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Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge in Miami and he is now facing a decade behind bars. According to NBC, the 38-year-old “pled guilty to illegally possessing a loaded .45-caliber handgun while traveling to South Florida on a private plane last Christmas season.” He told the …

Inspiring graduation photos of a single mother with her five children have been going viral on social media. Iesha Champs, who will receive her law degree in May, says she owes her success to her children. Iesha Champs, who is now 33-years old, dreamt of being a lawyer since she …

Photo: Hadrian (Shutterstock) Dr. Cleavon Gilman, an emergency-medicine physician who has been outspoken about the dire conditions in American hospitals due to the coronavirus pandemic, says he was barred from returning to work at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona after tweeting about shortages in hospital beds last month. According …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after  time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, the …

Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis and Constanza Romero, widow of writer August Wilson, are slated to talk with Tracy Smith this Sunday (December 13) on CBS Sunday Morning about the upcoming film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and bringing famed playwright’s plays to the screen. The Tony Award and …

The Food and Drug Administration has told Pfizer it intends “to proceed towards an authorization” of its coronavirus vaccine. The news comes a day after an FDA panel recommended emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine. According to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, there are still hurdles to clear but, if everything …

Photo: Yalcin Sonat (Shutterstock) Apparently, the White House chief of staff told the head of the Food and Drug Administration to grant authorization to a coronavirus vaccine by Friday or submit his resignation. I guess they think speeding up the process is totally the move that will build up public …

The year 2020 “has challenged my perception of what a movie is,” our critic David Sims writes. He reflects on 10 standout films from “maybe the strangest year in the medium’s history.” Here are three highlights from his list: 1. Tenet Was Christopher Nolan’s latest film the last theatrical …

Whenever the topic of blackface resurrects back in the news, the talking point from conservatives is typically, “What about White Chicks!” The 2004 comedy blockbuster, starring brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, features their characters going undercover as white women to solve a crime. Shawn has had enough of the insincere …

Former Democratic presidential nominee Andrew Yang may have plans to run for New York City mayor. The New York Times reported on Dec. 11 that Yang is planning to announce his intention next week. It was also reported that Yang is planning meetings with city leaders. City Council Speaker Corey …