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ABC News (NEW YORK) — The video game industry is one of the most lucrative tech sectors in the world, bringing in $159.3 billion globally, according to the International Trade Administration. But not everyone is getting a piece of that pot. Only 4% of game creators identify as Black, according to a study by the International […]

Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) — Two fatalities were reported after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed onto an Alabama highway Wednesday afternoon, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News. The crash occurred on Highway 53 near the intersection of Burrell Road in Madison County, near the Alabama-Tennessee border, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The […]

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Black education activist slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ move to ban AP African American studies from the state’s high schools and warned that the move could erase key historical lessons from the classroom. “It’s going to hurt Black communities and it’s going to hurt those students who would take […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — For the first time in history, Black mayors are leading America’s four largest cities. ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl recently sat down with three of them — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner — in Washington, D.C., on the […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WINDSOR, Va.) — A traffic stop drew outrage around the country when two Windsor, Virginia, police officers pulled over an Afro-Latino U.S. Army veteran in December 2020. Guns drawn, they pepper sprayed him and allegedly assaulted him. Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker pulled over 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario while he was […]