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Rihanna has been formally declared a National Hero of Barbados. The honor, per CBS News, was detailed during a ceremony on Tuesday that marked Barbados’ move to cut ties with the Queen and become a republic. When addressing ceremony attendees, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley praised Rihanna for “commanding the imagination of the world” through […]
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter has legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom. The player is set to become a U.S. citizen on Monday. The Athletic’s Shams Charania broke the news on Twitter Sunday, writing, “Kanter will be his middle name, Freedom his new last name.” The name change arrives on the heels of […]
Kamala Harris is making history, once again. The vice president will be the first woman to assume a temporary transfer of power from President Joe Biden while he’s under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, CNN reports. It’s typical for the VP to take over presidential powers during an operation like this. Biden visited Walter Reed Medical […]
It seems Uncle Sam is coming for Lil Pump. According to legal documents reviewed XXL magazine, the “Gucci Gang” rapper—legal name Gazzy Garcia—owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $1.6 million in unpaid taxes from 2018. The agency reportedly filed a lien against Lil Pump’s $5 million Miami mansion, which he purchased shortly after the release […]
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is being debated this week in the Senate that would establish an office focused on the investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), a.k.a. UFOs. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York spoke with Politico on Wednesday about the bipartisan proposal, noting that she finds it “fairly concerning” that […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the arrests of 150 people as part of a coordinated effort to dismantle the […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, is dead at 84. In a statement shared to Facebook on Monday, the […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Pharrell Williams is threatening to pull his Something in the Water festival from his hometown of Virginia Beach, Variety reports. […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A Change.org petition was started last month seeking to rename a Florida county honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to Bruce Lee, […]
While the notorious Rikers Island jail complex in New York is set to be closed by 2027, the conditions in the meantime are receiving revived criticism from a number of lawmakers. New York State Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, who recently toured the facilities, told CBS News she saw garbage spread across the floor, as well […]
