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12-Year-Old Sensation Keedron Bryant Signs With Warner Records for "I Just Wanna Live" to Celebrate Juneteenth

Just two weeks after posting a riveting and emotional performance of original song, “I JUST WANNA LIVE,” in response to long-standing systemic social injustice and as a plea for change, 12-year-old Florida-native Keedron Bryant signs with Warner Records for the official single release.

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Altuve Remains Leader in MLB All-Star Fan Balloting

Correa, Gurriel rank second; Springer fourth among outfielders

Major League Baseball released its third update of the American League All-Star voting results today, which revealed that Astros reigning AL MVP Jose Altuve has maintained his lead among all Major League players in fan balloting (2,460,967), immediately ahead of Mookie Betts (2,337,514). Altuve has started the last three All-Star Games (2015-17) and has appeared in five Midsummer Classics overall (2012, 2014-17). He is looking to join Hall of Famer Rod Carew (six straight, 1970-75), Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar (four straight, 1991-94; five straight, 1996-2000) and Robinson Canó (five straight, 2010-14) as the only AL second basemen to win four consecutive fan elections. The Astros record for All-Star appearances is seven, held by Hall of Famer Craig Biggio.

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Trump Jr. makes light of Native American genocide while rooting for father's attack on Warren

President Donald Trump's eldest son made light over the weekend of the US government's history of genocide against Native Americans as part of a slam against Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her claims of American Indian heritage.

3 Ways You Can Benefit By Giving Your Smartphone A Rest

America is saturated in smartphones. A Pew Research Center survey reported 81% of Americans own the versatile — and some say, addictive — mobile device.

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Amazon helps man start trucking company

Steve Dance has been around big rigs all of his life, riding in trucks since he was about six to eight years old. Dance is the owner of Dance Logistics on Indianapolis's southeast side.

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White House says it didn't distribute MAGA hats Trump signed in Iraq, Germany

President Donald Trump made his first visit to a war zone on Wednesday, receiving an enthusiastic reception from many US troops there -- some of whom may have run afoul of military rules.

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The Streak Continues: Houston Defeats Buffalo to Extend Winning Streak to Three Games

No matter whether you like it or not. The Houston Texans are finding ways to win games. They defeated the Buffalo Bills 20-13 to extend their winning streak to three games as they head into a divisional showdown next week with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Latino Victory Fund Hosts Second Latino Political Summit

As Trump prepared to deliver his first State of the Union address, progressive Latino leaders met to discuss how to take back Congress

As President Donald Trump prepared to deliver his first State of the Union address – and boast about all the ways in which he has terrorized the Hispanic community, Latino Victory Fund held its second Latino Political Summit. The event gathered the nation’s progressive Latino leaders to discuss how to empower Latino candidates and take back Congress in 2018. Joining Latino Victory were Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez, Senator Bernie Sanders, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro.

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Ending The Year On A High Note Rockets defeat the Kings for their first win of the 2020-21 NBA Season

“Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Those lyrics from Auld Lang Syne, the famous song sung at the stroke of midnight every New Year’s Eve, and ironically can be sung at funerals, graduations and other occasions to bid farewell, was exactly the song the Houston Rockets needed to end their horrendous start to the 2020-21 NBA season.

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Supreme Court revives case about man's death in police custody

The Supreme Court on Monday revived a case brought by parents who said their son, Nicholas Gilbert, died in police custody in St. Louis after law enforcement officers placed their weight on his back as he was shackled face down.

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Romney 'totally confident' Biden will sign infrastructure after attempted walk back

Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he's "totally confident" President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill a day after the President attempted to clean up comments that threatened the deal.

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Texans Head Coach Passion Stands Out During Scrimmage

I am here to say that after observing what I have seen in Texans training camp so far, we all have been wrong up to this point. Coach Culley brings a passion to the field that is unlike his demeanor when he is in front of a microphone.

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Tommy Lee's nude photo sparks accusations of double standards

Rocker Tommy Lee posted a nude photo on social media -- but not everyone is applauding.

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Burton St. Agricultural Fest celebrates history, founder of historically Black community

The Burton Street community came together Saturday to celebrate the Burton Street Community Agricultural Festival.

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Recap: LL Cool J Revives Rock The Bells Festival In NYC With A Star-Studded Lineup Of Rap Legends

Hip-hop is in a constant state of metamorphosis, finding new ways to reinvent itself with each passing era. However, there’s no denying the golden age from the mid ’80s to late ’90s that helped solidify rap as the most lucrative genre in music today.

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Takeoff's killing: Details from the coroner's report and Offset's subtle tribute

New details regarding the death of Takeoff have been revealed as the artist continues to be mourned.

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Dave Chappelle's 'SNL' monologue sparks backlash as being antisemitic

Dave Chappelle's comments about the Jewish community during his "Saturday Night Live" monologue are being slammed as antisemitic.

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Beer Bros raising money for modified vehicle for 2-yo

The Beer Bros of Mass. are back to help the community. Western Mass News first introduced you to the group back in December when they were kicking off their calendar sales to help a local food pantry.

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Biden says Meadows seems 'worthy of being held in contempt' for failing to appear for interview with January 6 committee

President Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested Mark Meadows was "worthy" of being in held in contempt of Congress after the Democratic-controlled House referred the ex-White House chief of staff to the Department of Justice for failing to appear for a deposition with the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Patton Oswalt defends his longtime friendship with Dave Chappelle

Patton Oswalt shared a heartfelt letter on social media explaining his longtime friendship with fellow comic Dave Chappelle as controversy over Chappelle's jokes about trans people in his last Netflix special has continued.