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A house in Inkster, Michigan will become a museum and community space dedicated to Malcolm X. He lived at the house in the 1950s and the group Project We Hope, Dream and Believe has worked for 13 years to make the home a landmark. Work is expected to wrap up in 2023. More on this […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A prosecutor has introduced a jury to the sex abuse claims against R&B star R. Kelly, saying the criminal trial is “about a predator” who used his fame to manipulate children and women. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez delivered the opening remarks Wednesday at the long-anticipated federal trial arising from […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 70. A statement from his representative says Thomas died peacefully in his sleep Saturday in New Jersey, where he was a resident of Montclair. The soul-funk band is known for such […]
NEW YORK — CNN has fired three employees for violating its policy that employees must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The firings were revealed Thursday as part of a memo sent by Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia news and sports. CNN did not provide any details about the firings, but Zucker wrote that the […]
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office as reports swirl that charges against him and the company are set to be unsealed Thursday afternoon, according to CNN and The Washington Post. Weisselberg’s surrender comes a day after the Post and The New York Times reported that a New York grand jury had filed charges against Weisselberg […]
Michael Jordan and the Jordan brand revealed they're making a $1 million dollar contribution to Morehouse College.
CHICAGO, IL. — Chicago restaurants opened up this weekend under new city guidance that allows them to have “vaccinated-only” sections. If patrons are vaccinated, there are no restrictions for them. But the unvaccinated will continue to have distanced tables and partitions. At one suburban restaurant, customers have to show proof of their full vaccination to […]
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is throwing her support behind the Black Lives Matter movement and opening up about racism in America. Speaking on CBS This Morning, Mrs. Obama said many Black people still “live in fear,” including her. She discussed her daughters Malia and Sasha and how she worries about assumptions made if they’re […]
A little more hot sauce to the party formally known as the GOP… Former President George W. Bush is adding to his list of problems with the modern Republican Party. He said the GOP won’t win anything if it stands for “White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.” Bush made the comment in a recent podcast interview with The Dispatch. He said he […]
(Get your side-eye ready) Republicans on Capitol Hill are accusing California Congresswoman Maxine Waters of encouraging violence, for some highly-charged comments she made over the weekend. The Los Angeles Democrat spoke to a crowd of protestors in Minnesota who have been following the trial of former Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin. According to the video, […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The suspect who crashed into two U.S. Capitol police officers Friday, killing one and injuring another, is believed to have connections to Indiana and Virginia, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The sources have identified the suspect as Noah Green, 25. Green was shot by police after he crashed into a barricade and struck […]
The IRS says it will soon start sending out refunds to Americans who filed their tax returns without claiming a new break on unemployment benefits due to COVID-19. President Biden’s coronavirus relief package waived the federal tax on unemployment up to ten-thousand-200-dollars. The IRS will start issuing refunds automatically to people that are eligible in […]