The same day video was released of a Black man in Georgia getting shot and killed by two white men in broad daylight while he was out jogging, Reagan Gomez learned her husband had a frightening encounter with police on his way home from work. In a series of tweets, …
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Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas had a wild run-in with his wife last month which involved her pointing a loaded gun to his head and her getting arrested. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the domestic altercation occurred on April 13th at an Austin, Texas AirBnB after Nina …
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Experts say yes to the first question, “but cautiously, while maintaining social distance,” Joe writes—and preferably outdoors. That means no hugs. “There are so many friends I would love to hug right now, but it’s a no,” a public-health professor said. Can I drive or fly to other cities? “If …
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Ashley “Ms. Minnie” Ross, the 34-year-old star of Lifetime’s Little Women: Atlanta was driving a car that went into the opposite lane on the road in South Fulton, Georgia on April 27 when it collided with a car in oncoming traffic. TMZ reports that while traveling southbound, her steering wheel …
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A police officer in Birmingham, Alabama is under investigation after video footage surfaced showing him body-slamming a Walmart customer for allegedly refusing to wear a face mask. According to AL.com, the incident happened Tuesday night (May 6) while the off-duty cop was moonlighting as a security guard at a …
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Black women have had to become experts at wearing different masks; developing one persona during working hours contrasted by another persona once comfortably in the confines of safe, Black spaces. In the documentary film, Gloves Off, co-directors Nadine Natour and Ugonna Okpalaoka explore a new shift in the art of …
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Trevor Noah says frustration over having to wear facemasks in public and the resistance to doing what medical professions recommend is ridiculous and that the alternative is much worse. The comedian and Daily Social Distancing Show host said in his opening monologue on May 5 that the facemasks are part …
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A Memphis teen is making headlines after she was shot and killed over the weekend in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant just weeks before she was supposed to graduate high school. 18-year-old Mya Taylor was shot to death at the McDonald’s on Winchester Road and Millbranch Road in …
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I have to admit, for nearly two months I have been skeptical about the lack of reporting on black lives beyond stories about the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on black communities. In deep thought and during conversations with others, I have posed questions about the oddity of not hearing …
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Actress Zoë Kravitz said that she once considered dropping the last name of her rocker dad, Lenny before she started her career, PEOPLE reports. “I thought about not using it,” she said . “I thought about just going by my middle name, Isabella, Zoë Isabella, and I kind of tried …
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