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Social media is a lifeline for desperate Indians. And a threat for Narendra Modi

On most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information on job vacancies, higher education, and careers.

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Deputies: Man used tile scraper to kill 8-pound chihuahua during domestic dispute

A Venice man has been arrested after he reportedly used a tile scraper to kill an 8-pound chihuahua during a domestic dispute.

Woman finds 6-foot alligator under her car

A Kenner woman says she is grateful to still have her both her feet after she found a six foot alligator underneath her car.

The Cathy Hughes School of Communications to Host 50th Anniversary Celebration, Kicks of Fundraising for Student Scholarship and Building Fund

For 50 years, the Howard University School of Communications has trained the nation’s top communicators and media professionals, from award-winning news anchors and journalists to filmmakers, public relation executives and researchers. This year, the celebration of the school’s 50 years of disseminating truth through communication and providing community service through storytelling will kick off with a series of events to raise funds for student scholarships and a new building.

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NRG Park named as Election Headquarters for 2020 November Election

NRG Arena has been designated as the election headquarters for the Harris County Clerk’s Office for the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election. The Arena will also serve as an early voting and Election Day location.

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Lobos 1707 Tequila, Reposado Awarded Double Gold Medal From New York International Spirits Competition

Independent Spirits Brand Wins Top Award in 2021 Competition Judged by Industry Professionals

Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal is proud to share that Lobos 1707 Tequila, Reposado was awarded the Double Gold medal by the 2021 New York International Spirits Competition (NYISC). Lobos 1707 is an independent spirits producer that blends heritage and innovation. Inspired by his ancestor of the same name, Founder and Chief Creative Officer Diego Osorio launched Lobos 1707 in 2020 with CEO and brand-builder Dia Simms and early backer, legendary athlete and cultural icon LeBron James.

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Wells Fargo Invests $6.6 Million in Lending Capital and Grants for Black Businesses

Wells Fargo, the nation’s third-largest bank, is awarding $6.6 million in lending capital and grants to 12 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) nationally that black-owned small businesses and others can use to flourish and create jobs.

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Texas Gunman Killed His Grandmother-in-law And 25 Others at Church

The gunman behind the Texas church massacre killed his grandmother-in-law during the attack, multiple friends of the woman told CNN.

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Mary J. Blige's Apple Music Live Performance Streaming Tonight Only On Apple Music

Apple Music Hits Celebrates The 30th Anniversary of Blige’s ‘What’s The 411?’ Album With a Full 'Mary J. Blige Day’ Programming Takeover

Mary J. Blige’s one-night-only performance at New York City’s historic United Palace will be available to stream tonight on Apple Music as part of Apple Music Live, the exclusive live performance series on Apple Music giving the biggest stars in music a global platform to connect with audiences around the world. The Grammy award-winning and Academy award nominated artist, actress, producer and entrepreneur’s performance will feature a career-spanning setlist and reflections from her unparalleled career in music.

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Beyoncé is blessing us with a documentary

A Beyoncé documentary is dropping on Netflix next week.

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Wisconsin police shoot Black man as children watch from a vehicle, attorney says

Two Wisconsin police officers are on leave Monday as state authorities investigate why a Black man was shot multiple times in the back as he entered the driver's side door of an SUV, officials said.

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Harris Health Dedicates Permanent Site for COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial Exhibit

Nearly 1,000 photographs of people who died during the COVID-19 pandemic from greater Houston are now permanently memorialized on the walls of Harris Health Quentin Mease Health Center through an art exhibit called Living ICONS, A Commemoration of Victims of Houston’s COVID-19 Pandemic, by Houston artist Joni Zavitsano.

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California Gov. Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening.

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Judge orders MPD to release body cam video

Meredith Corporation, the owner of WALA FOX10 News, has just received word that it has won a lawsuit in pursuit for transparency from the city of Mobile, which means the city's police department will be required to release police body camera video of a particular incident in 2016, in which McGill-Toolen High School students were pepper-sprayed by a Mobile Police officer while painting the cannon at the Loop in midtown Mobile after a football game.

Ticketmaster to Bring Latest Technology Innovations to All Live Events at MetLife Stadium

Ticketmaster, the global leader in advanced ticketing technologies, has renewed its partnership with the award-winning MetLife Stadium to serve as the official ticketing partner for all events, including home games for the New York Jets and the New York Giants. Under this renewed partnership, Ticketmaster will power the primary and secondary ticketing marketplaces for the New York Jets and the New York Giants and all other live events at MetLife Stadium on Ticketmaster.com and the Ticketmaster mobile app, providing fans with the safest ticket buying experience available.

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Scottsdale suspect linked to four homicides dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

A man who police say fatally shot four people in the past few days in Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound as police surrounded him, a police official said.

Woman accused of cutting boyfriend's throat, telling him to claim it was suicide

A Waukesha woman is charged after allegedly cutting her boyfriend's throat and telling him to claim it was suicide.

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Bobby Henry Sr. is the Recipient of the 2017 Angelo B. Henderson Community Service Award

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced today that Bobby Henry, publisher of the Westside Gazette in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the recipient of the 2017 Angelo B. Henderson Community Service Award.

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Virginia voters head to the polls in special congressional election

Voters in Virginia's 4th Congressional District will pick their next representative Tuesday in a special election that could make history in the commonwealth.

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GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies about Charlottesville and 'Pizzagate'

In the years before she ran for office, GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote two conspiracy-laden blog posts speculating that the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to one counter-protester's death was an "inside job" and promoting a debunked conspiracy alleging some Democratic Party leaders were running a human-trafficking and pedophilia ring -- known as "Pizzagate" -- was real.