Don Lemon Describes the Moments of His Arrest by FBI Agents
Bernice King Chimes In After Shaboozey’s Grammy Speech Takes an Awkward Turn
How a Snow-Packed ‘Stolen’ Parking Spot in Pittsburgh Turned Into a Viral, and Hilarious, TikTok Series
The Humiliating Reason a Tuskegee University Coach Was Handcuffed, Escorted From Rival Morehouse Game
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NBA Players Doing the Lord's Work Donating Funds to Relieve Arena Workers Who Lost Wages Due to Season Suspension
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hold world-wide attention representing a strong majority of news coverage across media, it is seldom that we see good news and positive displays of humanity. So it warms the heart to see people of means reaching out to help those most vulnerable to be affected financially by the crisis…
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Congressman James Clyburn Wants Joe Biden to Choose a Black Woman as a Running Mate
“I really believe that we’ve reached a point in this country where African American women need to be rewarded for the loyalty that they’ve given to this party. So I would really be pushing for an African American female to go on the ticket.” These were the words that House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.)…
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Serena Williams Says She'll Be Spending the Next Six Weeks in Solitude Due to 'The Rona'
When news first broke about the pending pandemic that was the coronavirus, we had jokes. (To be fair, nobody asked them to name a virus after a popular Mexican beer.) But now, we’re all feeling the burden. From the NBA suspending its season to workers struggling to make decent paychecks and millions of children being…
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BBQ for Speeding Tickets? Police Department Gets Caught Offering Incentives for Cops to Write More Traffic Citations
Despite laws prohibiting police departments from instituting traffic ticket quotas and despite police officials denying that their departments participate in the practice, stories keep popping up involving departments violating the rules or, at the very least, finding loopholes and incentivizing officers to write more tickets. According to Fox5 Atlanta, in Douglassville, Ga., cops wrote 4,000…
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Louisiana Becomes 1st State to Postpone Primary as the Coronavirus Crisis Continues
Two weeks ago, few U.S. citizens would have been able to predict the coronavirus would cause “cancel culture” to take on a literal meaning. No one would have expected the NBA to announce that its 2020 season would be suspended indefinitely, that President Donald Trump would be announcing travel bans from Europe (his affinity is…
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Nathaniel Woods' Sister Confronts Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey: 'You Killed My Brother'
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey expected to answer questions about 2020 Census on Thursday. Instead, she was confronted by the Pamela Woods, the sister of Nathaniel Woods, who was executed by the state on March 5 for the murder of three police officers. Video from WAFF TV shows Woods calmly walking up to the governor as…
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Ja'Net DuBois' Birth Father May Have Been Jazz Legend Cab Calloway, Family Claims
There appear to be some questions arising in regard to Ja’Net DuBois’ lineage. On Thursday, TMZ reported DuBois’ cause of death, confirming the late star died from cardiac arrest. However, it looks like there was another bit of found information on the death certificate that raises eyebrows. DuBois’ family believes the late actress’ birth father…
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Andrew Gillum Involved in Alleged Crystal-Meth Incident at South Beach Hotel
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was involved in an alleged crystal meth-related incident Thursday night at a Miami Beach hotel. From the Miami Herald: Andrew Gillum, who in 2018 came within 34,000 votes of becoming Florida’s governor, was discovered by police at a South Beach hotel early Friday morning in a room with bags…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Flashback to the Future
Each week, as I read the emails, tweets, DMs and comments for Friday’s Clapback Mailbag, I find something that makes me think: “This person is gonna look really stupid in the flashback.” Wait, you don’t think about your future flashbacks? I live my life as if I were a hero in a movie. In every…