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Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet is in hot water after a video recorded in her home over the weekend containing racial slurs surfaced Monday. The City Court Judge asked for “understanding, forgiveness, patience, and prayers” for her and her son as the request for her resignation grew after the …

Supervisors with a candle factory warned employees that they would be fired if they left work early as a catastrophic tornado approached. On Friday, multiple employees with the Mayfield Consumer Products factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, requested to leave work early in the hours ahead of a dangerous storm. Warning sirens …

“Diet” soda is becoming harder and harder to find on grocery store shelves. It’s not that it’s disappearing, but that diet soda is being rebranded to “zero sugar” to appease health-conscious consumers who don’t care for the word diet. Brands like PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, 7Up, A&W, and Sunkist are all being …

Doctors have confirmed that former NFL player Phillip Adams, who killed six people before killing himself, had severe CTE. Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist and expert on neurodegenerative diseases at Boston University, studied Adams’ brain after his death. She found that two decades of playing football caused him to have …

New York City police are looking for a man who allegedly slapped a woman on the subway. Video footage shows a man and a woman getting into a verbal altercation, which quickly led to the man assaulting her. In the video, the man can be seen standing over the woman. …

Walt Disney Pictures will change the storyline of the classic film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after it faced backlash. The classic tale of Snow White tells the story of how a wicked stepmother put a hit out on her beautiful step-daughter in hopes of achieving being the most …

O.J. Simpson is now a ‘completely free’ man! The former NFL player was granted early release from parole for good behavior, according to the Nevada Department of Public Safety. “Mr. Simpson is a completely free man now,” his Nevada lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The 74-year-old …

Boosie took to Instagram to announce he’s officially an ordained minister. The “Wipe Me Down” rapper showed on his certificate from the Universal Life Church Ministries on the post with his real name, Torrence Hatch, and announced that he can now legally marry couples. In a video, he said, “If …

A Black child was allegedly forced to eat waffles that were dumped in a trash can.  On Dec. 8, the mother of a student who attends Palm Elementary School filed a lawsuit against the institution in connection to an incident that took place on Nov. 21. According to the mother, …

A Black man in Hopkins, Minnesota was handcuffed after a U.S. Bank manager accused him of trying to cash a fake check. “Banking while Black” is the latest incident in which a Black person is minding their own business doing nothing wrong and still being attacked or insulted over the …

A San Francisco franchise group that operated multiple Burger King locations now owes $1.9 million in a massive wage theft case. Between 2016 and 2019, Golden Gate Restaurant Group operated five Burger King locations in The Golden City, though they ran over a dozen in the Bay Area. The owner, …

Text messages between three Fox News hosts, Donald Trump Jr. and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from Jan. 6 have been “leaked.” The text messages allegedly show the hosts and Trump Jr. trying to get Meadows to convince Donald Trump to call off the rioters who were …

A detective testified Tuesday that Tory Lanez yelled “dance bitch, dance” as he allegedly fired a gun at Megan The Stallion‘s feet. Lanez’s shocking comments were discussed during the preliminary hearing for the singer’s felony assault case. LAPD detective took a stand to describe Lanez’s interaction with Megan after arriving …

The Coachella Music festival filed a trademark infringement suit against Live Nation Entertainment over a competitive event produced by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians named “Coachella Day One 22.” Like the 20-year-old Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Twenty-Nine Palms’ Day One 22 event is advertised as an …

A truck driver was sentenced to 110 years in prison after crashing his 18-wheeler into dozens of vehicles on a Colorado highway, killing four people. He insisted he is “not a murderer.” During the trial, jurors heard that on April 29th Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a 26-year-old Cuban immigrant, swerved on I-70 …

According to law enforcement officials, a substitute teacher in Florida was arrested for having sex with a teen student who allegedly shared one of their sexual encounters in a Snapchat video. According to a news release, Ayanna Davis, 20, a substitute English teacher at Lakeland High School, was arrested after …

Tyler, The Creator just debuted his Golf Le Fleur brand’s first collection, as well as a new pop-up shop in Malibu. It includes high-end fashion, footwear, accessories, and beauty products, including the French Waltz fragrance. “I don’t even see this as me diving into the beauty space,” he told Essence. …

After removing “D” and “F” grades in an attempt to reengage students amid falling test performance during the pandemic, California school districts are being accused of being too soft on students. Nidya Baez, assistant principal at Fremont High in Oakland, told Bay City News “Our hope is that students begin …

Following her Texas Southern University graduation over the weekend, Megan Thee Stallion revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she still plans to follow through on her promise of opening an assisted living facility in her hometown of Houston. The rapper told Rolling Stone that she was thrilled to …

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards on Monday. Snoop Dogg and HFPA president Helen Hoehne made the announcement, with many commenting on Snoop’s hilarious mispronunciation of several names. Some of this year’s nominees include Beyoncé, Issa Rae, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Billy Porter. Lupin and Pose were nominated in the Best Television Series categories. The nominations come on …