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At least one person was killed and several others were injured after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in southern Florida‘s Miami-Dade County early Thursday morning, authorities said. The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue received a call at around 1:30 a.m. local time about a partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in the small, beachside town […]
Continue ReadingJUNE 22, 2021 1:30PM ET Dame Dash Prohibited From Selling Jay-Zâs âReasonable Doubtâ as NFT Following Roc-A-Fella Lawsuit Judge sides with label, but Dash claims he wasnât trying to mint and sell the album as an NFT, but rather his entire stake in Roc-A-Fella Records UPDATE (6/22): A judge has ruled in favor of Roc-A-Fella Records and […]
Continue ReadingAnna Morgan-Lloyd pleaded guilty to a single charge of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol building and was sentenced to three years of probation. WASHINGTON â A 49-year-old woman from Indiana who came to Washington with her hairdresser friend was put on probation Wednesday in the first sentence stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. […]
Continue ReadingThe Historical Legacy of Juneteenth On âFreedomâs Eve,â or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight, prayers […]
Continue ReadingThe museumâs part of a $349 million mixed-use project being built along the Harlem River waterfront in the Bronx. Years in the making, the Universal Hip-Hop Museum is getting closer to physical reality. Several hip-hop legends attended the groundbreaking at the site of the permanent home of the museum yesterday. Nas, LL Cool J, Fat Joe, Lil Kim, Naughty […]
Continue Reading(CNN)Viola Fletcher was 7 years old when she witnessed one of worst acts of racial violence the US has ever seen.An angry White mob rampaged through Tulsa’s Greenwood District in Oklahoma, killing hundreds of Black people and leaving her thriving neighborhood in ashes in 1921.The 107-year-old testified before members of a House Judiciary subcommittee on […]
Continue ReadingAnd how an FDA ban could unwind decades of public health damage. BY JULIA CRAVEN Nearly five years ago, on a muggy August night, I stepped outside and smoked my last cigarette. Iâd just gotten off the phone with my Nana, who reminded me that my grandfather, a former smoker, died of lung cancer. My Nana […]
Continue ReadingPaul Mooney, the actor-comedian famous for his roles in âThe Buddy Holly Storyâ and âBamboozled,â has died at 79. Mooney passed away Wednesday morning in Oakland, California, his daughter Spring Mooney confirmed on Twitter. The cause of death was a heart attack, according to reports. âGive me a moment,â Spring said in the emotional tweet. âMy best friend […]
Continue ReadingMalcolm X was an African American civil rights leader prominent in the Nation of Islam. Until his 1965 assassination, he vigorously supported Black nationalism. Malcolm X was a minister, human rights activist and prominent Black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Due largely to […]
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