Journalist Rula Jebreal made the comments about Jeffries while appearing on Wajahat Ali’s “The Left Hook” podcast.
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Melissa Payne, an African American woman who fatally shot a white retired Army veteran during a confrontation in a Walmart parking lot, will not face criminal charges after prosecutors determined that she was legally protected by the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law. She shot 62-year-old Bart Diguglielmo on June 30 outside a Walmart in North Lauderdale, Florida. Prosecutors have now concluded that she acted in self-defense and is immune from prosecution.
The United States deported more than 160 people to Cap-Haïtien, Haiti Thursday, marking the first flight since the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians was finalized by federal courts.
The August Primary election results launched the battle for the Governor’s mansion between David Jolly, the Democrat and Republican Byron Donalds. Donalds spent over $55 million on the primary only to end up doing poorly with 53% of Republicans voting against him. And most of those votes were cast for his White opponents in MAGA rich rural counties. “Talk about saying the quiet part out loud. The Republicans don’t like Byron Donalds and we know why. All the money in the world won’t change that,” said Stephanie Seawright a healthcare administrator. Seawright is among the growing number of Black women who believes David Jolly will bring affordable living back to Florida and end the oppressive policies that have hurt Black families
Broward County’s first Black county administrator, former Fort Lauderdale city manager, and founding leader of NFBPA leaves a legacy of public service, mentorship, and opportunity
“The transitioning of our community mother, our matriarch, has created a void that will be extremely difficult to fill. She touched so many lives from the cradle to centenarians. She was the epitome of what sisterhood; motherhood and a community servant should look like.”
The U.S. Navy is considering changing the name of an aircraft carrier that was set to honor Black World War II hero Doris Miller. Internal discussions have reportedly included renaming the carrier after President Donald Trump.
What began as an effort by the Broward College Board of Trustees to remove President Torey Alston has ended with a $430,000 settlement agreement, the dismissal of Alston’s lawsuit and internal complaint, mutual releases of potential claims and growing questions within Broward County’s Black community about the treatment of Black leadership.
Although Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon’s ties with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) appear limited, the Republican Party of Florida appears determined to use that association to paint her as unelectable.
Sixteen BCPS high schools have been ranked among the top 26% of schools in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026/27 Best High Schools rankings. Four — Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy, Pompano Beach High School, William T. McFatter Technical High School and Cypress Bay High School — landed within the top 5% nationally.