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BET Orders Pilot Based on Nas’ Life
Fresh off the success of The New Edition Story, BET has announced yet another miniseries based on the life of one of the top five, dead or alive (OK, maybe top 10), rappers of all time. Of course, I’m talking about Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. According to Deadline, BET has ordered a pilot for…
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2 GOP Senators Say They’ll Vote Against DeVos’ Confirmation as Education Secretary
As the ongoing saga of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmations continues, two GOP senators have come forward and said they will vote against Betsy DeVos for education secretary, giving Senate Democrats two of the at least three votes they will need to block her appointment. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) made their…
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Minn. Man Found Guilty of Shooting Black Lives Matter Activists During Protest
A Minnesota man charged with felony first-degree assault and riot charges in the November 2015 shooting of five people at a Black Lives Matter protest was convicted by a jury Wednesday. The Star-Tribune reports that the jury deliberated for seven hours before finding Allen “Lance” Scarsella, 24, guilty on all counts following two weeks of…
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Prison Siege: Del. Inmates Take Staff Members and Fellow Prisoners Hostage
A hostage situation is underway at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Del., after an unknown number of inmates took control of a building Wednesday morning, injured one corrections officer and took four others, as well as fellow prisoners, captive. The News Journal reports that as of Wednesday night, there was little progress…
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Bad-Ass Mich. State Student, 22, Is Running for Mayor of Detroit
In a continuing trend of millennials raising the bar and showing they have what it takes to help institute positive change in the world, a 22-year-old black woman has announced her candidacy for mayor of Detroit. Although Myya D. Jones has not graduated from college yet, the Michigan State University business-management major has already built…
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Tamron Hall Is Leaving NBC and MSNBC
Tamron Hall just gave NBC and MSNBC the “peace” sign and will not be renewing her contract, even though it’s alleged that the network offered her millions to stay, according to People magazine. Last week it was announced that she-devil Megyn Kelly was joining NBC and replacing Hall and Al Roker in a morning slot.…
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Day Care Employees to Parents: ‘Get Off Your Phone’
Day care employees at a Houston child care facility gave parents with cellphones permanently attached to their faces a few words of advice on the proper protocol when it comes to picking up their rugrats: Get off your phone! Apparently, most of the parents seem to be preoccupied with their phone calls when they’re picking…
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Evil Voltron Is Almost Complete as Senate Panel Confirms Jeff Sessions
The movement to form evil Voltron is almost complete as Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R -Ala.) nomination to become U.S. attorney general was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines, 11-9. According to NBC News, the panel put up a good fight, but in the end evil prevailed, as it tends to do with…
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10-Year-Old Texas Boy Invents Device to Stop Deaths of Children in Hot Cars
Bishop Curry V may be young (10 years old, to be precise), but the little kid from Texas has some big ideas. He’s currently working on a device that could help prevent children from dying in hot cars. According to NBC Washington, overall, the number of children who died in hot cars increased across the…
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Beyoncé and Jay Z Are Gonna Have Twins!
Blue Ivy is about to have not one, but two new siblings! You get a baby! You get a baby! Beyoncé announced the upcoming arrival of the Carter twins Wednesday on Instagram. I imagine this photo was taken by Tina Knowles, my second mother in my head. Because we share the same T.J. Maxx and…