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Philadelphia has prohibited ski masks and other facial coverings within the city due to the fact that a significant portion of the crimes in the area have been carried out by individuals wearing such disguises.

The recently enacted law makes it illegal for individuals to don ski masks in parks, schools, or while using public transportation. Those found in violation of this regulation may face a fine of $250, with a potential increase to $2,000 if they are engaged in criminal activities while wearing a ski mask. However, the law does provide certain exemptions for individuals wearing ski masks for religious reasons.

This legislation comes at a time when the sixth-largest city in the nation has been grappling with a surge in violent crime. In 2021, Philadelphia recorded a historic high in homicides, with the majority of them involving firearms. While the number decreased from 562 to 516 in 2022, it remained elevated compared to the levels before the pandemic. Major cities across the country witnessed an increase in crime as social support systems were disrupted during the pandemic. However, crime rates have started to return to levels seen prior to the pandemic.

Daddy Yankee is trading his reggaeton career in for a life of Christ.

The world-renowned singer responsible for the hit single “Gasolina” shared the big news with his fans Sunday night during the final stop of his farewell tour in Puerto Rico. After performing his most notable international record, Yankee told the crowd of his forthcoming life plans to lean more into his faith.

“This day, for me, is the most important day in my life.. tonight I recognize and am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Christ lives in me and that I will live for him. This is the end of one chapter and the beginning of a brand new one,” Yankee said in Spanish to the crowd and also wrote in a lengthy IG caption.

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He addressed thousands of fans with tears streaming down his face. Even as one of the most successful artists in his genre, Yankee is ready to turn over a new leaf. It seems that Yankee had the support of his concert attendees at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, who cheered him on during his powerful statement confessing his retirement from reggaeton.

“I have to confess that those days are over. Someone was able to fill that emptiness,” Yankee stated.

In his IG post, Yankee shared a Bible scripture that read, “For what good is it for a man to gain the whole world, if he loses his life?” a signal that he may have felt unfulfilled despite such an illustrious career, which includes five Grammy nominations. It’s unclear if Yankee will make gospel music moving forward, but whatever his new plans are, the singer appears at peace with his decision.

LaTavia Roberson’s sit-down with Carlos King has everybody talking, and one of the stand-out moments was her reuniting with Beyonce.

The former Destiny’s Child star first reunited with Bey during a leg of her and Jay Z’s “On The Run II” tour in 2018, making it their first time seeing each other in almost 20 years.

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Roberson shared that seeing her group mate for the first time in over a decade was “love.” She got an opportunity to meet Bey and Jay-Z’s twins, Sir and Rumi, and chop it up with Blue Ivy and Solange.

“It was just a moment that needed to happen. I did say to myself in that moment, I was like, ‘You know what, if I never see her again, this is what I needed.’ It was wonderful for me,” Roberson told King.

The former group members came together once again this year during the Houston stop of the Renaissance tour.

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Roberson did admit that many people were resentful towards Bey after Roberson’s tumultuous exit from Destiny’s Child. However, she never held any hard feelings towards her childhood friend, as she was not the one responsible for Roberson and LeToya Luckett’s firing from DC. This made the reunion moment even more emotional. Roberson even took her time among the famous family to hug Matthew Knowles, someone she felt contributed to her firing. This moment was freeing for Roberson, as she harbored a wide range of emotions regarding his role in the DC group switch-up. However, when speaking with Bey, the women never discussed the group breakup. Instead, the women reminisced about the magic they made together in those early days of their careers.

“It was so good for me. I loved it,” Roberson gloated.

Will Smith candidly discussed his personal life, including the numerous well-publicized highs and lows he has experienced in recent times.

Jamie Foxx emotionally opened up about his recent hospitalization, revealing he was unable to walk at one point.

This revelation occurred during his first public appearance since the incident while accepting the Vanguard Award at the Critics Choice Association event in Los Angeles.

“You know it’s crazy I couldn’t do that six months ago. I couldn’t actually walk,” Foxx said.

“And I’m not a clone, I’m not a clone. I know a lot of people were saying I was cloned out there,” he added while laughing.

“It feels good to be here. I cherish every single minute now. It’s different. You know? It’s different. It’s beyond — I wouldn’t wish what went through on my worst enemy because it’s tough when it’s almost over, when you see the tunnel,” Foxx continued.

“I saw the tunnel, I didn’t see the light!” he said jokingly. “It was hot in that tunnel! I didn’t know what I was doing. S—, am I going to the right place? I see the devil going ‘c’mon.'”

Foxx faced a medical emergency during the filming of “Back in Action” in April. He remained out of the public eye until July, when he shared on Instagram that he had “went to hell and back” but was on the path to recovery.

“If you see me out from now on, and every once in a while I just burst into tears, it’s because it’s been tough man, I was sick man, but now I’ve got my legs under me so you’ll see me out,” he said.

Additionally, he thanked his sister and daughter for “not letting anybody know anything that happened,” adding, “I can only say that you need somebody like that in your corner.”

Foxx revealed that he was treated in Chicago and said the ordeal has given him a deeper respect for life and art.

“Black people, when we almost die or go through something like that, there’s two phrases, one of two phrases we say. One is, ‘Lord, have mercy, Jesus. Lord, have mercy, Jesus.’” he said.

“I want to say thank you so much. I want to say, six months ago I couldn’t fathom that this could happen or that I would be here, but as I walk up here to this microphone and get this Vanguard Award, all I can say is Lord, have mercy, Jesus.”

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have finally released their long-awaited podcast, and the controversial couple is spilling tea.

On Tuesday, “Amy & T.J.” debuted on iHeartPodcasts, and the pair finally spoke on their relationship, which led to their termination from “Good Morning America.” Both were married at the time, and their extramarital affair did not align with the family-friendly programming. However, the pair has no regrets about how things went down.

“We have fought for love, and I can say that I’ve never been happier. I am with my best friend. We have gone through, I think it’s fair to say, a year of hell, but we have had each other through it all,” Robach said on the show.

During the early days of the scandal, Robach was fearful that Holmes had harmed himself after photographers snapped pictures of them together, virtually outing the couple. According to Robach, she was forced to do a wellness check performed after “GMA” producers couldn’t reach him. He’d also sent her alarming text messages speaking in the past tense. Looking back, Holmes admits that his mind state may have been altered, especially considering that he’d heavily turned to marijuana edibles and liquor to cope with losing his job and the public scrutiny surrounding it.

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In one message, Holmes wrote, “I’m sorry, you were the love of my life. I’m so sorry this has happened.”

Thankfully, the couple have had a “total reset” and are now looking forward to spending their lives together.

“It has been the most beautiful relationship I have ever had in my life,” Robach shares.

Saucy Santana recently opened up on VH1’s For The Fellas about his apprehensions about possibly having a gay son.

During the interview, the rapper admitted to being afraid for his future son to encounter the same hate and criticism he experienced for his own dating preferences.

“I think for me, just being honest – I’m just worried about how to raise a kid and just me being gay,” he began. “And I feel like if I have a son, I wouldn’t want my son to be gay. And not because nothing is wrong with it but because of everything I went through. I don’t look at it as self-hate because I love myself more than anybody.”

He said: “I think that it’s just not easy. I want better and I don’t even know if better is the right word because it’s not saying… To me, nothing is wrong with being gay.”

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Chrisean Rock finds an unlikely ally in Jaidyn Alexis after Blueface allegedly got into a car accident with Chrisean Jr. 

The drama unfolded in the early hours of Monday morning when Blue claimed he had to “rescue” the infant from Rock’s friend and babysitter, Marsh. While holding the child, he shared videos claiming Rock abandoned the baby to see a man, though Rock says she was in the studio. During that clip, Blue also threatened to have Alexis beat up Marsh and even told Rock’s friend he’d beat her himself, something Rock says he actually followed through with. After the ordeal, Rock went live with Alexis, where the “Baddies” star explained her side of things. 

“It don’t matter who I was with. So, then I’m like, ‘he got the baby?’ He got in a car accident with the baby. It’s just some weird sh** going on,” Rock said. 

At one point, Alexis and Rock got Jr. inside the car but then started taking shots. This seemingly annoyed Blue, who said he would leave his two kids from Alexis “across the street” since she’d chosen to get in the car with Rock and leave the children with Blue.

Chrisean and Jaidyn on live together so blueface told her tell Jaidyn he leaving the kids across the street since she left them home with him😭😭😭I hate him pic.twitter.com/4wCfL4oMxQ

— Aliyah B. (@Ayeezy__) December 4, 2023

As for Alexis, she appeared happy to be live with Rock and was unphased by Blue’s antics as they laughed and joked. She was formally at odds with Blue’s newest baby mama, even fighting her before over their shared love of the Cali rapper.

Very interesting turn of events in the Alexis, Rock, Blue universe.

On Sunday, Muni Long took to Twitter to reveal to fans that she was autistic while also updating them on her Lupus diagnosis.

“So apparently, I’m autistic, and my free self is the version of me that I began repressing at the age of 22 because it made people highly uncomfortable,” she tweeted to her followers. “It started first with me doing insane amounts of drugs, and then when that didn’t work, I just held it in. Which led to lupus.”

So apparently I’m autistic, and my free self is the version of me that I began repressing at the age of 22 because it made people highly uncomfortable. It started first with me doing insane amounts of drugs and then when that didn’t work I just held it in. Which led to lupus.

— My name is MUNI (@munilong) December 3, 2023

And now the lupus has gotten to a point where it’s effectively impossible to contain. And in order to free myself from the rollercoaster that is autoimmune disease, I have to let my emotions, thoughts and feelings out…. But…. Autism! OMG WTF THIS IS SO WACK 😭

— My name is MUNI (@munilong) December 3, 2023

But at least knowing I am autistic explains SO MUCH.

— My name is MUNI (@munilong) December 3, 2023

She said, “And now the lupus has gotten to a point where it’s effectively impossible to contain. And in order to free myself from the roller coaster that is autoimmune disease, I have to let my emotions, thoughts, and feelings out. But, Autism!”

Muni then described the situation as “wack” but said that understanding it “explains so much.”

“A lot of days, I just wanna put my head in the pillow and scream… minus the pillow, though,” she wrote.

Long discussed her lupus diagnosis during a recent appearance on REVOLT’s “Black Girl Stuff.”

“Lupus is an stress-related disease,” she explained to the hosts. “It’s a silent, invisible struggle ’cause you can’t see it. You wake up in the morning and you look just fine, but you really feel like you got ran over by a train… There’s a lot of different things that I’ve experienced with this diagnosis, everything from hair loss to skin rashes. Being in this business is vainglorious, so that affects my output so much. When I feel good, I look good, I produce well. When I feel like crap, and I gotta go out… Even something as small as someone touching my arm, it hurts. But I gotta smile, and I gotta talk to people when I don’t feel like talking.”

Star runner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has landed a prestigious partnership with Richard Mille.

The Jamaican sprinter joins the company as a brand ambassador as she gears up for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As part of the new deal, Fraser-Pryce, who has been nicknamed the “Pocket Rocket,” will rock an RM 07-04 Automatic Sport during the Parisian games. The legendary watch company and Fraser-Pryce announced the big news via Instagram on November 29th. In her formal statement, Fraser-Pryce said she was excited to partner with Richard Mille as yet another way of her defying the odds.

“People have always told me what I could or couldn’t do; I wanted to be part of a brand that knows about timing and where age doesn’t limit your progress. At the end of the day, we have the same vision as it pertains to our legacy. What we want to achieve is timeless,” Fraser-Pryce explained.

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Fraser-Pryce has achieved so much throughout her career. She has earned ten gold and four silver medals. The 36-year-old is the only sprinter to hold five world titles in the 100 meters, taking home the title in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2022. For this reason, Brand and Partnership Director Amanda Mille feels that Fraser-Pryce is the right woman for the job.

“She is a strong woman who combines sprinting with being a mother. As if that wasn’t already enough, she finds the energy for her charity work, and this all-round commitment totally reflects our values,” Mille stated.

Fans will witness Fraser-Pryce wear the timepiece during the games, which begin July 26th, 2024, and conclude August 11th, 2024.

Kimora Lee Simmons is filled with gratitude following a close call with a potentially tragic incident at her residence.

Over the weekend, the 48-year-old entrepreneur took to social media to reveal that her home had suffered a fire. In her post, she shared pictures of first responders and the resulting damage. Simmons assured everyone that her family was safe and extended her heartfelt gratitude to the fire department. She recognized the crucial role they played in potentially saving their lives.

“My house caught fire. The kids and I are all fine,” Simmons wrote on her Instagram Story. “I cannot express the deepest gratitude to the numerous battalions, ladders and units that attended to us for many hours today and quite possibly saved our lives. THANK YOU!”

Authorities say a Florida woman posed as a 14-year-old homeschooled child to prey on middle schoolers for sex.

Alyssa Ann Zinger, 22, is accused of engaging in at least 30 sexual acts with at least one student and sending explicit videos to several more. She was arrested last week.

“It is disturbing and unsettling to see an adult take advantage of a child and prey on them,” Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement.

“Anyone who may have been a victim of Zinger’s, we encourage you to come forward. The Tampa Police Department will support you and ensure a predator like Zinger doesn’t cause you or others additional harm.”

Zinger allegedly created a fake persona and communicated with her victims on social media platforms, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Multiple victims, who attended Wilson Middle School in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood, told authorities they thought Zinger was their age but was homeschooled, the New York Post reported.

“There are believed to be additional victims,” Tampa police said.

Zinger allegedly started a sexual relationship with one of the victims from May to September, the warrant states.

The boy told police that the pair had sex multiple times and that the alleged predator sent him explicit photos and videos.

Another told authorities that Zinger sent a video to several children via Snapchat that depicted sexual intercourse.

Zinger allegedly admitted to one victim that she had engaged in sexual activities with other minors.

In July, the accused and one of the children were caught shoplifting at Nordstrom. It was then that her real age was uncovered.

The officer confirmed that she was born in 2001. notably, police had already been investigating her for about a year, according to the arrest warrant.

One of her victims came forward about Zinger’s alleged inappropriate behavior three months later.

She has been charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, records show.

She has pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released from jail on the day of her arrest after posting the $7,500 bond on each of her second-degree felony charges.

Idaho authorities confirmed a baby who was abducted was found dead in the woods on Saturday. The baby’s father was spotted walking naked and delirious nearby shortly before.

Police found the body of 10-month-old Zeke Best after a hunter called to report a man in a sleeping bag on the side of the road, the New York Post reported.

The man — identified as the infant’s father, suspected killer Jeremy Albert Best — was “naked and making odd statements,” the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Law enforcement had been searching for the two since Thursday night when Best, 48, allegedly killed his wife, 38-year-old Kali Jean Randall, inside their home just hours after he underwent a psychological evaluation.

Best was apprehended by police Thursday afternoon for walking through a local store without any clothes. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he underwent testing for medical and mental health concerns.

After being released that day, Best allegedly returned home to kill his wife and kidnap his baby.

Police issued an Amber Alert naming Best as an “armed and very dangerous homicide and kidnapping suspect,” the Teton County Sheriff’s Office added.

Best’s black SUV was found around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, down an embankment in the area where hunters discovered him.

Zeke was pronounced dead at the scene.

After being treated by medics, Best was taken into custody.

Monday, he appeared in court, where he was charged with two counts of murder in first-degree for the deaths of his wife and unborn child.

The family of a mother who died while giving birth has filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking $42 million from a New York hospital.

Christine Fields, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, reportedly passed away after giving birth at Woodhull Hospital in November. Her family claims hospital staff did not properly perform an emergency C-section and monitor her post-surgery.

The mother, who has two other children, was conscious and responsive after the baby was born but went into cardiac arrest the next day. The family’s attorney said there was pooling blood, which occurs when the blood is unable to pump back to the heart and collects in the extremities.

Attorney Ira Newman spoke with PIX11, saying, “Her baby’s heart rate drops, and there’s fetal distress. She’s rushed in for a C-section, and we are investigating and have learned from the [medical examiner’s] office that there was pooling blood.”

A $42 million lawsuit has been filed against the hospital. Denene Witherspoon, the mother of Fields, claims her daughter was “healthy.”

“I miss my daughter so much, and I need to know what happened to my daughter,” she told media outlets.

“My daughter was healthy, my daughter was 30, my daughter did everything right. She had had a birthing plan. Nothing was followed according to her birthing plan, and now I don’t have my child, and it just hurts so much. that was my heart. She made me so proud, and now I don’t have that in my life anymore. Now, I have to help raise three kids that don’t have a mother.”

Fields leaves behind three children, including her newborn child and her fiancé Jose Perez, who has been left devastated.

“We were looking forward to a wedding this year, but she ended up pregnant and we put it on hold. We just thought it was going to be a regular birth like the first, second kid,” Perez told the New York Daily Mail.

Fields’ autopsy results are pending. Family lawyer Sanford Rubinstein said: “Three children, ages 3, 5 and a newborn infant, will now be raised without a mother. This is tragic. This family had no reason to think this wasn’t going to be a healthy childbirth.”

The mother’s tragic passing comes three years after the death of Sha’Asia Washington, who also died during an emergency C-section at the hospital in 2020.

City data from 2019 shows that black mothers across the five boroughs are more than twice as likely to die giving birth than white mothers, PIX11 News reported.

Sukihana is back on social media giving us a glimpse of her life.

In a recent Instagram Live, The Love & Hip Hop Miami star revealed that she had a long night and that she needed to take an emergency contraceptive before the medication deadline.

“I got pregnant on these a lot of times. Baby, I had a long night, last night. I ain’t gonna lie, but baby, I had took my birth control out y’all knowing I’m not supposed to because really I’m just fertile myrtle. But now, I gotta take me one of these. You know what this is?” Sukihana said while holding up the box.

She added, “Emergency contraception y’all. And, this not even the one.”

“This one like the generic brand so hopefully it works,” while hinting at being passed the 72 hour mark. “Because if it don’t baby, b*tch gonna be pregnant. Gotta do what I gotta do.”