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Donovan Lynch, Pharrell Williams’ 25-year-old cousin, was shot and killed by Virginia Beach Police on March 27. His death has now been ruled a homicide. According to the autopsy exclusively obtained by the New York Post, “Lynch’s death was a homicide, no criminal charges have been filed in the case …

Grambling State University has its second female drum major after nearly 70 years.  Candace Hawthorne, a senior from Dallas, is among three drum majors in the school’s World Famed Tiger Marching Band, the university said in a release. Hawthorne is the first female drum major since Velma Patricia Patterson, who …

A tear streams down the cheek of Nakia Porter during a news conference to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit she has brought against two Solano County Sheriff’s deputies, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.Photo: Rich Pedroncelli (AP) Nakia Porter, a 33-year-old software engineer, is suing the Solano …

Peter van Agtmael / Magnum As a pastor, I have loved and ministered to many members of my church who have suffered grievous hurt in war. Some have suffered visible injuries to the body; others cannot be seen but are serious injuries to the mind and soul. Moral injury is …

Testimony has begun in R. Kelly’s federal trial. In her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Melendez labeled the disgraced R&B singer a “predator,” telling the jury that he was “a man who used his fame, popularity and the individuals at his disposal to target and groom girls, boys and …

Reuters – Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care on Tuesday as search and rescue efforts resumed after a tropical storm lashed the Caribbean nation with rain, causing dangerous flooding. Quake damage to several major hospitals hampered humanitarian efforts, and …

Me (Moth), Redemptor, Sometimes I Trip Over How Happy We Could BeImage: Feiwel & Friends, Amulet Books, Grand Central Publishing There’s a literary genre kicking all other genre’s asses and taking over the literary world and TikTok—and I bet you know what it is. It’s young adult (also known as …

Annette follows a comedian and an opera singer who are raising a puppet child. Oh, and it’s also a musical. Amazon Studios Annette, the fragile child at the heart of the director Leos Carax’s new film, is a perfect avatar for a work that can drift from odd to distressing …

A clip from Kevin Hart’s new Peacock series Hart to Heart went viral after people interpreted the comedian throwing some shade toward Don Cheadle over his age. However, the Oscar nominee has explained, it’s all love. Responding to a user who called Cheadle an “ass,” the Hollywood legend responded with, …

A white man has been sentenced to prison after he terrorized a Black family who had displayed a Black Lives Matter sign in their window. According to Macomb Daily, a white man who was a neighbor to a Black Michigan family, harassed the family when he slashed tires on one …