(Photo: Getty Images) Obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are seen as major breakthroughs for those with chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes, which disproportionately affect Black Americans. The White House announced on Thursday agreements with two of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for weight loss medications. The deals would expand access…
Source: kasia2003 / Getty Sean C. Dunn, dubbed “Sandwich Guy” on social media, was acquitted on Thursday of misdemeanor assault after being tried for chucking a sub sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer in Washington, D.C.. This means the federal government arrested Dunn for throwing the sandwich, but then failed to get a grand…
Photo Credit: Instagram, Getty Images The professional football player died by suicide today. His mother, Wendy, died of an undisclosed illness in 2024. Marshawn Kneeland, the 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys football player who died by suicide, had also lost his mother last year. The Dallas Morning News first reported in June of last year that Kneeland…
Donald Trump is back on his favorite pastime — complaining about Joe Biden — but this time the subject matter has people wondering if he’s actually just worried about himself. But instead of focusing on policy or business matters, Trump used part of his recent speech to rant about stairs — yes, the ones on…
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Now that New York City voters have spoken and elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor, MAGA America has adopted a new narrative, predicting that NYC will see a mass exodus as citizens flee the city due to Mamdani’s policies, which they say are communist, socialist, Marxist — forms of…
President Donald Trump couldn’t hide his envy as he bragged to Senate Republicans that he wants his Cabinet to show the same kind of fear and submission he recently witnessed in another world leader’s inner circle — China’s President Xi Jinping. The boast, delivered over breakfast at the White House Wednesday, quickly spiraled into one…
Mackenzie Scott, Toni Morrison. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Before MacKenzie Scott was a billionaire, she was once Toni Morrison’s creative writing student at Princeton in the early 90s. With billionaire author MacKenzie Scott giving record amounts to multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities, it begs the question: What is her connection to the Black community?…
Some people really hate the DMV. While a trip to a Department of Motor Vehicles has never been fun, one man sank to new lows when he scuffled with an extremely formidable security officer, challenging him to a fight while apparently waiting for his license to be renewed. One glance, and it was clear the…
Source: Tom Williams / Getty On Thursday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi announced she would be retiring from Congress at the end of her 20th term. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Pelosi announced her retirement in a 6-minute video posted on social media. “It seems prophetic now that the slogan of my very first campaign in…
(Photo: Getty Images) The longtime South Carolina Senator took issue with Mace reportedly name-dropping him during an expletive-filled blow-up in Charleston. U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out fellow South Carolina Republican, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, after the controversial congresswoman’s meltdown at Charleston International Airport. Mace blew up on airport police with expletives during an…
