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A school board meeting in North Carolina’s Buncombe County turned hostile after unruly protestors showed up to object the school’s new mask mandate. The Buncombe County Schools Board of Education passed the motion Thursday morning in a 4-2 vote, stipulating that face coverings be required for all unvaccinated staff and student in grades K-13 inside […]
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a record $1.4 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades in Florida on Thursday, per CBS Miami. With the help of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Canadian officials, among others, 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana were seized from 20 separate interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea […]
Although she acknowledges some of the benefits of consuming marijuana, Kehlani admits she “wasn’t the most productive pothead.” The 26-year-old singer addressed the topic in a recent TikTok video, explaining her decision to give up weed in 2018 after years of smoking. “I used to smoke a lot of weed and now I speak on it in a past […]
Ice-T has come to the defense of his wife Coco Austin following the negative response to her revealding that she’s still breastfeeding their 5-year-old daughter, Chanel. Coco engaged with her followers early last year after posting a photo of herself breastfeeding Chanel, who was 4 years old at the time, on Instagram. When asked at what age she […]
A case of mistaken identity landed a man in a mental institution for nearly three years. According to the Associated Press, Joshua Spriestersbach was falsely arrested in 2017 after he fell asleep outside a Honolulu homeless shelter. The now-50-year-old man said he was assumed he was being arrested for violating the city’s ban on sleeping on […]
The woman known as “Central Park Karen” is back to playing the victim. In Tuesday’s episode of Bari Weiss’ Honestly podcast, Amy Cooper relived her infamous encounter with Christian Cooper—a Black bird-watcher whom she accused of threatening her and her dog while they were out for a walk in Central Park. “I don’t know that as a […]
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday an indictment charging nine individuals in an interstate gun trafficking operation that allegedly included firearms used in Blixky Gang music videos. Between August 2020 and April of this year, defendants are alleged to have used a Georgia resident as a “straw purchaser” in the purchasing of at least 87 firearms […]
Due to COVID-19 variant concerns, it’ll now just be “family and close friends” at former POTUS Barack Obama’s 60thbirthday bash. Early Wednesday, a spokesperson for the A Promised Land author confirmed the change, which comes after some had taken to criticizing the gathering amid bad Delta variant numbers. “This outdoor event was planned months ago […]
Kit Harington has opened up about his one-year break after “Game Of Thrones,” sharing that the series “directly” led to mental health difficulties. The 34-year-old Jon Snow actor caught up with SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show about the impact the show had on his personal life, and explained how the “nature” of the show impacted him. “I went through some mental health […]
21 Savage hosted his sixth annual Issa Back 2 School Drive initiative in Decatur, Georgia this past weekend. Presented by the rapper’s Leading By Example Foundation, the event served a community of 1,500 students and families, sponsored by Chime, Juma.org, Amazon Music, and Reebok, and in partnership with Momma Flystyle, Dekalb County, and Cosmopolitan Night Club. Together, […]
