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If she sometimes seems to prefer animals to people, she may have good reasons. Born in Metairie, Louisiana, to Christian Scientist parents, she moved schools frequently and was, from an early age, a “tomboy” who used comedy to earn acceptance from her peers. Her parents divorced, and her mom then …

Gerald Wilkins, an ex-NBA player and younger brother of NBA legend Dominique Wilkins, allegedly punched a woman and a man at an Atlanta gas station at around 3 am and was arrested on Tuesday (August 18). According to TMZ, the former New York Knicks player faces three criminal charges, including …

Donald Trump and his sister Maryanne Trump BarryPhoto: ED Jones/AFP (Getty Images) Everybody knows that Donald Trump is a vile human being. Anyone who pretends they don’t is lying, like the many GOP politicians who called him trash before he got elected and then completely pivoted to pretending he is …

Photo illustration by Miki Lowe Being called a “domestic poet”—a chronicler of home life, of small, private matters—never sat well with Mona Van Duyn. The first female poet laureate, Van Duyn did write about love and marriage, but she was quick to push back against reductive labels. “It is a …

Mostly known for his work as the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Huey P. Newton’s life ended in a tragic death when he was shot and killed in Oakland, California, on Aug. 22, 1989.  The social activist was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on Feb. 17, 1942. When …

Until Freedom co-founder Tamika MalloryPhoto: Phillip Faraone (Getty Images) As Until Freedom’s BreonnaCon began underway in Louisville yesterday, so did the chatter on social media about the appropriateness of the event—and more specifically the use of the deceased 26-year-old’s name as a portmanteau to promote planned activities “Bre-B-Q.” Much of …

Read: The missing piece in Biden’s convention speech The other group is the participants—elected officials, staffers, volunteers, hangers-on, those already famous and those getting their start. People who go to conventions go precisely because of their messy spectacle and sprawl. What we love about conventions we would have loved if …

A Detroit police officer has sparked outrage for ruthlessly shooting a dog in the face, despite the pet being fenced in on private property. The horrific incident occured when the cop, whose identity is not known, lost control of his own K9. Video of the encounter has gone viral, prompting …

Photo: Roy Rochlin (Getty Images), Jason Merritt (Getty Images) Dreams do come true, and we very likely will get to see a 2020 version of “The Boy Is Mine” duet, because it is now official: Brandy and Monica will be facing-off in the next Verzuz on August 31. The two …

This much-needed support was working. “By and large, the CARES Act, between the [$1,200] economic-impact payments and the unemployment [supplement], in particular at the family level, did a lot of heavy lifting toward keeping material hardship and poverty at bay,” Beth Mattingly, an assistant vice president in regional and community …