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'If I Die Tomorrow, I Know I Told the Truth': Another R. Kelly Accuser Goes Public With Her Story
“I’m not ashamed of my past anymore. I’m not ashamed of what naysayers say,” said Lanita Carter, previously identified only as “L.C.” in the current open indictment against R. Kelly. In an emotional interview that aired Thursday on CBS This Morning, she broke her silence and a previous non-disclosure agreement to add her voice to…
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Liberian PhD Candidate Vulnerable to Deportation As Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians Comes to an End
As Donald Trump moved to end differed enforced departure for Liberians last year, the Los Angeles Times reports a 28-year-old UCLA PhD Candidate may be forced to leave her home of 21 years. Yatta Kiazolu, born in Botswana to Liberian parents, has lived in the United States since the age of 7, maintaining legal authorization…
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Lonzo Ball Breaks with Big Baller Brand Co-Founder After $1.5 Million Reported Missing by Financial Advisors
Along with his father LaVar, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball has severed business ties to Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster after learning of his criminal past along with his failure to account for $1.5 million missing from Ball’s bank accounts. The fallout was first reported by ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Paula Lavigne.…
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Migos, Cardi B's Security Team Won't Face Charges for Met Gala Assault
The security team hired to protect Migos and Cardi B at last year’s Met Gala in New York is off the hook for an incident involving an overzealous fan. As you may remember, an autograph hound by the name of Giovanni Arnold ended up on a stretcher after doing entirely too much in his efforts…
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Connecticut Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer Brought by Families of Sandy Hook Victims
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled by a 4-3 decision to revive a lawsuit brought by the families of Sandy Hook alleging that firearm manufacturer Remington recklessly marketed its Bushmaster AR-15-style weapon for “illegal, offensive purposes.” Remington’s gun was used by Adam Lanza to murder 26 faculty and children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A…
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70 Party Guests Were Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana. Now, They're Suing
Members of the “the Cartersville 70”—the dozens of young people who were arrested at a 2017 house party in Cartervsille, Ga., for what turned out to be less than an ounce of marijuana—are filing a suit against city officials, claiming the search and mass arrest violated their constitutional rights. No charges were pressed against the…
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Man Charged in Murder of 9-Year-Old Trinity Love Jones Was Dating Jones’ Mother, According to Police
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged 38-year-old Emiel Hunt with the murder Trinity Love Jones, the 9-year-old girl whose remains were found in a duffel bag near a horse trail in Hacienda Heights, Calif. Hunt briefly appeared in a Pomona courtroom Tuesday, according to CBS Los Angeles. He remains behind bars with a bail set…
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North Carolina State Supreme Court Appoints First Black Woman Chief Justice
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in this past weekend in front of more than 1,000 people, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Beasley, appointed to the state’s highest court in 2012 by Democratic governor Beverly Perdue, was sworn in by Associate Justice…
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Rapper Who Once Said 'Slavery Is a Choice' Chose to Sign Oppressive Contract and Is Now Seeking 'Freedom'
Kanye “Slavery Is a Choice” West seems to be having struggles getting out of a binding situation of his own … within his own industry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kanye filed a lawsuit against EMI (of Universal Music Group) in Los Angeles Superior Court in late January, in regard to his music publishing contract.…
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Black Mom Singlehandedly Breaks Up Confederate Group in South Carolina
Hate groups emboldened by the presence of the first candy peanut to tie its own shoes in the White House should be warned: Black Americans tend to have black moms. And black moms tend to get what they want. Circuit court judge Judge Alex Kinlaw Jr. found in favor of a black mother in South…