Demand for Balenciaga clothing has reportedly plunged a pair of sweatpants caused viral outrage on social media. The controversial sweatpants retailing for $1,190 were accused of being a prime example of cultural appropriation and called “racist.” According to the NY Post, demand for the Spanish fashion label declined by more …

T.I. addressed the sex assault allegations leveled against him and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, eight months ago. The rapper and actor recently sat down with Big Bank, DJ Scream, and Baby Jade for a live episode of the “Big Facts Podcast.” They didn’t shy away from questions about the …

Gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman went before Congress earlier today to testify about what they say was the FBI’s failures in the handling of former USA Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar’s sexual assault case. Nassar pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and women …

The Department of Justice filed an emergency order yesterday asking a federal court judge to block the enforcement of the new Texas abortion law temporarily. In the filing, the DOJ said the new law, known as S.B.8, prevents “women from exercising their constitutional rights.” “The United States seeks a temporary …

A local rabbi claims someone drew swastikas with the words “Hail Hitler” on a bathroom wall at Pope High School in Cobb County, GA. “This is an attack on humanity, and it is important to understand that,” said Rabbi Larry Sernovitz, a Cobb parent and senior rabbi at Temple Kol …

A mother in England won over $250,000 in a settlement from her employer after they denied her request to reduce her hours so that she could pick up her daughter from daycare. Alice Thompson was awarded £185,000, which is roughly $255,947, on August 12 after a judge made the decision …

A Texas man allegedly attacked a couple, fatally shooting the wife and critically wounding her husband because they voted for President Joe Biden. The gunman, 38-year-old Joseph Angel Alvarez, reportedly ranted in emails about satanic rituals and abortion. Alvarez claimed he targeted Georgette and Daniel Kauffman partly because of the …

Thirteen gorillas at a Georgia zoo have tested positive for COVID–19, and reports claim a human staffer might’ve infected them. According to TMZ,  “Zoo Atlanta” reported that at least 13 of their 20 gorillas are presumptively positive with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This was discovered after several of them showed symptoms …

The Subway worker who defended herself during an armed robbery, and even successfully disarming the robber and convinced him to leave the sandwich shop, has been suspended by management. Araceli Sotelo was working at a Subway location in Rockford, Illinois, last weekend when a man brazenly entered and flashed a …

Genelle Guzman McMillan had only been in New York City for two years after leaving her native Trinidad and was working on the 64th floor of Tower 1 in the World Trade Center as an administrative temp for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, twenty years ago. …

As the week comes to a close, Twitter has once again confirmed that we are all sharing the same experiences in our respective walks of life. Somewhere along the line, the social media site has morphed into a family reunion of sorts with a slew of distant relatives, and we are here …

The family of a 6-year-old girl who died after suffering fatal injuries on a ride at a Colorado amusement park is speaking out. The spokesperson for the family of Wongel Estifanos told ABC News, “This is a parent’s worst nightmare and something you don’t wish on your worst enemy,” Bementayehu …

Allison Payne, the longtime TV news anchor for Chicago’s WGN, passed away on September 1 at the age of 57. Payne was a Detroit native who joined WGN in 1990 at the age of 25 and quickly established herself as an accomplished newswoman. Payne traveled to Kenya to trace the …

The widow of Rayshard Brooks’ is suing the City of Atlanta and the two police officers involved in the incident that killed him. According to TMZ, Tomeka Miller filed a lawsuit on behalf of Rayshard’s estate that claims her late husband’s controversial shooting death in a Wendy’s parking lot in …

Authorities busted the suspect, who they say fatally shot another man he believed was looking at him the wrong way on a Manhattan street. US Marshals in Los Angeles picked up 39-year-old Terrence Yates and returned to the city on Thursday to face charges related to the June 6 shooting …

California lawmakers unanimously voted to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who were stripped of their resort for African Americans due to racist harassment more than 100 years ago. The Manhattan Beach resort purchased in 1912 by Willa and Charles Bruce became “Bruce’s Beach,” the first …

Amazon has offered to pay the college costs for 750,000 of its frontline workers, a move meant to offer perks and incentives to job seekers and help retain staff during a labor shortage. The company has invested $1.2 billion toward the cost of college tuition fees and textbooks for hourly …

A recently published study reveals a growing racial disparity in opioid overdose death rates. The study, conducted in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, claims OD deaths among African Americans are increasing faster than those among whites across the country. The authors …

A guard at Florida’s state prison has pleaded guilty for his involvement in a scheme to smuggle drugs into a facility. 49-year-old Leslie Samuel Spencer faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to attempting to distribute methamphetamine and MDMA. Spencer was a correctional officer …

A fistfight erupted at the end of the school board meeting in Missouri on Tuesday evening after board officials unanimously approved a mask mandate as students return to classrooms. Pleasant Hill Police Department officers responded to a fistfight involving several people in a parking lot after the Pleasant Hill Board of …