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Ride to the Olympics CEO on increase in Black polo players: ‘We break barriers’
cristianl/iStock (ATLANTA) — Historically, very few African Americans have played polo, but that’s changing in Atlanta. “I’ve never ridden a horse outside of me starting this, let alone actually play polo, so I had to get [Read More…]
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Snoop Dogg joins the Harlem Globetrotters for the first NFT sitcom
Harlem Globetrotters As Snoop Dogg‘s 50th birthday week continues, he’s now joined the Harlem Globetrotters for a unique project. The hip hop icon has partnered with the legendary basketball team to star in a hilarious video [Read More…]
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Obama hits campaign trail ahead of gubernatorial elections in Virginia, New Jersey
adamkaz/iStock (VIRGINIA) — With just over a week to go until the last day of voting in Virginia and New Jersey, former President Barack Obama is joining each state’s Democratic nominee for governor on the [Read More…]
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Former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas found guilty of unlawful campaign donations
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Soviet-born businessman Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was found guilty Friday of making unlawful campaign donations totaling more than $350,000 to two pro-Trump super PACs [Read More…]
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Supreme Court to take up Texas abortion law but declines to block it
CHBD/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will take up the Texas abortion law on the merits next month in a rare highly-expedited case that could definitively resolve the fate of its six-week ban and unprecedented [Read More…]
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In push to get deal, Biden pulls back curtain on spending negotiations with Democrats
Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For reporters in Washington, it’s a frequent refrain from President Joe Biden on the status of negotiations with lawmakers on his domestic agenda: “I won’t negotiate in the press.” But Thursday [Read More…]
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DOJ adds two top prosecutors to Matt Gaetz investigation, sources say
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Two top prosecutors in the Justice Department were added several months ago to the ongoing federal probe examining sex trafficking allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed [Read More…]
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1 dead, 7 injured in shooting at off-campus party near Georgia university
MattGush/iStock (GEORGIA) — One person is dead and seven others injured after a shooting at an off-campus party near a Georgia university. The incident occurred early Saturday morning in Fort Valley, near Fort Valley State [Read More…]
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Howard University students protest housing conditions with on-campus tent city
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they describe as “poor” and “unlivable” conditions in the college dormitories. Students told [Read More…]
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Annual border arrests hit record high despite trending down in recent months
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Border Patrol arrested migrants more times in the past year than in any other fiscal year in recorded history, according to Customs and Border Protection data released Friday. Authorities encountered [Read More…]
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Justice Department says Utah school district ignored racial harassment, abuse
YinYang/iStock (DAVIS COUNTY, UT) — The Davis School District in Utah intentionally ignored widespread racial harassment, according to a scathing new report from the U.S. Department of Justice. School officials have been accused of failing [Read More…]
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Robert Durst charged with murder of former wife
Myung J. Chun-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert Durst has been charged in Westchester County with the murder of his former wife, Kathie, who disappeared in 1982, according to the district attorney’s office. A criminal [Read More…]
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Facing rising COVID cases, UK government resists calls for new restrictions ahead
jamielawton/iStock (LONDON) — Flanked by public health officials, the U.K. Health Secretary painted a bleak picture of the current state of the pandemic in Britain. “Cases are rising,” Sajid Javid, told the nation this week. [Read More…]
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US cleans up Biden’s ‘commitment’ to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion
Vacclav/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is again playing cleanup after President Joe Biden said the U.S. would come to Taiwan’s defense in the event of an invasion by mainland China — despite decades of [Read More…]
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Suspected poacher likely killed by elephant in South Africa
Moonstone Images/iStock (LONDON) — A suspected poacher found dead in a South African national park is believed to have been killed by an elephant, park officials said. Rangers in Kruger National Park discovered the body [Read More…]
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‘The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’ book includes “personal stories,” authors say
Marvel Studios Got Marvel? The first fully authorized, all access history of Marvel Studios is in bookstores now. The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a two-volume hardcover collection that details [Read More…]
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Common reveals Tiffany Haddish’s special quality: “It’s that child-like spirit that you love”
Johnny Nunez/WireImage Common and Tiffany Haddish made their relationship public in August 2020, and now, 14 months later, their special bond is growing stronger. “She keeps me laughing. It’s that child-like spirit that you love,” the rapper/actor tells Essence about [Read More…]
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Cinematographer dies, director injured in accident with prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin
Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic A cinematographer working on the film Rust is dead and the director is hospitalized after an accident during filming involving star Alec Baldwin and a misfiring prop gun, authorities said Thursday. The Western, starring Baldwin and Jensen Ackles of Supernatural, began [Read More…]
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Check out Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the action-packed trailer for Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’
Universal Pictures Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are on the run in the new trailer for Ambulance, director Michael Bay‘s take on a 2005 Danish thriller. The two actors play foster brothers; Emmy-winner Abdul-Mateen plays a military veteran who’s strapped for cash [Read More…]
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Watch the trailer for ‘King Richard’ with Beyoncé’s new song; ABC sets ‘Women of the Movement’ premiere date
Chiabella James Warner Bros. has released another trailer for King Richard, which teases a brand-new song by the Queen B herself, Beyoncé. Titled “Be Alive,” the new ballad is featured toward the end of the [Read More…]