Four more states are poised to legalize recreational marijuana through ballot measures this coming Election Day. According to CNN, voters in Arizona, South Dakota, Montana, and New Jersey will consider proposals to legalize recreational marijuana, while Mississippi will decide on a pair of ballot questions that could legalize medical marijuana in …
Read More »Recent Posts
Kyle Rittenhouse Ordered To Be Extradited To Wisconsin For Kenosha Shooting
17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is ordered back to Wisconsin, where he will face two homicide charges. On August 25, Rittenhouse shot and killed two protesters during a protest for 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Before the order, Rittenhouse and his defense team fought for his …
Read More »Over 40 Immigrants Have Died In ICE Custody In The Past Four Years As The Result Of Neglect
New documents presented by Buzzfeed News have shed light on the deaths of over 40 immigrants who died while in ICE custody in the past four years due to neglect. In one instance, a detainee from Jamaica was locked in solitary confinement for over a week without receiving medical care …
Read More »A 20-Year-Old Woman’s Early Vote Will Not Count After Dying From Cancer, State Will Throw Out Ballot
A 20-year old fighting bone cancer excitedly filled out her ballot last month, voting for the first time. Sadly, her vote won’t count on Election Day. A few days after Amber Pflughoeft mailed her ballot, her condition deteriorated. She went back into the hospital and passed away in late September. …
Read More »Stanford Researchers Say Trump’s Rallies Led To More Than 30,000 COVID-19 Cases And More Than 700 Deaths
According to a study by four Stanford University researchers, Donald Trump’s campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 cases of COVID-19. The study analyzed 18 Trump rallies held between June 20 and September 22 and COVID-19 data from the weeks following the events. According to Vox, the study compared the …
Read More »Tennessee Man Accused Of Murdering His Autistic Teenage Brother While Their Mother Walked Away and Did Nothing
A Nashville, Tennessee man is behind bars after beating his 14-year-old autistic brother to death. Even more disturbing is that their mother witnessed the brutal beating but admitted to “walking away without ensuring that he did stop.” 52-year-old Rebecca Greenwood and her 33-year-old son David Matheny initially lied to authorities, …
Read More »Trump’s Executive Order Could Make HBCUs Ineligible for Nearly All Federal Funding
In September, Donald Trump issued an executive order that prohibits federal funding from being awarded to any agencies or contractors that promote racial or sexual stereotyping. According to HBCU Digest’s writer Jarret Carter Sr., the goal of Executive Order 13950 was to put an end to what the White House …
Read More »Walmart Walks Back Decision To Remove Guns And Ammo From Sales Floors
On Friday, Walmart announced that it was reversing an earlier decision to remove guns and ammunition from its sales floors in anticipation of civil unrest over the election. The firearms and ammo were taken off display on Thursday in all of the retailer’s stores after some Philadelphia stores sustained damage …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Best Celeb Halloween Costumes of 2020
Happy Halloween! I know many don’t celebrate the holiday but with everything that we have gone through this year, many just want to have fun today. The pandemic has really affected us with how we go about doing things but one thing for certain, some of your favorite celebs have …
Read More »Woman Involved In Fatal Hit-And-Run Extradited Back To The U.S. After Fleeing To Australia
A woman has been extradited from Australia back to California to face charges in a fatal hit-and-run, Fox News reports. Over three years ago, 35-year-old Andrea Dorothy Chan Reyes was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a 46-year-old man who was riding his bicycle in the area of Calmada …
Read More »Black CEO And Founder Of Marijuana Businesses Breaks Boundaries In the Cannabis Industry
Seun Adedeji is breaking boundaries as one of the select few young Black leaders in the industry. At just 27, Adedeji is the founder and CEO of his own cannabis dispensary called Elev8, which is now located in central Massachusetts’s hinterlands. According to a Bloomberg cover story on Adedeji, he …
Read More »Miami Mother Who Drowned Autistic Son Now Faces Death Penalty
The mother, who was recorded throwing her autistic son into a canal twice, drowning him, is now facing the death penalty. Back on May 21, Patricia Ripley was caught on camera taking her 9-year-old autistic son, Alejandro Ripley, into a canal in Miami and drowning him after she pushed him …
Read More »Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated In 24 Hour “Landmark Surgery”
In what is being called a “landmark surgery,” two conjoined twin girls have been successfully separated in California. The 9-month-old sisters Abigail and Micaela were born connected at the head, a rare condition known as craniopagus twins. Their mother, Liliya Bachinskiy, discovered that the twins were conjoined when she was 11 …
Read More »Police Take Black Toddler From Family’s SUV During Unrest In Philadelphia And Use Him As Propaganda; Mother Pursuing Civil Case
Police lied and said a Black baby that they took from a family’s SUV was wondering barefoot during unrest in Philadelphia over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. The police reach a new low every day, and their lies never cease to amaze the world. The latest one comes …
Read More »Gospel Legend Rance Allen Passes Away At The Age Of 71
Gospel legend Rance Allen, who was widely known for the gospel hit “Something About The Name Jesus,” has passed away. He was 71-years-old. The news of the passing was announced by Bishop Robert G. Rudolph Jr., the Adjutant General of the Church of God in Christ. “God, who is omnipotent …
Read More »