Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

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Two men pleaded guilty to the 2022 fatal shooting of Timothy Parker in East Harlem, as announced by the Manhattan D.A.

The Baltimore Orioles today announced that MARK FINE will join the organization as the Chief Marketing Officer, and KAMAAL JONES as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Fine will lead the ...

The National Cathedral of Ghana, a $400 million building in Accra that is being designed by architect David Adjaye's firm, ...

MLK Day events across New York City were overshadowed Monday by the absence of Mayor Eric Adams, who decided overnight to ...

Elected and faith leaders called out Mayor Eric Adams for not standing alongside citizens during the MLK Day of Service event ...

Fans of all ages attended the team’s 2025 World Tour stop at Tech CU Arena for a pair of shows against their longtime rivals, ...

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, organizations in the Rockford area honored the life, work, and legacy of the late civil ...

Eric Adams vehemently denied that he traveled to President Donald Trump's inauguration to obtain a pardon in his corruption case.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and ...