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Transgender Employee of Rosario Dawson Hits Actress With Lawsuit Accusing Her—and Her Mama—of Vicious Beatdown
A transgender employee of actress Rosario Dawson is suing her and her family, accusing them of a violent assault and transphobic bias, including repeated misgendering. Dedrek Finley came to know the family as a lesbian woman some time ago, Finley’s attorney, Tasha Alyssa Hill, told NBC News. Finley got along so well with Dawson, her…
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HBCU Benedict College Is Set to Host a Criminal Justice Forum Featuring None Other Than Donald Trump
Benedict College will play host to a criminal-justice forum this weekend, and Donald Trump is slated to be one of the speakers at the HBCU. Located in election 2020 battleground South Carolina, Benedict is hosting the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum from Friday to Sunday, and Trump is set to headline Friday’s one-day symposium,…
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Texts May Once Again Prove Problematic for Football Player Antonio Brown
Looks like text messages may land Antonio Brown, the NFL wide receiver booted last month from the New England Patriots, in hot water once again. Brown, who faces accusations of sexual assault and misconduct by two women, was released by the Patriots after he reportedly sent threatening text messages to the second woman after her…
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Donald Trump, Still Salty Over Dashed Doral Deal for G-7, Dismisses Emoluments Clause as ‘Phony’
Donald Trump’s dreams of making money off of hosting world leaders on the taxpayers’ dime at a Florida resort he owns may have gone down in flames, but on Monday, he defended his impulse, complaining that the constitutional provision that bars presidents from profiting off their office was “phony.” “You people with this phony emoluments…
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Surveillance Video Captures New Clue in Weeklong Disappearance of 3-Year-Old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney
Police in Alabama say they’re now on the lookout for another “person of interest” in the race to find Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the 3-year-old child abducted while playing with other children at an outdoor birthday party. Kamille went missing last Saturday, Oct. 12, on the grounds of a housing complex in Birmingham, Ala. As the CBS Evening…
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‘Get Out’ of Here! Daniel Kaluuya Is Bringing Barney to the Big Screen for a Fresh, New Take on the ’90s Fave
It’s been a decade since the syrupy strains of “I love you, you love me” left the airwaves, along with the popular purple dinosaur that made the ditty famous. Now, acclaimed actor Daniel Kaluuya, of Get Out and Black Panther fame, will be bringing Barney the dinosaur back. Under the auspices of his production company,…
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Chicago’s Top Cop Reportedly Admits He’d Been Dranking When Officers Found Him Slumped Over in His Ride
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, found slumped over in his car just days ago by the police he oversees, has reportedly admitted to the city’s mayor that he’d had “a couple of drinks” prior to being discovered. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed Friday that Johnson told her he’d “had a couple of drinks with dinner”…
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Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Blows Up Trump’s Spot on Ukraine Scandal
Apparently, we all need to “get over it” when it comes to notions of wrongdoing with regard to Donald Trump using his political office to enrich himself or push his personal agenda. So said Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, on Thursday when he basically blew Trump’s cover of apparently feigned innocence as to…
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Black Woman Wins $205,000 Settlement After Charging Texas Cop Yanked Out Her Tampon in the Middle of the Street
A woman has agreed to accept a payout of $205,000 from the city of San Antonio, Texas, to settle her suit charging that her constitutional rights were violated when a cop not only performed a vaginal cavity search in the middle of the street but yanked out her tampon in the midst of it. Natalie…
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Sacramento Kings’ Harrison Barnes to Pay for Atatiana Jefferson’s Funeral
NBA star Harrison Barnes has offered to pay for the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old woman shot and killed in her own home by a Fort Worth, Texas, cop as she played video games with her young nephew. Barnes, who played for the Dallas Mavericks for three years before being traded to the Sacramento…