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Lauren London Posts Tribute On Her First Father's Day Without Nipsey Hussle
This was Lauren London's first Father's Day without Nipsey Hussle, her boyfriend and the father of her child. Nipsey, born Ermias Asghedom, was fatally shot three months ago. London posted an emotional tribute to him Sunday on Instagram: "One of the reasons I fell in Love with You.... Your Fatherhood
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® – Xi Alpha Omega Chapter Celebrates 47 New Members
The Xi Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (AKA) hosted a New Member Celebration on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at the Hilton Americas-Houston, where forty-seven (47) professional women were introduced to nearly 800 Houston community members, family, and friends. Very special guests in attendance included Dr. Mattelia B. Grays, AKA 18th International President, Ms. Faye B. Bryant, AKA 21st International President, Dr. Polly Sparks-Turner, 20th AKA South Central Regional Director, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Brinkley, 23rd AKA South Central Regional Director. Several AKA Houston Metropolitan Area Chapter Presidents and Leadership also attended the celebration, along with several elected officials, including the Honorable Angela Graves-Harrington, Judge, Harris County 246th Family District Court and the Honorable Toria J. Finch, Judge, Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 9, who are both members of Xi Alpha Omega. Former Xi Alpha Omega Chapter President, Ms. Pamela McGee, served as Chairman of the New Member Celebration Luncheon Committee.
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Beignet Fest Announces Musical Lineup, Admission Benefitting Tres Doux Foundation
The fourth annual festival will feature an array of popular musical talent
The fourth annual Beignet Fest presented by French Market®Coffee is set for Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 10AM – 6PM at the Festival Grounds in New Orleans City Park. To continue to grow and fulfill its mission, Beignet Fest will introduce a $5 general admission, which benefits the Tres Doux Foundation, a nonprofit with a mission to serve children with autism and related developmental differences.
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Bayou Classic Names "The Talk" Sheryl Underwood Ambassador for the 46th Annual
Comedian, actress and television host Sheryl Underwood has been named an ambassador of the upcoming 46th Annual Bayou Classic which is set to take place in November. Best known as the co-host of the Emmy-award-winning, CBS-television-show "The Talk," Underwood is committed to using her visibility and influence in positive ways. She is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Pack Rat Foundation for Education (PRFFE, 501c3) and is currently raising money to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the students committed to pursuing a higher education.
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American Underground, Google for Startups Launch Applications for Fourth Annual Black Founders Exchange
American Underground and Google for Startups have announced the application window and deadline for the fourth annual Black Founders Exchange.
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Shanahan withdraws as Trump's defense pick as domestic incidents resurface
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has "decided not to go forward with his confirmation process." Shanahan's withdrawal was announced shortly after the Washington Post published a report detailing a violent incident in 2011 in which his son attacked his own mother with a baseball bat.
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Patrick Gaspard to Receive Prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal during the NAACP’s 110th Annual Convention taking place in Detroit, Michigan on July 24.
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Fashion icon and artist Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
Gloria Vanderbilt died Monday morning, according to her son, CNN's Anderson Cooper. The fashion designer, artist and socialite was 95.
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Most self-driving companies say this tech is crucial. Elon Musk disagrees.
For most people building self-driving cars, lidar is viewed as a godsend. In recent years, enthusiasm for the technology has sparked shortages of the depth-measuring sensor, acquisitions of startups developing it and more than a billion dollars of investments.
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How he got 200,000 people to buy ugly fruits and vegetables
Ben Simon thinks about wasted food, a lot. In 2011, during his freshman year at the University of Maryland, Simon was struck by how much food was thrown away in the college cafeteria.
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Amazon condemns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 'starvation wages' comment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for being a billionaire while his company pays its warehouse workers "starvation wages." Amazon says Ocasio-Cortez is "just wrong."
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MIT teaches robots to 'feel' objects just by looking at them
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaching robots to "see" what an object looks like just by touching it and predict what something will feel like by looking at it.
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Injuries from cosmetics send 4,300 children to ERs every year
Cosmetic products such as perfume, nail polish and shampoo help us feel and look good. But in the wrong hands -- especially those of the very young -- these products can be harmful, or even deadly. More than 64,000 kids in the United States younger than 5 years old had a cosmetic-related injury between 2002 and 2016, according to estimates in a study published Monday in the journal Clinical Pediatrics.
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Magician feared drowned after attempting Houdini-style trick in Indian river
An Indian stuntman who went missing in the Hooghly River on Sunday after attempting a Houdini-style daredevil stunt is feared drowned, according to authorities.
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Authorities: Woman likely killed by dogs at Costco
Bakersfield Police are still investigating the death of a woman from Sunday morning, however they are saying now that she may have been attacked by one or more dogs.
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Another American tourist died in her hotel room in the Dominican Republic, resort says
Another US tourist has died in the Dominican Republic, bringing to eight the number of Americans to die in the country over the past year.
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What Trump is good at
The soothsayers brought the king bad news. Rival Joe Biden was leading President Donald Trump in key battleground states. After the press began to report the facts, Trump first tried to say the polls just didn't exist. When this claim was refuted, his campaign abruptly fired the pollsters. Welcome to the launch of the Trump re-election campaign, which promises more of the chaos we've come to expect from the man in the Oval Office.
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Supreme Court hands Democrats a win in Virginia racial gerrymander case
In a victory for Democrats in Virginia, the Supreme Court held Monday that the Republican-led Virginia House of Delegates did not have the legal right to challenge a lower court opinion that struck several district maps they had drawn as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
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Climate change threatens nearly 40% of the world's primates, study says
As cyclones and droughts are expected to grow in frequency and intensity while global temperatures rise, humankind's closest relatives will become increasingly vulnerable to extinction, scientists say.
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Former vice president of Walt Disney sentenced to more than 6 years in Portland sex abuse investigation
A former vice president for the Walt Disney Company has been sentenced to more than 6 years in prison following a child sex abuse investigation.
