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Anthony Anderson made fun of Senator Tim Scott’s speech at the Republican National Convention’s opening night, as well as Donald Trump’s bandaged ear and convention entrance. On Tuesday (July 16), actor Anthony Anderson kicked off his guest hosting stint of Late Night With Jimmy Kimmel with a monologue that skewered South Carolina Senator Tim Scott’s speech at the Republican National Convention, which Anderson dubbed “the white People’s Choice Awards”. After […]

Source: Victoria McGraw ( @victoriasaidit ) / Radio One Digital Irv Gotti, co-founder of record label, Murder Inc., and a prominent music producer, faces allegations of sexual assault and abuse, as detailed in a lawsuit filed in Miami on July 11 and reported by People. The lawsuit, brought by an unidentified woman referred to as Jane Doe, accused the Grammy Award-winning producer of raping and abusing her between 2020 and […]

Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Violent crime in America has virtually done nothing but decline since the early 1990s, and crime analysts report that U.S. crime, in general, is currently at a 50-year low. But Republicans continue to ignore the explicitly clear databases of the FBI and local law enforcement agencies —the same databases where they get the Black-on-Black crime statistics they intentionally misinterpret in the most racist ways possible—so they […]

Footage of Donald Trump appearing to fall asleep at the Republican National Convention stirred up social media users with some claiming he was praying. On Monday (July 15), the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kicked off with Donald Trump having a moment that went viral for the wrong reasons. Despite the standing ovations and constant attention bestowed upon him in his first public appearance since the attempt on his […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty MAGA Members Attack JD Vance’s Wife With Racist Remarks Members of Make America Great Again have publicly made racist remarks towards JD Vance’s wife. Usha Vance and JD Vance have been married since 2014. They met while they were both attending Yale Law School. Usha Vance is an Indian American corporate lawyer and at one time a registered Democrat. From News Week: In the […]

Sean Patrick Grayson. | Source: Sangamon County Jail The Illinois police officer who shot and killed a Black woman in her own home after she called 911 to report a suspected break-in has been charged with charged with murder more than two weeks after he fired the fatal shots. Now-former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, was formally charged on Wednesday in the homicide of Sonya Massey, 36, who […]

Source: Anadolu / Getty LAS VEGAS, NV (24/7 News) – President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. The White House says Biden tested positive following an event in Las Vegas in which he was not feeling well. He was forced to cancel an afternoon speech before a Latino civil rights and advocacy group. The president is experiencing mild symptoms and will return to Delaware, where he’ll self-isolate. The White House […]

Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Hurricane Beryl caused significant damage to the Houston, TX-area megachurch pastored by Keion Henderson. The north campus of The Lighthouse Church and Ministries is currently closed as of July 10. In a news release shared with NBC Houston, church officials said the roof collapsed in several areas including the sanctuary, there is extensive water damage to several rooms and much of the electrical system has […]

Source: Vladimir Vladimirov / Getty In a powerful move to uplift and empower students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Power to Decide has launched the “Beyond the Sheets” initiative, bridging the gap in sexual and reproductive health service and education on HBCU campuses. Read more inside. This transformative program, introduced in December 2023, aims to bridge critical gaps in sexual and reproductive health services and education on HBCU […]