On Sunday, after over a year’s wait, Carnival announced its cruise ships have returned to the Port Galveston in Texas. The return of the ships makes it hopeful that the travel industry is rounding the corner of making a return after being negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. According to …

Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Attorney General, wants Derek Chauvin to get a stiffer sentence than the state’s guidelines recommend. According to TMZ, Ellison filed documents earlier this week asking Judge Cahill to give Chauvin a harsher punishment due to his “particular cruelty” towards George Floyd. The state’s guidelines recommend giving Chauvin …

On Friday, Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order that lifted many of the state’s remaining coronavirus restrictions. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the lift will roll back requirements that called for restaurants to mandate social distancing and end safety guidelines for gyms, movie theaters, barbershops, and many …

Senator Tim Scott is defending himself against the racist responses he’s receiving from some Democrats following his rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s first address. According to the New York Post, the South Carolina Senator is blasting the left for having “nothing to do with ending prejudice.” During his interview with …

A California professor wasn’t here for her student calling the police “heroes.” In fact, the adjunct professor was placed on leave after berating the 19-year-old student. According to the New York Post, the professor who remains unidentified was teaching her first course ever at Cypress College and was triggered by …

And to say there isn’t racism in America… A Lancaster County, South Carolina fire chief has resigned from his position after posting a troubling message on Facebook to the police, “Stop responding to these Black neighborhoods.” According to Newsweek, former fire chief Francis “Butch” Ghent felt it would be better …

Finally, the weekend is here, and there’s nothing like ending a crazy work week with some laughter from Twitter. Baller Alert promises to give you some good laughs with some Tweets we found pretty amusing. Let’s see if you can relate. saw this in the grocery store parking lot yesterday …

After being shut down for some time now, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and other Smithsonian museums will reopen in May. The NMAAHC and other museums were shut down in 2020 due to the pandemic. The Smithsonian Institution released a statement announcing the reopening of …

Jessica Beauvais, 32, was arraigned on Tuesday in a New York court on vehicular manslaughter charges. Beauvais is accused of drinking and smoking marijuana before causing a fatal car accident along the Long Island Expressway that killed NYPD officer Anastasios Tsakos, a father of two. Authorities say the woman’s blood-alcohol …

On Thursday, Florida Republicans passed an election overhaul bill that will place voting restrictions in the critical battleground state. The bill is another way G.O.P state lawmakers seek to reduce voting access, the New York Times reported. Florida is now the first major swing state won by Donald Trump to …

Authorities discovered more than 90 people inside a Southwest Houston, Texas home on Friday and said that it’s a human smuggling case. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston police responded to the home located on Chessington Drive Thursday evening for a reported kidnapping. They secured a search warrant and returned …

Starting Tuesday, President Joe Biden will restrict travel from India as the country battles its deadly second wave of coronavirus infections. The restriction comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised the President to do so, NBC News reported. The travel ban will not impact American citizens, lawful …

An ancient Egyptian mummy that researchers thought was a male priest turned out to be a woman who was seven months pregnant. X-rays and computer tests revealed the truth of the mummy’s gender, shocking Polish researchers. The discovery of the pregnant mummy makes it the world’s first known case of …

On Thursday, the Billboard Music Award announced its finalists out of 113 nominated artists. The nominations ranged from AC/DC to Young Thug, and the chosen artists from the list of nominations won’t be revealed until May 23. The Billboards have given us a good list of contenders. Among the finalist …

The Morehouse College Speech and Debate team decided to withdraw from the national competition following white debaters racist comments during a tournament on zoom. According to BET, the HBCU competed in the U.S. Universities Debating Championship (USUDC) earlier this month, but due to anti-Black remarks and taunts that came from …

If you don’t like blood, this video might not be for you. Graphic footage has circulated from an attack that left Rockets star Sterling Brown bloody. According to the New York Post, Brown was assaulted outside Miami’s Booby Trap strip club on April 18. He suffered facial lacerations but is …

Tammy Rivera joined Atlanta V-103 radio host Kenny Burns to talk about her new single “Baby Mama” and a few other things, like her daughter Charlie. First things first, her new single, “Baby Mamas.” But before you start to assume that it’s about women, it’s not. The single is actually …

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued murder warrants for four suspects in connection with the death of a missing 37-year-old woman. Rossana Delgado was reported missing earlier this month in Bethlehem, Georgia by her husband on April 16. She was last seen in DeKalb County. Her body was found …

Kanye West is pulling through for the late rapper DMX and his family. The Yeezy mogul has a seven-figure gift for the man’s family, which comes from the custom DMX T-shirt designed by Balenciaga and commissioned by Ye’s brand, a source told TMZ. The shirts went on sale Saturday, the …

School leaders at a Lake County school guardian boasted about doing a “Superman Carry” on a 6-year-old kindergarten student. One employee involved was a dean and the other a school guardian. Both have resigned in lieu of termination. The young boy’s parents now want to know why no local law enforcement …