Tag: NEW YORK

As New York Fashion Week ends, Black designers made sure our influence was felt from the runway to the front row. Familiar heavyweights like LaQuan Smith and Sergio Hudson showcased their latest looks for the Spring/Summer 2027 season, alongside rising stars, including Rachel Scott's Diotima, Keith Herron's Advisry and Jakarie Whitaker's Hikari no Yami.

Fashion lovers, get in formation; New York Fashion Week is officially underway. From Sept. 10 – 15, designers, including LaQuan Smith, Sergio Hudson, Christian Siriano and Diane von Furstenberg, will show off their newest collections for Spring/Summer 2027. And where there is fabulous fashion, you can almost guarantee stylish stars will follow.

He brought the Fix Your Face Tour to Radio City Music Hall in New York, one of the most legendary rooms in the world. Sax in hand, first headlining run in almost three years, and a crowd that showed up for every second of it. The tour's still rolling, catch a date near you.

Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old woman from New York City who disappeared while visiting Las Vegas, has been found dead, bringing a heartbreaking end to the search for her. Her family stated their hearts are broken after being notified of her death. Authorities are now investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. Goods had traveled to Las Vegas to visit a longtime friend but left to catch a bus to a nearby CVS on August 8 and never returned.

Before Zohran Kwame Mamdani stepped into New York City Hall to become the city's youngest mayor in over 40 years, his namesake, Kwame Nkrumah, was actively dismantling British colonial rule in Ghana in the 1950s. The Ghanaian revolutionary spent a decade in the United States and the United Kingdom working alongside political icons like W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey to host anti-colonial summits before becoming Ghana's first president.

French Montana gave a 59-year-old cab driver named Noureddine Bitat a $75,000 check to help cover living expenses after his taxi was destroyed during Knicks celebrations. French revealed this on CBS Mornings, explaining that Noureddine was so traumatized he no longer wants to drive a taxi. The story resonated deeply with French because his own father immigrated to America and drove a cab. A GoFundMe campaign has already surpassed the $75,000 goal.