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‘My Whole Life, I’ve Been Trying to Just Stay Out of Trouble’: Illinois Brothers Jailed for 33 Days Despite Not Being Charged with a Crime, Arrest Record Costs One Sibling College Scholarship

June 30, 2021
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Two Illinois brothers have been left with arrest records after they were held in jail for 33 days despite the fact that no charges were filed against them. Miami Beach police took 18-year-old Shyquawn McNickles and his brother, 20-year-old Carl McNickles into custody last month within hours after they arrived in Miami Beach for Shyquawn’s…

BET Founder: Reparations Is An Overdue ‘Wealth Transfer’ To Black America

June 30, 2021
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Source: Ron Adar / Getty Since last year’s racial justice uprisings, the conversation of reparations has increasingly moved to the forefront of American discourse. A long-enduring subject of conversation and study, proponents continue to be clear that it is an overdue debt that continues to accrue interest as the years go on. Vice recently ran…

House votes to remove Roger Taney bust, Confederate statues

June 30, 2021
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The bill passed by a vote of 285-120 The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy. The bill passed…

Robert L. Johnson calls for $14 trillion reparations proposal

June 30, 2021
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Johnson said reparations would signal to white Americans that “damages are owed” to the descendants of the enslaved. Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson appeared on CNBC, where he is a frequent guest, and called on the U.S. government to provide $14 trillion in reparations to African Americans for slavery and to help reduce racial…

NYC Mayoral Primary Ranked-Choice Voting Controversy Highlights Concerns Over Voter Disenfranchisement

June 30, 2021
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Source: Spencer Platt / Getty The New York City mayoral primary was thrown into confusion this week after the Board of Elections announced it had mistakenly included 135,000 test ballots in the initial tally. Though the count was a dry run in preparation for the formal count expected to take place in a few weeks,…

Mother killed by stray bullet during visit to drop son off at Naval Academy

June 30, 2021
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Michelle Jordan Cummings was president of the football booster club at the Houston high school where her son played. The death of a woman on a joyous trip to Annapolis, Maryland is under investigation after Michelle Jordan Cummings was struck by a stray bullet. The Houston-based Cummings, 57, and her husband were in town dropping…

Video of Kevin Hart’s Trainer Repeatedly Dunking Him In the Pool Has Fans on Edge, But the Comedian Gets the Last Laugh: ‘Whaaaaaaam’

June 30, 2021
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Kevin Hart and his fitness trainer Ron Everline proved that boys will be boys even after settling down and starting families of their own. The duos latest antics showed them having a concerning blast in the pool. A clip shared to Everline’s Instagram account shows him repeatedly dunking the comedian in a pool as several…

Eric Adams’ lead in NYC mayoral primary shrinks due to counting error

June 30, 2021
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams originally had a significant advantage ahead of the second-place, New York Times-endorsed Kathryn Garcia. An error has marred the city of New York’s first foray into ranked voting. On Tuesday night, the latest results in the race for mayor were updated after a “discrepancy.” At around 10:30 p.m., the city’s…

Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat to compete in next Verzuz battle

June 30, 2021
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On Thursday, as part of the Essence Festival of Culture, old-schoolers Sweat, who turns 60 on July 22, and Brown, 52, go head to head. Two titans of rhythm and blues are going to battle it out in the next Verzuz event: Bobby Brown and Keith Sweat. And the good news is that fans won’t have…

‘I Was Heartbroken’: Serena Williams Opens Up About Her Injury Leading Her to Withdraw from Match, Fans Send Show Their Support

June 30, 2021
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Serena Williams is “heartbroken” about having her time at Wimbledon suddenly cut short following an injury during her first match. Williams was unexpectedly forced to withdraw from her first-round Wimbledon match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Tuesday, June 29, after sustaining an injury to her right leg. After gaining a 3-1 lead in the first set, Williams…