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Protesters and police clashed in Lafayette, Louisiana a day after police fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, outside a convenience store.On Saturday night, protesters blocked traf...

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.”When it seems li...

Kamala Harris has responded to a racist birther conspiracy theory promoted by Donald Trump which falsely claims she is not eligible to serve in the White House, telling a prominent black-oriented medi...

“Can’t Stop Watching” is back. In the latest episode of The Times’ TV podcast, host and staff writer Yvonne Villarreal asks “black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, an E...

Larry Demery, one of two men serving life prison for murdering NBA star Michael Jordan's father in 1993, will be released in three years, state officials announced Tuesday.Demery was sentenced in 1996...

Read full story here LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Last week, Gov. Hutchinson announced a state-wide mandate for the state of Arkansas. The mask mandate will take effect on Monday, July 20.The governor sai...

(CNN)James Charles Evers, the older brother of civil rights icon Medgar Evers, died in Mississippi Wednesday morning of natural causes, Rankin County Coroner David Ruth told CNN. He was 97.Known to ma...

Comedian and actor D.L. Hughley says he’s doing well after testing positive for coronavirus in late June.Hughley got tested after he collapsed on stage while performing in Nashville, Tenn., desp...

It was an amazing 33rd birthday for GRAMMY and Stellar Award-winning gospel singer Kierra Sheard who celebrated another year of life and got engaged to her "dream" man on Saturday June 20, 2020."I can...

Read original story hereVIA KARK.COM News – LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- Starting May 11, restaurants in the state were able to open to customers for limited dine-in services.Here's a list of restaurants ...