@blackskynews.blacksky.appJack ... called 911 and told the dispatcher that a man had jumped in front of him, and—“Oh my God. I killed him.”
...seeing a black device 20ft from his truck. He realized it was an ankle monitor, smashed and blinking red. | Stephanie McCrummen
@blackskynews.blacksky.appGM Amber Cox and coach Stephanie White both acknowledge that retaining unrestricted free agent Kelsey Mitchell is a top offseason priority for the Indiana Fever.
Mitchell, however, said she will be "selfish" with her decision-making.
| Kareem Copeland
@blackskynews.blacksky.appWNBA's Jordin Canada who hit a crucial 3 over Breanna Stewart, finished with 25 points to lead the Atlanta Dream in a 92-82 win in game one of five over the NY Liberty. #BlackskyNews
@blackskynews.blacksky.appWNBA Game 1 of best of 5 - starters:
LV Aces
Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Jewell Loyd, Brianna Turner and A'ja Wilson.
GS Valkyries
Veronica Burton, Kayla Thornton, Gabby Williams, Kiah Stokes, and Cecilia Zandalasini.
| Callie Finn
@blackskynews.blacksky.appIn August, US Ambassador Leah Campos announced on sm that Kehinde Wiley's painting 'Young Artists After Siamese's 1960 was being swapped out.
On September 24, Wiley sent a letter to POTUS asking to purchase his painting back.
| Hikmat Mohammed
@blackskynews.blacksky.appThe Root starts Spooky Season with some light candycorn slander to get the people going, then drops its list of best Black Halloween movies to reunite the skyline over something it can agree on.
Snacks aside,US creating & starring in scary movies…? 🔥🔥
@blackskynews.blacksky.appThe circumstances surrounding Nolan Wells’ death have striking parallels to historical cases.
We are seeing a resurgence in suspicious deaths of Black American youth in the South and rapid closing of their cases.
Why does this keep happening?
@blackskynews.blacksky.appMayor Mamdani seems to be offering an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. To restore faith in institutions, you must begin from the bottom up, starting with things as simple as potholes.
Politics, as he put it, “has to translate to the pavement.”
@blackskynews.blacksky.app“It’s ... the playbook,” Epstein survivor Jess Michaels said in a survivor rally, “from private corporations to college campuses to government to churches to locker rooms—same silence, same cases, rarely investigated, rarely prosecuted.”
| Emma Cieslik
@blackskynews.blacksky.appA 12-year-old girl was killed and three adults hospitalized due to
a shooting over a parking spot at a youth football game, BPS said.
Police are searching for at least two male suspects in the Oct. 3 Baltimore shooting | Escher Walcott
@blackskynews.blacksky.appThe midterm elections will determine control of both chambers of Congress.
In Mississippi, a U.S. Senate race tops the ticket, which includes contested general elections for all four of the state’s U.S. House districts.
@blackskynews.blacksky.app“I didn’t think this many people would be coming out for a 90 year old man,” Buddy Guy said at his sold-out "Buddy's Got the Blues show. This is the greatest day I ever had in my life.”
| Hillel Italie
mississippitoday.org/2026/10/03/b... Good #BlackskyNews
#Sinners
@blackskynews.blacksky.appNYPD is still seeking two suspects they believe stabbed an off-duty detective seven times during a robbery in his Bronx neighborhood Friday.
The victim is in stable condition and awaiting surgery, his family said.
| Kristie Keleshian, Rob Flaks
@blackskynews.blacksky.appFor the fifth year in a row, NYC DOT is transforming Open Streets, Plazas, and other corridors into engaging, pedestrian-friendly destinations with harvest and Halloween-themed activities during the entire month of October.
#BlackskyNews #SpookySeason
@blackskynews.blacksky.app“My car was surrounded by 20-30 men,” an emotional Susan Smith said in a press conference. “They opened the car doors, took my purse ... took the license plate off the (second) car and pushed it two blocks away,” Smith recounted.
| Shelby Erdman
@blackskynews.blacksky.appOn June 14th, Baby Kohen Wiley was killed by a LEO in a Senatobia Walmart parking lot.
Since then:
- Hunter Foster has been on paid leave
- DPS Commish, Sean Tindell is up for AG
- AG Fitch is up for Governor
- Kohen's Grandma said the family is still in the dark, knowing nothing.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appA Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, with six souls onboard, left Bermuda for Boston before plummeting 12,500 feet in just 3 minutes then vanishing off radar at 1:23 a.m. Saturday.
@blackskhaiku.blacksky.appWhile OG A Different World was shot mainly on an L.A. soundstage, the sequel's exteriors were filmed at the three real-life HBCUs, Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College. The Pitt and the dorms also got updates.
| Delaina Dixon
@blackskynews.blacksky.appMissy Elliott brings home the HBCU Band Battle on October 18th, featuring:
- NSU's “Spartan Legion”
- VSU's “Trojan Explosion”
- ECSU's “Sound of Class”
- Hampton's “Marching Force”
@blackskynews.blacksky.appAccording to Apple, the company will soon release additional controls to "Full Disk Access," which will explicitly ask Mac users if they'd like to grant a third-party access to a specific part of their system. | Matt Binder