‘Abbott Elementary’ leads TV competition for 28th annual Critics Choice Awards
ABC/Gilles MingassonABC’s Emmy-winning Abbott Elementary led the class in the just-announced nominees in the television category of the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards.
Quinta Brunson’s comedy nabbed six nominations, including Best Comedy Series and…
Seventeen workers arrested at sit-in as University of California strike enters fourth week
ftwitty/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Seventeen academic workers on strike were arrested at a University of California administrative office in Sacramento, as a system-wide worker strike across all 10 campuses enters its fourth week.
The arrests…
“Whoopi, I’m ready”: Keke Palmer is down for ‘Sister Act 3’
NBC/Will HeathWhen Whoopi Goldberg recently mentioned she’d love a third Sister Act film to star Keke Palmer — as well as Lizzo and Nicki Minaj — Keke was listening.
In a conversation with the Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope podcast, the recent SNL ho…
Jan. 6 officers awarded Congressional Gold Medals; some family seem to snub Republican leaders
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Top lawmakers on Tuesday presented police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals — the highest honor that Congress can bestow — nearly two years after the attack.
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Firearm deaths among Black men at 28-year high, doctors are taking steps to reframe gun violence as one of America’s major health crisis
DBenitostock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — There’s been a substantial increase in firearm-related deaths in the United States over the past three decades and Black men are the most affected, according to new research from a team of emergency room doctors. …
Jan. 6 committee ‘will probably make’ criminal referrals related to Capitol attack, Thompson says
Omar Chatriwala/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, indicated on Tuesday that criminal referrals related to the Capitol attack were under discussion but that final decisions — including on specific …
Georgia Senate runoff live updates: Warnock celebrates win, Walker admits defeat
YinYang/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Georgia’s Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker came to a close on Tuesday, with Warnock projected by ABC News to defeat Walker, after more than a year of c…
End of an era at Boeing: Final 747 to roll out in Everett
For over 50 years, she’s been the Queen of the Skies. Now Boeing says the last-ever 747 will roll off the Everett assembly line Tuesday night. It’s a cargo version bound for New York-based Atlas Air. Korean
Former correctional officer sentenced after assisting white supremacist assault on Black detainees: DOJ
Olena Ruban/Getty Images(KAY COUNTY, Okla.) — A former supervisory correctional officer in Oklahoma was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for “abusing his position of power and authority to … facilitate an attack carried out by white supremacis…
Quinta Brunson discusses ‘Abbott Elementary”s success in ‘Cosmopolitan”s Party Issue
Danny Kasirye for CosmopolitanIt’s been nearly a year since Abbott Elementary premiered and the show’s seen much success, earning social media praise and three Emmy awards. As the cover star of Cosmopolitan’s Party Issue, show creator Quinta Brunson di…