Laura Franklin of Houston turned 103-years-old on Inauguration Day, and said it was the best birthday ever.
Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, has been confirmed by the Senate, making him the first Black U.S. defense secretary.
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved to rename a city street in honor of Botham Jean who was killed in 2018.

A white man who stabbed a Black Army lieutenant to death at a bus stop at the University of Maryland College Park campus was sentenced to...
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has opened a grand jury investigation into the death of Elijah McClain.
39-year-old Carl Dorsey, of South Orange, was fatally shot by Newark police minutes into the new year.
T'wina Nobles, the president and CEO of the Tacoma Urban League, was sworn in as a Washington state senator on Jan. 8, 2021
Miya Ponsetto, the woman who attacked and falsely accused a teen of stealing her cell phone, has been charged with multiple felony counts.

Amiri Baraka, one of the most prominent voices in the Black Arts and Civil Rights movement, died Jan 9, 2014.
The woman who was caught on camera attacking and falsely accusing a teenager of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel was arrested Thursday.