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Kevin Hart is this year’s winner of the Mark Twain Prize
Funny man Kevin Hart is the winner of the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Considered the highest honor in the funny business, previous recipients have included Tina Fey, Bob Newhart, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart. Hart started telling jokes during amateur night at a local comedy club in his native Philadelphia. Today, his…
Read MoreAlien bases are located near U.S. cities, according to a newspaper report
The Irish Star newspaper reports that alien bases are hidden underwater near U.S. cities. Alien bases may be hidden underwater off the coast of a major U.S. state based on eyewitness reports, a UFO network claims. The alien sites are believed to be concealed near Alaska, according to the Mutual UFO Network, reports the Star.…
Read MoreFormer Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin is stabbed in prison
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd in 2002, is now serving time in a Tucson, Arizona, federal prison, has been stabbed 22 times by another inmate, but Chauvin is expected to live. John Turscak, a member of the Mexican Mafia, has been charged with the attempted murder of Chauvin. Turscak fashioned…
Read MoreRapper pushes for an end to the Hamas-Israeli war
Rapper pushes for an end to the Hamas-Israeli war Redveil, a U.S. rapper, displayed the names of the Palestinian children killed during the Hamas-Israeli war since fighting began on October 7 during a rap/music concert in Los Angeles. The war paused for four days and resumed with full force Friday. The rapper, whose real name…
Read MoreAkron cops shot an unarmed Black man 43 times…. So what?
Cops who killed an unarmed 25-year-old Black man by shooting him 43 times last June in Akron, Ohio, did not violate the law, even after the medical examiner’s office ruled the murder was a homicide. Steve Mylett, the Akron chief of police, found that the officer’s actions during the fatal encounter were “objectively reasonable.†His…
Read MoreRev. Paula E. Clark leads the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Wearing dreadlocks under her miter, the Rt. Rev. Paula E. Clark is the first Black person and the first Black woman named the 30th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. She represents 30,000 Episcopalians in 122 congregations across northern and west central Illinois. The election to her post was conducted over Zoom by four…
Read MoreConvict dies after 50 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit
Ed Poindexter, who spent 50 years in prison for a crime he said he did commit, died in prison Thursday. Poindexter, who was 79, died following a lengthy battle with diabetes. He and his friend David Rice were convicted in the 1970 booby-trap bombing of Omaha Police Officer Larry Minard by a mostly all-white jury…
Read MoreWoman arrested attempting to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home
Atlanta police arrested Laneisha Shantrice Henderson for pouring gasoline on Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home and attempting to burn it down before tourists visiting from Utah stopped her and held her for police. Henderson, 26, was arrested and charged with 2nd-degree attempted arson when she poured gasoline on the home at 501 Auburn Ave.,…
Read MoreFDA approves treatment for sickle cell disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease that the medical community ignored because most of the patients are Black and because there was little money for treatment. Sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder affecting more than 100,000 in the U.S. Most of those afflicted are African American…
Read MoreCongressman Sheila Jackson Lee loses race to become Houston Mayor
Even with support from national heavy hitters, Congressman Sheila Jackson struck out. She was defeated by a wide margin by State Sen. John Whitmire to become the mayor of Houston, Texas.  Whitmire received the largest share of votes with 43%, while Jackson Lee received 36%. The campaign focused on crime, affordable housing, and controlling…
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