Carl E. “Chucky” Thompson, best known for his Hip Hop and R&B production for Bad Boy’s Hitmen crew, has died. He was 53. It isn’t immediately clear how Thompson passed away. However legendary radio DJ Donnie Simpson tweeted it was due to complications from COVID-19. On Monday afternoon (August 9), …
Read More »U.S. Judge Questions If Rising COVID-19 Cases Should Impact CDC Eviction Ban
Reuters – A U.S. judge on Monday questioned lawyers for the Biden administration and landlords challenging a new eviction moratorium put in place last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich asked lawyers about the spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. …
Read More »Mic Drop: Well, Well, Well, It Seems Like Living Room Dance Parties Are Back and Here to Stay
Jenevieve – “Résumé”Screenshot: YouTube Do you remember the middle of last winter ,when we all blasted music as loud as we could and reveled in our living room dance parties? (Oh, was that just me?) Well, they’re back and better than ever with Miss Rona rearing her head again and …
Read More »What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
This article was published online on August 9, 2021. When Bobby McIlvaine died on September 11, 2001, his desk at home was a study in plate tectonics, coated in shifting piles of leather-bound diaries and yellow legal pads. He’d kept the diaries since he was a teenager, and they were …
Read More »Atlanta Cop Fired After Brutality Video Goes Viral
A Black Atlanta police officer was fired this week after an internal investigation into a viral video of a sergeant kicking a handcuffed woman in the head, according to a press release. Sgt. Marc Theodule, who had been with the department since 2009, was fired after the Office of Professional …
Read More »U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Continues Rarely Reported Dominance Worth Seven Straight Gold Medals
The stories surrounding female athletes in this summer’s games have largely been centered on the gymnastics, soccer and track Olympic teams, however another team continued to just win. The U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball team won its seventh straight goal medal defeating China 90-75 Sunday. The streak ties the longest Gold …
Read More »Rand Paul Continues Spread Propaganda About COVID-19 Mandates
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) walks through the Senate subway ahead of a vote in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the House impeached Trump last year, the Senate voted today to acquit the President on two articles of impeachment as …
Read More »“Twenty Years Gone”
For The Atlantic’s September issue, staff writer Jennifer Senior recounts one family’s heartbreaking loss in the 9/11 attacks, and their struggle to move on On the morning of September 11, 2001, a charming, ambitious young man named Bobby McIlvaine attended a conference in the World Trade Center. Like thousands of …
Read More »Coco Austin Reveals That She Still Breastfeeds Her Daughter
How old is too old for a child to be breastfed? That’s the question some are posing after Coco Austin went viral for sharing that she still breastfeeds the 5-year-old daughter she shares with rapper and actor Ice-T. “Chanel still likes my boobs,” the 42-year-old mother shared in a video while chatting with Us Weekly. “It’s …
Read More »Two Elderly Men Die After Botched LAPD Fireworks Detonation, Family Says Blast Is to Blame
According to KABC, two families have stated that the LAPD performed a botched detonation of fireworks in a South Los Angeles neighborhood on June 30 that contributed to the deaths of family members. The families of two elderly men who both died last month following the botched fireworks explosion have …
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