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“In West Mills” by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

The burden on your shoulders is heavy. Your whole body sags with the weight of things you know but can’t tell, and each new whisper adds to the pack. Secrets you carry are more than you can bear sometimes, which is why you need to share them – but in the new book “In West Mills” by De’Shawn Charles Winslow, there’s virtue in hushing up.

“Blended” by Sharon M. Draper

One plus one is two. It’s simple: all you have to do is add or count, easy-peasy, a trick you probably learned shortly after you could talk. One plus one is two but as you grow up, you’ll notice that math can get funny and, in the case of the new book “Blended” by Sharon M. Draper, one plus one might suddenly become more.

Review of "Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong" by Georgina Lawton and "Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir" by Rebecca Carroll

Who are you? That's a question some people never ask themselves: seemingly intuitively, they know the answer at birth and they don't think about it again. Then there are those who struggle with knowing until their last breath. Still others have stories to tell about their search to learn who they are. Read on...

Officials: Charges filed against shooters connected to Water Street mass shooting

New criminal charges have been filed against three men connected to a mass shooting on Water Street Friday, May 13. The charges are the first to allege people fired guns at the crowd.

There Are Long COVID-19, or Post-COVID Conditions You Should Know About

Sometimes there are some who have been infected by the virus that causes Covid 19 can experience long-term effects known as post-Covid conditions (PCC) or long Covid. It is also referred to by other names such as: long Covid, long-haul Covid, post-acute Covid or chronic Covid.

A man driving by a burning home in Indiana stops to rescue 5 children inside

A man in Indiana is being hailed as a hero by local officials after entering a home engulfed in flames last week and saving the lives of several children trapped inside the burning structure.

"To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner" by Carole Emberton

You are not confined to your chair. If you want to get up and move around, in fact, you can. Stand up, stretch, wiggle your toes, shake out the knots. Step out and drop in on the space next door or down the street and it's okay. You're not stuck in your chair or this room or even this building, and in "To Walk About in Freedom" by Carole Emberton, you'll get a new appreciation for that ability.

Suge Knight Opens Up In 'American Dream/American Knightmare'

Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight muses about what might have happened if the architects of that business "were friends, instead of destroying each other."

Tiffany Haddish Makes History With SNL Debut — Becomes First Black Woman Standup Comedian to Ever Host the Show!

Comedian Tiffany Haddish is making headlines for her hilarious debut appearance on Saturday Night Live. She is reportedly the first Black woman standup comedian to ever host the legendary show in the show’s entire history.

Baltimore Police Doing 12-hour Shifts After Deadly Surge of Violence

The man was bleeding from his forehead when officers found the shooting victim as he lay dying on a waterfront road early Tuesday.

Alexandra del Moral Mealer Sworn Into METRO Board of Directors

Today Alexandra (Alex) del Moral Mealer was sworn in as the newest member of the METRO Board of Directors. The ceremony took place in the METRO Boardroom with Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey administering the oath. Alex was appointed to represent a group of 14 smaller cities that are within METRO's service area.

Five things to watch as Democratic primaries in New York and Florida take center stage

The tail-end of the August primary season arrives on Tuesday, with elections in New York, Florida and Oklahoma.

Ken Paxton and George P. Bush will advance to May runoff in Texas attorney general primary, CNN projects

Texas Republicans will need a May runoff to decide their nominee for state attorney general after incumbent Ken Paxton fell short of clinching a majority in Tuesday's primary, setting up a showdown with Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in May, CNN projects.

Don't get cocky with these Covid-19 numbers. With new variants, easing restrictions now would be 'incredibly risky'

Covid-19 numbers are getting better. But letting your guard down could be an open invitation for highly contagious variants to trample the US -- erasing the progress made. "We're ... seeing what happens in other countries when these variants take over," emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen said. "There is (an) explosive surge, even when the countries are basically in shutdown."

Trump Presses Turkey's Erdogan To Release Jailed US Pastor

White House: US President Trump addressed US pastor's detention during meeting with Turkish leader

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants the extradition of a Islamic preacher from the US

Lawyer for Sudanese teen who killed her rapist facing intimidation

Five days after a 19-year-old Sudanese woman was sentenced to death for killing the man she was forced to marry, her lawyer was barred from holding a news conference amid an intensifying campaign of intimidation, activists told CNN.

Prairie View A&M Student with Brain Cyst Struggles to Finish Semester, While Mother Races Time to Sell Hoodies to Fund Upcoming Surgery

DyAnna Tucker and her mother, Rosemary Tucker, are racing time to accomplish two important missions. DyAnna Tucker, a first-year nursing student at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, is struggling to complete her second semester of classes with a brain cyst that is causing seizures, blurred vision and massive headaches, while her mother, Rosemary Tucker, is trying to raise more than $60,000 by selling inspirational hoodies and crowd-funding to pay for her daughter’s upcoming brain surgery.

Twitter won't restore Alex Jones' account, Elon Musk says

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones won't be returning to Twitter and will remain banned from the platform, according to its new owner, Elon Musk.

Biden's Trillion-dollar Plan

After much drama last week, President Biden made it clear that his core legislative package - the American Jobs Plan, which would begin rebuilding our decrepit infrastructure and the American Family Plan, which would address essential needs - will pass together or not at all. Now Democrats are moving to negotiate the scope of the Family Plan so they can unify behind it.

Mama Pope Lands A New Gig On ABC

Khandi Alexander is returning to CBS with a co-starring role opposite Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in the drama pilot “Instinct,” reports Deadline.

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