A pathologist’s controversial ruling that Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old Philadelphia woman whose death by 20 stab wounds was a suicide, will receive a new review after Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments from her parents and their attorney. The family learned the court had agreed to hear their case on Tuesday, Greenberg’s mother, Sandee...
Presumptive Democratic nominee for president Vice President Kamala Harris will be rallying in Philadelphia next week with her highly anticipated running mate pick. Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Monday. On Tuesday, Aug. 6, Harris will hold her first rally with her VP pick in Philadelphia during the campaign’s four-day, battleground state...
A Philadelphia mother’s loss of two of her children, who drowned in a pool over Memorial Day weekend, highlights the danger of breath-holding games in the water – even when played by children who are typically strong swimmers. Early last month, Brittney McWhite made the decision to pull 14-year-old Wadale and 11-year-old London Marie off...
A mass shooting of nine people in West Philadelphia early Sunday morning has resulted in three deaths, police confirmed. The shooting, possibly at a block party with more than 100 people, happened just after 2 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Alden Street. Some of the shooting victims were taken by police to the...
A woman accused of opening fire on a baby and his parentsat point-blank range, striking the child in the leg, in a shocking caught-on-camera incident has been arrested, with police saying the terrifying incident stemmed from an outstanding $100 drug debt. The woman, Dominique Billups, 28, was arrested Friday hours after police posted a spine-chilling...
President Biden in a recent interview addressed Black voters‘ “disenchantment” with his re-election bid. Biden recently sat down for an interview with BET’s Ed Gordon in Las Vegas, which is scheduled to air in full Wednesday night. In the third and final clip teased on Wednesday morning during “CBS Mornings,” Gordan described a “disenchantment” felt...
Several conservative entities expressed outrage on Friday after news broke that Amber Rose, the model and TV personality and ex-girlfriend of Kanye West, would be speaking at the Republican National Convention (RNC). Critics called out the GOP for giving such prominence to Rose, a rapper and model who also wrote “How to Be a Bad...
The family of slain Temple University police officer Chris Fitzgerald on Wednesday called for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s recall after he rejected use of the death penalty for the suspect in Fitzgerald’s murder. Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old husband and father of five, had been trying to stop teenagers dressed in black from committing a carjacking...
An artifact that originally belonged to President George Washington recently landed in the hands of a Virginia history enthusiast – and then a museum – all thanks to Goodwill. The piece is currently on display in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Collector Richard “Dana” Moore stumbled across the artifact – which is...
WURD, a Philadelphia-based Black-owned radio station, has parted ways with its host after she revealed that the White House provided her with a list of pre-determined questions prior to her interview with President Biden last week. Andrea Lawful-Sanders admitted during a CNN interview Saturday that Biden’s team sent her eight questions to ask ahead of...
