Artis died on Nov. 7 of a gastric aneurysm at his home in Hampton, Virginia John Artis, who was wrongly convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in a triple murder case made famous in a 1975 song by Bob Dylan and a 1999 film staring Denzel Washington, has died. He was 75. Artis died on…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Overshadowed by the Virginia governor’s race, New Jersey’s race for governor has ended with the Republican challenger finally conceding. After ten days, Jack Ciattarelli acknowledged Gov. Phil Murphy’s victory in the Nov. 2 election. Results show Murphy dominated in early voting and mail-in ballots. Ciattarelli got around two-thirds of the election day vote. …
Kevin Gough said he’s sorry to anyone who was “inadvertently” offended The defense attorney in the murder trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers, who said that he didn’t want “any more Black pastors” in court after seeing Rev. Al Sharpton sitting with the victim’s family, apologized for his statements on Friday. “My apologies to anyone who…
Officer Keith Pool said he felt like he’d been “hit with a sledgehammer” following the racist encounter with his former boss, Anthony Campo A Black Ohio police officer opened up after his former chief, who is white, was caught placing a note reading “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s raincoat. As reported by NBC News,…
DJ Paul confirmed all five Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members and all living members of Three 6 Mafia will be there A Verzuz battle between two hip-hop supergroups, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia, is set to take place Thursday, Dec. 2 in front of an audience in Los Angeles, live streamed as usual to viewers around…
Gallup was injured in the opener The Dallas Cowboys have activated receiver Michael Gallup and defensive tackle Trysten Hill after lengthy absences, and kicker Lirim Hajrullahu is set for his NFL debut against Atlanta on Sunday. Gallup came off injured reserve Saturday after missing seven games with a calf strain. Hill has been on the…
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods are serving up couple goals in their GQ Couples Quiz. Snippets of the couple have started to circulate since the release of the interview on Thursday, Nov. 4, and fans cannot get enough of them. In one of the snippets, Towns was asked to reveal what Woods’ favorite food was….
From Queen Sugar to When They See Us, visionary Ava DuVernay has used her craft and creativity to bring poignant, multi-dimensional stories to the forefront, and the California native will be honored for her work. According to Variety, she will receive the inaugural Melvin Van Peebles Trailblazer Award at the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of…
Source: Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty The ongoing saga of pop icon Britney Spears’ conservatorship woes has been a universal lesson in how we treat those battling mental health and what it means to have control over your life overall. Thankfully for the multiplatinum decades-spanning hitmaker, a judge has officially terminated her conservatee status effective immediately…
Four inmates, including Julius Jones, had argued that a 2011 change in state law violated a constitutional ban on ex post facto laws A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by four Oklahoma inmates to stay their executions scheduled over the next three months, including a planned lethal injection next week that has drawn…
