Jay-Z’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Battle Gets Messier, Grandmother Accused Of Killing 11-Month-Old Child Receives Shocking Sentence, Councilwoman Allegedly Drops N-Word At Work, White Man Allegedly Set Fires In Tenn But Tries To Blame Black Man And More

A roundup of the Root’s most powerful news stories.

Jay-Z’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Battle Just Got Messier, Here’s How Jaguar Wright is Involved…

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As every day passes, we learn something new about the sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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Elon Musk is Leaving the Trump Administration and Black Twitter is Buzzing

Over the weekend, internet vlogger Jaguar Wright claimed in a video posted to social media that she is working with Tony Buzbee’s law firm, the attorney representing the woman in the suit against Hov and Diddy. – Noah A. McGee Read More

Man Enters High School in NC and Beats The Hell out of A Boy, But the Plot Twist Will Shock You

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A horrifying video has gone viral on social media showing a grown man attacking a student in the hallways of a school. What’s even more shocking is what the police revealed about the alleged attacker. – Kalyn Womack Read More

Seattle Police Messed Around and Found Out After Holding Up an Innocent Black Pizza Delivery Driver

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Since 2020, a Black pizza delivery driver has been awaiting justice after his route was rudely interrupted one evening by a group of Seattle police officers. Now, the city has settled to pay up big time. – Kalyn Womack Read More

Grandmother Accused Of Shaking 11-Month-Old Baby To Death Receives Shocking Sentence

Shanica Callaghan. Photo: The Daily Mail

A 36-year-old step-grandmother who was accused of killing an 11-month-old baby received a shocking jail sentence after pleading guilty. The plea deal was made in the New York Supreme Court in Queens, just days before Shanica Callaghan’s trial. – Candace McDuffie Read More

This Pennsylvania ‘Councilwoman Karen’ Allegedly Dropped N-Word at Work, Here’s What Happened Next

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A Black deputy city clerk in Allentown, Penn. is speaking up about the hostile workplace environment that she’s been dealing with for the last 15 years — primarily at the hands of one woman – Noah A. McGee Read More

A Black Maryland Student Allegedly Found the N-Word Scrawled on Their Desk. Here’s Why The Principal Was Placed on Leave

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A high school principal in Rockville, Md. has been placed on administrative leave following a racist incident earlier this month in which a Black student was allegedly forced to endure a slur – Candace McDuffie Read More

Ozempic, Wegovy Users Behold: Nestle is Creating Frozen Pasta, Pizza and More Just For You

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Nestle is getting into the weight loss business.

The world’s largest food and beverage company said it plans to launch a frozen food brand that will cater to consumers who use GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy. – Francisco Velasquez Read More

A White Man Allegedly Set Multiple Fires In Tenn, But Tried To Blame Imaginary Black Dude

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A white man has been charged with arson after allegedly setting three fires in one night at an apartment complex in Nashville, Tennessee. The most disturbing part of his alleged crimes is that he tried to get an imaginary Black person to take the fall for one of them. – Candace McDuffie Read More

New News About Diddy’s Alleged ‘Drug Mule’ Might Give the Mogul a Rare Win

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Among the alleged middle men implicated in Sean “Diddy” Combs legal issues over the last year is Brendan Paul, a young Syracuse University basketball player accused of being the mogul’s “drug mule.” Paul just got some good news that might take some heat off the rapper’s pending sex crime case. – Kalyn Womack Read More

A 10-Year-Old Chicago Girl Was Struck and Killed By a Police Car, You May Be Surprised By What Happened Next

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Four years after suffering a devastating loss, the family of a 10-year-old Chicago girl killed during a police chase on the city’s streets is finally getting some semblance of justice. – Angela Johnson Read More

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