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The FBI arrested a Jan. 6 insurrectionist after he admitted to participating in the attack to his Uber driver. The interaction was caught on video through the driver’s dashcam which was turned over to police, reported NBC News. The rider, Jerry Daniel Braun, was arrested in California and is facing …
Read More »Two Nights in the Brooklyn Arm-Wrestling Scene
Sign up for Kaitlyn and Lizzie’s newsletter here. Lizzie: Despite not being very good at most things, I’m really competitive. I’m not talking about professional sports, because those have nothing to do with me. I’m talking about real-people athletics like mini golf, or Monopoly, or betting someone $10 that the …
Read More »Roderick ‘Pooh’ Clark of ’90s R&B Boy Band Hi-Five Passes Away At 49
Roderick “Pooh” Clark, an original member of the ’90s R&B quintet Hi-Five, has died at 49. According to TMZ, Clark had been in and out of the hospital while battling pneumonia over the last two weeks. On Sunday, April 18, the singer succumbed to complications from pneumonia and an infection …
Read More »The Evolution of Michelle Obama
Photo: 52nd NAACP Image Awards/BET / Contributor (Getty Images) I’m not going to lie, I’m not totally ready to let go of Michelle Obama as America’s first lady (no offense, Dr. Biden). The epitome of grace and class, she commands every room she enters and looks amazing while doing it. …
Read More »Chasing the King of Kowloon
The mood was one of eager anticipation when, four years behind schedule, Hong Kong finally unveiled its multimillion-dollar M+ art museum in November 2021. As the docents swung open the gallery’s entrance, they revealed the very first piece in the exhibition: a pair of wooden doors daubed with misshapen, messy …
Read More »Social Media And Lifestyle Gamechanger Maui Bigelow To Celebrate Female Tastemakers With Ninth Annual Life Styled Honors
Social media maven, influencer, boss and founder of PHAT Girl Fresh, Maui Bigelow, is taking over Atlanta for five days with upscale events throughout the city. The ninth annual Life Styled Honors is a “world-renowned celebration of style, community, beauty and brilliance,” and its game-changing master of ceremony plans to …
Read More »Brooklyn's New Black-Owned LGBTQ Club Is a Safehaven
Owners of Lambda Vodka, Lambda Lounge and Club Lambda BrooklynScreenshot: Courtesy of Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon New York is getting another Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar in late April. Owners and couple Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon are opening Club Lambda Brooklyn in April 28th. The lounge is an expansion of …
Read More »How Diverse Democracies Can Protect Their Citizens
Sometime in late 2017 or early 2018, Saif Ali Khan, a 22-year-old fruit vendor who made his living in the markets of Bikaner, in northwest India, met a young woman who lived in a nearby neighborhood. They fell in love and resolved to get married. Then the family of the …
Read More »Daymond John Details How His Mom Became FUBU’s First Investor
It’s no secret how FUBU clothing founder Daymond John turned the brand from underground to mainstream, but what may be a bit less known is how much his mother helped. John took advantage of a recent appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast with NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe …
Read More »40,000 Student Loans Could Be Immediately Canceled
Photo: Damir Khabirov (Shutterstock) The Biden Administration said on Thursday that it will make changes to how it administers some federal student loan repayments, a move that it says means at least 40,000 borrowers will have their debt canceled and millions more will be eligible to have their debts relieved …
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