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A Long Island dentist has been accused of conducting a multi-year scheme in which he distributed painkillers in exchange for sexual acts. According to the Associated Press, 70-year-old Barry Arnold was arrested Wednesday and charged with 28 counts of distribution of controlled substances. Authorities say the Williston Park resident had written illegal prescriptions of drugs—including oxycodone, Percocet and Xanax—to women […]
Several celebrities got together to sing a song again, and the internet has thoughts. Brought together by the NYCNext organization, Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind” got an “Imagine”-style spin from some familiar faces in Zeshan B, Sara Bareilles, Victoria Clark, Cautious Clay, Andy Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Flower, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Brian Newman, Kelli […]
ArtNoir will celebrate Black culture, art, and commerce with From a Place, of a Place—a months-long series presented with the Meatpacking Business Improvement District. Kicking off this week, the five-part program will highlight the energy and spirit of the neighborhood through various mediums of expression, including art installations, live performances, and community activities. ArtNoir—a female-majority and minority-owned collective—announced […]
This week’s Verzuz battle is a gift that keeps on giving. Days after Dipset and The LOX went head-to-head at Madison Square Garden, Fat Joe treated fans to an extensive recap of everything that went down. And fans absolutely loved it. Joe, who said he was “at the scene of the crime,” said he had to attend Tuesday night’s battle because he didn’t […]
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 […]
Two police officers and bystanders in Yonkers, New York are being called heroes after rushing to save a mother and her baby who were pinned under a car on Friday. The incident, as captured on video and reported by ABC 7, happened when the mother crossed the street and was struck by an out-of-control vehicle—with […]
Federal prosecutors asked for a judge’s permission on Friday to share new allegations against R. Kelly during his upcoming sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn, arguing that they are “directly relevant to and inextricably intertwined with the evidence of the charged crimes.” The allegations, according to NPR, include a 17-year-old boy being sexually abused, teenage girls and […]
A police officer from upstate New York has been placed on leave after he seen punching a handcuffed woman in a lengthy video posted by the department. WSYR reports DeWitt police officer Rory Spain has been placed on paid administrative leave as the department investigates the incident, according to department spokesman Lt. Jerry Pace. The video of a […]
Kerby-Jean Raymond’s Pyer Moss label has unveiled its first-ever couture collection and, in the process, made Raymond the first Black American designer to show a couture collection as a guest designer via the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The “WAT U IZ” collection pays tribute to Black inventions, like hot rollers, a chess board […]
After a petition was launched months ago to have the East Hudson Street block between Riverside Boulevard and Long Beach Road in Long Beach, New York home renamed “KMD-MF DOOM Way” in honor of MF DOOM, it has been reported that the request is finally being met. According to HipHopDX, Dr. Patrick C. Graham, the architect behind the petition […]
