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Elk Grove Police Department officer Bryan Schmidt caught on camera kicking robbery suspect Juan Mendoza on June 5, 2019.Photo: screengrab (YouTube) Elk Grove, California police officer Bryan Schmidt has been fired for using “excessive force” on a suspect last June while responding to a 911 call. The Sacramento-area’s police department …
Read More »Meghan and Harry Overplayed Their Hand
And when the time was right—when divorce was imminent—she used emotion to sway the public to her side. She told every secret thing, first to Andrew Morton, for his biography Diana: Her True Story, and then to Martin Bashir for his famous BBC interview. She described her “rampant bulimia,” her …
Read More »Beyoncé And Adidas Will Be Dropping More Ivy Park Gear
Beyoncé and her popular Ivy Park collaboration with Adidas apparently has more swag on the way. Earlier this year, the Grammy Award-winning singer and the German clothing company released several pieces from the Ivy Park collection. On Wednesday (March 11), according to CNN, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted spoke to investors …
Read More »Not Too Peachy Keen: Georgia Reschedules Presidential Primary Voting to May 19 Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Photo: Jessica McGowan (Getty Images) #DatRona got us all @#$%-ed up. Things in The Peach State aren’t too peachy keen when it comes to voting this spring. On Saturday, Georgia state elections officials postponed next week’s presidential primary because of the coronavirus pandemic — becoming the second state forced to …
Read More »Friendships in the Age of Quarantine
Read: What you need to know about the coronavirus Staff members and evacuees who spent time at Travis described a period of friendly confinement, with intervals of normalcy, extreme boredom, and surreal reminders of the invisible danger. What those conversations also revealed was a sense of solidarity and affection among …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: 5 Things To Know About 'OPEN'
Tonight, BET’s latest erotic-romance, OPEN, premieres on our TV screens! OPEN is a BET romantic drama starring actors Essence Atkins and Keith Robinson. In the film, Robinson plays “Cameron,” husband to “Wren” (played by Atkins) of nearly 10 years. The film portrays the lives of a wife and husband who …
Read More »Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Donald Trump's Plan to Kick Nearly One Million Americans Off of Food Stamps
President Donald Trump eating with members of the military in a dining facility during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.Photo: Alex Brandon (Associated Press) The Meglomaniac-In-Chief ’s continuous war on the poor has hit a snag. In his quest to Make American …
Read More »Deep Clean, Then Clean Again
Read: The dos and don’ts of ‘social distancing’ “A lot of calls they’re getting are fear-driven,” says Norris Gearhart, a consultant for the industry. He adds that uncertainty about the virus is a big part of it. We don’t know exactly how many people are infected, because of the lack …
Read More »Angela Bassett Surprised 4-Year-Old Who Called Herself Ugly
The video of a four-year-old Black girl named Ariyonna who was seen saying “I’m so ugly” on Facebook Live broke many hearts. Fortunately, she got plenty of love from across the internet, including celebrities like former First Lady Michelle Obama, Viola Davis, Jada Pinkett Smith and many more. The latest …
Read More »Woman Allegedly Steals Car and Tells Cops She's Beyoncé. No One Needed a Maury DNA Test to Determine THAT Was a Lie
Screenshot: KTSM (YouTube) Who among us has never told a little lie to get ourselves out of trouble? The rule of thumb, though: make your lie appear plausible. In today’s “Now, sis” news, KTSM reports that a Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly stealing a …
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