The Springfield Police Department is asking for help identifying a woman who they said committed retail theft. The theft happened on June 16 at the JCPenney at 1201 South Dirksen Parkway. Springfield ...

Welcome to It’s Textured, a column where we untangle the joy, trauma, confusion, and frustration that can come with Black ...

The White House said President Donald Trump fired the first Black woman to run the Library of Congress over his concerns about her focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Trump had longtime ...

New York City Council Member Althea Stevens held a celebration honoring African American women in the Bronx community on Sunday, March 23, at Bronx Music Hall, located at 438 E. 163rd St. Known as the ...

Here are 37 additional pictures of Black women who bring life to the celestial shade. It gets no better than Cardi B in a royal blue Gaurav Gupta gown at the 65th GRAMMY Awards in 2018.

a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head. Sangamon County Coroner ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala ...

4 draft pick to the Los Angeles Sparks. The University of Tennessee’s starring forward continued, saying “and with it being big name Black women who are advocating for us each and every day ...

Men’s and women’s basketball has a sizable number of Black athletes and it’s important, as Ivey said, for players to see people who look like them as head coaches throughout the sport.

In the U.S., Black adult women are six times more likely to be killed than their white counterparts, troubling new data reveals. A paper published Thursday in The Lancet medical journal analyzed ...