Kianna Underwood, a former Nickelodeon child actress, has been identified as the woman killed in a hit-and-run in Brooklyn.

Leah Betso, raised in Rockland County, works with 9/11 responders dealing with illnesses linked to their work at Ground Zero.

Fati Musah Sexton, 29, was charged with murder for the death of Manhattan resident Shamel Parnell on June 2, cops said. She ...

I discovered I was experiencing hair thinning in the most unexpected (and sort of embarrassing) way. During a visit home to see my folks, I bent down to grab a piece of mail my mom dropped. I heard ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) -The City of Albany celebrated Mary Ann Petty, the first Black female customer service record clerk who later became Director of Administrative Services. Petty started working for ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

The number of Black first-year students at Harvard Law School more than doubled this academic year to 50, the joint-highest enrollment in recent years after 2024’s dip to just 19. The share of Black ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted in a recent interview that the United States will have its first female president “within this next generation.” “Democrats have nominated two ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Honoring the life and legacy of a true Memphis trailblazer, Captain Claudine Penn. People gathered from all across the city to pay their final respects as they laid her to rest at ...

In the U.S. Senate’s 236-year history, only five Black women have ever served. 2025 saw Black women make history in the Senate. It was the first time two Black women — Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of ...

Nike is expanding its performance-focused footwear lineup with the debut of the newest addition to its collection, the First Sight silhouette, launched in a stark and sophisticated “Black” colorway.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Funeral arrangements have been announced for Capt. Claudine Penn, the first Black woman officer at the Memphis Police Department (MPD). Penn began her MPD career in 1963. Ten years ...