Twenty-two years ago Friday, twin bombings rocked the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 224 people were killed in the 1998 attacks claimed by al-Qaeda. 54 were embassy employees or contractors; 12 were American citizens. Thousands, including 139 embassy employees or contractors, were injured. Edith Bartley, Rizwan Khaliq, Ellen Marie Richards…… MORE
Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine is putting up billboards around Louisville, Kentucky, calling for the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor to be arrested and charged. Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot multiple times in March by police forcing their way into her apartment while executing a no-knock warrant. O Magazine is putting up…… MORE
At least 98 individuals under the age of 18 have been shot in Philadelphia since the start of the year, according to data compiled by the Philadelphia Police Department. The data includes at least 11 children under the age of 10. The youngest, a seven-month-old baby boy, died after being shot in the abdomen in…… MORE
Fewer undergraduates will be living on campus at Harvard than expected. About 20% of Harvard’s incoming freshmen have deferred their enrollment, the university said in an email this week. Staff were anticipating a larger number of on-campus residents. Harvard said it plans to have 1,168 first-year students in residence or the Fall 2020 semester, compared…… MORE
A 7-year-old Georgia boy who died of Covid-19 attended a Chatham County church where two elderly members had died after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to county Coroner Bill Wessinger. The African American boy is the youngest victim of the coronavirus in Georgia, according to data compiled by the state health department. State health…… MORE
NFL up-and-comer DeAndre Baker was charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm stemming from an alleged incident in south Florida this spring. Baker, 22, is a cornerback for the New York Giants. He’s accused of stealing cash and watches from four men at a house party in Miramar, Florida, in May, according to…… MORE
Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, has agreed to take an “indefinite leave of absence,” according to a statement Friday from the evangelical Christian university. The leave of absence is effective immediately, the statement said. The school’s board of trustees made the request of Falwell. The board of trustees did not provide a…… MORE
Colorado’s district attorney is launching an investigation into an incident in which Aurora police drew their guns on a Black woman and four minors after mistaking her car for one that had been stolen. DA George Brauchler said in a statement on Friday that he has ordered his office to obtain and review all evidence…… MORE
Video that shows a Black man in apparent medical distress repeatedly telling officers, “I can’t breathe,” days before he died in a hospital was released this week following a North Carolina judge’s order. John Elliott Neville, 56, of Greensboro, also can be heard telling officers, “Let me go!” and “Help me!” and calling out, “Mama!”…… MORE
Eric Prescott Kay, a former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angels’ pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas said on Friday. Skaggs, 27, died on July 1, 2019, in a hotel in…… MORE
