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Opera Singer Jessye Norman has died. The world-renowned Soprano passed from septic shock and multiple organ failure following complications of a spinal cord injury she suffered in 2015, according to a statement by her family. Norman’s historic career began in the late 1960s. After moving to Europe she won the ARD International Music Competition in […]
A jury has convicted former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger of murder in the 2018 shooting death of Botham Jean. Guyger was found guilty on Tuesday after two days of deliberations by the jury. She was off-duty but still in her uniform when she broke into Jean’s apartment on September 6, 2018, thinking it was hers. She […]
Monday a black girl that attends a Christian school in Virginia who accused three white sixth grade boys of cutting her dreadlocks and calling her ugly says she was lying about the attack. Last week Amari Allen who is 12-years-old said that she was playing at recess at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield when one boy grabbed her […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will allow college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsements. The measure is the first of its kind. The bill threatens the business model of college sports as it currently stands. Read the full story in the link below. SOURCE: latimes.com
Monday three congressional committees demanded President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to turn over documents related to his attempts to pressure the Ukrainian government to dig up and disseminate dirt on the president’s domestic political rivals. The House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Intelligence committees made the subpoena. The Democratic led chamber is operating under the […]
The NFL has suspended Vontaze Burfict a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders without pay for the rest of the season. The suspension also includes postseason games for repeated violations of the unnecessary roughness rules. The NFL made the announcement on Monday just one day after Burfict’s ejection for his helmet to helmet hit on Indianapolis […]
A Facebook post from the organizers of the FlatRock 50K trail race at Elk City Lake Park race posted that 33-year-old Thomas Stanley a father of three died Saturday afternoon while running in the race. The post said he was struck by lightning just as he was approaching the finish line. The organization [posted a quote […]
A horrible incident involving a sixth-grader at a Northern Virginia Christian school has sparked outrage across the country. Three sixth-grade boys allegedly pinned down a black classmate and cut off some of her dreadlocks while telling her that her hair was “nappy” and “ugly”. Twelve-year-old Amari Allen said the three boys who cut her hair […]
As she testified during her murder trial on Friday, Amber Guyger cried numerous times while recanting the night she shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean inside of his apartment. Guyger said, “I feel like a terrible person, I feel like a piece of crap… “I wish he was the one with the gun and he killed me. I […]
A Florida police officer was suspended after he arrested two young children in school last week, including a 6-year-old who “threw a tantrum” only because of an apparent medical condition, according to a relative and police. Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón said in a statement that school resource officer Dennis Turner (pictured left) did not […]