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Source: Variety / Getty According to reports, a drug deal gone wrong led to a deadly shooting outside a Houston apartment complex involving Akili McDowell, a young actor who got his big break in 2019 after landing the starring role in “David Makes Man.” RELATED: ‘David Makes Man’ and ‘Billions’ Actor Akili McDowell Charged in Houston Murder RELATED: Tory Lanez Driver Finally Provides Statement in 2020 shooting of Meg Thee […]

Source: @Liutauras_ / Twitter Donald Trump appeared on a livestream hosted by Adin Ross to boost his presidential campaign, but social media wasn’t too impressed. On Monday (August 5), Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had a unique event on his campaign schedule. He appeared as the special guest on a live stream hosted by streamer Adin Ross on the Kick platform, which reportedly drew an audience of over 580,000. “Today […]

Source: Mark Makela / Getty After a heated few days of intra-party wrangling over whom Kamala Harris should select as her running mate, the Democratic Nominee for president announced to many people’s cheers this morning that Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, was her choice. There’s even more excitement now around her candidacy, but as good as a Walz is, Black people cannot relax when it comes to advancing our community’s […]

Frank Lucio Carillo. | Source: Roanoke City Jail / Roanoke City Jail A Virginia man has been arrested for making a series of violent online threats against Vice President Kamala Harris as it became apparent she would become the Democratic presidential nominee. The FBI arrested Frank Lucio Carillo, 66, on Monday at his home in the city of Winchester. He now faces federal criminal charges of one count of making […]

Source: Oklahoma Historical Society / Getty V ictims of the painful Tulsa Race Massacre may soon be able to receive reparations. According to NBC News, officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have created a reparations commission that will seek how to repair harm to residents living in the city’s thriving black district, Greenwood, during the 1921 massacre. On the dreadful day of May 31, 1921, white assailants looted, torched and burned down […]

Source: @USBPChiefMIP / Twitter As homeowners in Florida deal with the structural and property damage inflicted by Hurricane Debby, some of its residents might want to check their re-up supply as 70 pounds of cocaine has washed up on the shores of the Florida Keys, reportedly According to Raw Story the surprise find happened this past Monday, August 5, after the Category 1 hurricane pounded the Sunshine State with rain […]

Discrimination in the form of microaggressions, slights and overt racism take a toll on the body, including neural activity in the brain. LeoPatrizi/E+ via Getty Images Racism steals time from people’s lives – possibly because of the space it occupies in the mind. In a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, our team showed that the toll of racism on the brain was linked to advanced aging, […]

Source: imageBROKER/David & Micha Sheldon / Getty Boar’s Head expands a recall of its deli and poultry items after a deadly multi-state listeria outbreak. This expanded recall includes an additional 7 million pounds of product. As of July 30, 34 people have gotten sick across 13 states. That includes 33 people who have been hospitalized and 2 people who died. Those who died were from Illinois and New Jersey. Last […]

Source: STEPHEN MATUREN / Getty The ascending rise of current Vice President Kamala Harris as the front-running Democratic nominee in the upcoming 2024 presidential election is in full swing after only just beginning a few weeks ago. Things now appear to be kicking off with even more brevity after Harris chose earlier today (August 6) to announce her official pick for Vice President to be Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.   […]