Celebrities across Hollywood are coming to Megan Thee Stallion’s defense after she shed more light this week on her July shooting. During an Instagram Live stream on Thursday, “WAP” rapper Stallion publicly accused Canadian rapper Tory Lanez of shooting her in the feet — adding more details to her original account of the July incident. […]
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#Election2020: Joe Biden makes his appeal to young voters
Joe Biden struggled to gain youth support during the Democratic primary. So when he made a nod to young people and their activism during his speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination on Thursday, it was notable. “One of the most powerful voices we hear in the country today is from our young people. They’re speaking […]
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Schools, colleges debate course as Georgia virus cases fall
A Georgia school district that had switched to all-online classes abruptly reversed course on Friday for most of its schools, while officials at one state university nervously eyed rising numbers of COVID-19 infections among students. The number of new coronavirus infections and patients hospitalized with the respiratory illness continued to fall, but newly reported deaths […]
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West Virginia: Kanye West short on ballot signatures
West Virginia’s secretary of state says rapper Kanye West’s bid to get on the ballot for president came up short on qualified signatures. Secretary of State Mac Warner’s office told media outlets Friday that West needed 7,144 signatures from registered voters in West Virginia. West submitted 15,000 signatures, but only 13,865 were legible, and only […]
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#Election2020: Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’
Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president” wrong. Was it “Mika Pints?” or “Paints?” Or maybe “Ponce,” Yang suggested. “Oh, some kind of weird foreign name?” Louis-Dreyfus asked. “Yeah, not very American sounding,” Yang […]
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[VIDEO] Heavyweights Live: NBA Draft Lottery Reaction
Anfernee, Macy, Itoro and Symone are back talking about the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery and it was live! AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
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Keisha Lance Bottoms highlights John Lewis’s legacy on final day of DNC
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms helped the Democratic Party pay respects to civil rights icon and former U.S. Representative John Lewis during the final night of their virtual convention. “We have gathered in our streets to demand change. And now, we must pass on the gift John Lewis sacrificed to give us. We must register […]
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Biden vows to defeat Trump, end US ‘season of darkness’
Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a vow to be a unifying “ally of the light” who would move an America in crisis past the chaos of President Donald Trump’s tenure. In his strongest remarks of the campaign, Biden spoke both of returning the United States to its traditional leadership role […]
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#Election2020: At home and in US, Jamaicans celebrate Kamala Harris’ VP nod
Residents of this small town in the farming country of northern Jamaica watched elated Wednesday night as Kamala Harris, daughter of one of the many Orange Hill residents who emigrated to the U.S., accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president. “This is a proud moment for us as knowing that she is family. She’s making […]
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As nation celebrates Black Business Month, entrepreneurs launch 100-percent Black-owned equity crowdfunding platform
As the nation celebrates Black Business Month, a group of entrepreneurs has launched a 100-percent black-owned equity crowdfunding platform, The 10K Project that is setting out to fund black businesses and bridge the black wealth gap. As part of a national movement, the 10K Project allows micro investors to join for $100 and have the […]
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Trump pledges to send ‘sheriffs’ and ‘law enforcement’ to polling places on Election Day
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would send law enforcement officials to polling locations to guard against voter fraud in November’s election, although it’s not clear he has the authority to do so. “We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, US attorneys, and […]
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on voting in 2020: If you aren’t voting, ‘then you’re complicit’
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, spoke on the importance of voting during an event with Michelle Obama’s voter registration organization Thursday, saying that if you don’t vote, “then you’re complicit.” “I think we are obviously faced with a lot of problems in our world right now both in the physical world and in the digital world, […]
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DeJoy: Delivering ballots on time ‘No. 1 priority’ between now and Election Day
Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy argued during a high-profile Senate hearing Friday that the Postal Service is up to the task of handling election mail delivery, a reassurance that comes as Democrats raise the alarm over Postal Service operations in the run-up to the presidential election. “As we head into the election season, I want […]
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Dr. Besser: The pandemic shows America can’t afford its dysfunctional health insurance system
For many of the nearly 28 million Americans without health insurance, complying with the CDC guidelines to stay home and in touch with a doctor when Covid-19 symptoms are present is an impossibility. As acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, I learned that the […]
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Cincinnati Reds suspend broadcaster Thom Brennaman after he uttered anti-gay slur on air
The Cincinnati Reds have announced the suspension of a broadcaster after he uttered an anti-gay slur on the air Wednesday. Play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman could be heard saying on the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast, “One of the f*g capitals of the world,” before then resuming his on-air duties. It’s unknown what led to that remark […]