to mitigate the virus’s spread. As other states were issuing similar shutdown orders, and businesses and workers were