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Kanye West has been banned from Twitter again
Ye, also known as Kayne West, was banned from Twitter Friday morning for violating the platform’s rule for “incitement to violence,” after posting a swastika imposed over a Star of David, said Twitter owner Elon Musk. Musk did not elaborate on West’s comments. “I tried my best. Despite that, he violated our rule against incitement…
Read MoreMan charged in rapper TakeOff’s murder
After Patrick Xavier Clark allegedly shot and killed rapper TakeOff, Clark wanted to make a clean getaway, like out of the country. He applied for an expedited U.S. passport which would allow him to fly to Mexico with bundlers of cash. But the long arm of law caught up with him on Thursday and he…
Read MoreRaphael Warnock takes Georgia
The epic battle for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker was won by Warnock in a squeaker that was a surprise. Sen. Warnock won 50.9 percent, or 1,754,834 votes, compared to Walker’s winning 49.1 percent of the vote, or 1,695, 955 votes. Ninety-nine percent of the vote was counted. Warnock…
Read MoreBrittney Griner is homeward bound
Brittney Griner is coming home from Russia following a prisoner exchange with arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner flew in a private jet from Russia to Abu Dhabi, the capital and second-most populous city in the Emirates, after Russian authorities released her. President Joe Biden tweeted Thursday morning: “I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is on a plane.…
Read MorePaul Silas dies
Paul Silas, who led three NBA teams to championship titles and led four teams to playoffs, died Saturday of a cardiac arrest. He was 79 years old. Silas won two titles with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and 1976; he won the third title with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979. He was the first coach…
Read MoreKaren Bass vows to find homes for homeless
Karen Bass was sworn in Thursday as the first woman mayor of Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city, and she promised to tackle the city’s homeless crisis that is plaguing the city. “Tomorrow morning, I will start my first day as mayor at the city’s emergency operation centers where my first act as mayor will…
Read MorePanama celebrates Black Christ
Some crawl on their hands and knees to reach the statue known as the Black Christ, Christo Negro, which is located in Iglesia de San Felipe, a Catholic Parish church in Portobello, Panama. It is a life-sized cocobolo (hardwood) wooden statue of Jesus. Others crawl while holding candles on their black. While others crawl while…
Read MoreDorothy Pitman, the co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a Black feminist, and lifelong activist who co-founded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem died on Dec. 1. She was 84. She met Steinem, who was a journalist writing a story for New York Magazine. They later became friends and co-founded Ms. Magazine. The magazine was launched as a “one-shot†sample insert in New…
Read MoreDR.MARTIN LUTHER KING AND CORETTA SCOTT KING PAID FOR THE BIRTH OF ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING WINNING ACTRESS JULIA ROBERTS
Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid the hospital bill for the birth of Julia Roberts, who later became an Academy Award-winning actress because Roberts’ parents were broke. Julia Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia in 1967. And when her parents, Walter and Betty Roberts, couldn’t afford to pay the medical…
Read MoreKYRIE IRVING IS SUSPENDED FROM HIS TEAM AND CUT BY NIKE
Kyrie Irving, of the New York Nets, was suspended for five days without pay because he tweeted a link to the 2018 movie “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,†which is considered antisemitic. The film is based on a book of the same title that presents numerous antisemitic conspiracy theories and promotes Holocaust denial.…
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