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On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated that they had captured more than 16 tons of marijuana worth an estimated $1.19 billion. The 10-day sting is the department’s largest eradication of illegal marijuana cultivations in its history. According to officials, the operation began on June 8 and resulted …

Rudy Giuliani’s legal license has been suspended in Washington, D.C., following his temporary suspension in New York for spreading election lies, while the state court system investigates his case further. According to disciplinary court documents, the appeals court in DC ruled Giuliani will be barred from practicing law in the …

Naomi Osaka is getting candid about the pressures of being a tennis star in her forthcoming Netflix docu-series. The 23-year-old opens up about how she was expected to be perfect but no longer cares how people may see her. “I always have this pressure to maintain this ‘sweetpea image.’ But …

DMX’s official cause of death has been confirmed in a newly released report. A report by Vulture confirmed that the 50-year-old rapper died from a cocaine-induced heart attack that caused a lack of blood circulation to his brain. The report cites a source from the Westchester County medical examiner’s office who …

The McDonough County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois is under fire after a 31-year-old Black woman was pinned down inside a jail cell and stripped naked in front of male officers. According to Vice News, Ariel Harrison is a mother of 3 who is partially blind. She was driving from a liquor …

Japan’s Olympics minister announced that Summer Olympics events in the Tokyo area will be now be held without spectators after Japan declared a state of emergency in the capital due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. This announcement comes as yet another blow to the already drastically scaled-down Olympic Games. …

Tuesday, a federal court of appeal ruled that a school in Massachusetts could continue administering electric shock to its students. According to the courts, the FDA cannot prohibit the Rotenberg Educating Center in Canton, Massachusetts, from using a device known as a graduated electronic decelerator for “treatment of last resort.” …

Facebook reportedly plans to build an entire town called Willow Park near its headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The project, partnered between the social networking giant and Oakland, CA-based company, Signature Development Group, will reportedly consist of 1,729 apartments, a supermarket, a pharmacy, retail, as well as 1.25 million square …

In this week’s episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith had a conversation with her mother Adrienne and her daughter Willow about when she took bad ecstasy that made her faint while on the set of The Nutty Professor. “I’m a binger. … When it’s time to go, we …

Simone Biles shared that she was initially in denial about being sexually assaulted by USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar, but with the assistance of her mom, she was able to face her pain and begin healing. Biles and her mom, Nellie, shared what that healing process was like in the new …

California is set to pay reparations to the victims of eugenics, which is a practice that determined that certain people, including those with mental illness or disabilities, shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce due to “undesirable traits.” Once approved, the state will give about $25,000 to the survivors who experienced sterilization, as …

U.S. track star Sha’Carri Richardson is not letting her Olympic troubles get to her. The 21-year-old gold medalist spoke with TMZ Sports on Wednesday about being left off of the Olympic team. “Honestly, that news didn’t bother me because me and my team were realistic, so we kind of figured …

Search and rescue efforts at the collapsed Surfside condo in Florida have been converted to a recovery operation. “Our team has developed a very detailed plan to guide the transition and to ensure that the operations proceed at the same speed and intensity,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference Wednesday. …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in New York due to increased gun violence. On Tuesday, Cuomo detailed the Executive Order in a tweet, calling the growing gun violence a “public health crisis.” The move comes as 51 people were shot over the Fourth of …

Kmart and Sears have pulled a controversial T-shirt from their online store referencing Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt as an “American Patriot” after facing intense backlash. On Tuesday, Vox journalist Aaron Rupar tweeted a screenshot of the shirt, which featured a faded American flag. He also included a link to the product. It was not immediately made clear …

Haiti’s Communications Secretary Frantz Exantus announced on Twitter Wednesday evening that the local police had arrested the “presumed assassins” of President Jovenel Moïse. Exantus did not provide details on how many suspects were in custody but tweeted that more details would be available on the country’s state television broadcaster. According …

According to law enforcement sources, one of Rihanna’s Los Angeles-area homes was the subject of an unwanted guest last week. TMZ reports that officers were called to one of the singer’s houses for reports of a trespasser on the grounds at about 7 a.m. RiRi’s security guards called the police after …

A woman is in jail after stealing a truck and taking police on a drawn-out chase before taking a break to stop at McDonald’s. The incident unfolded around 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday in Worcester, Massachusetts, when police were alerted that a woman had taken off with a restoration company’s pick-up …

A cult leader was imprisoned in Russia for promising mothers he could bring their murdered children back to life, and now his “cheat codes for the universe” are trending on TikTok. Back in 2008, Grigory Grabovoi was convicted of fraud after he promised women in mourning that he could bring …

Some of our favorite athletes will show up and show out as Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics! The Olympics are right around the corner, and some of our faves are ready to take home the gold. Gymnast Simone Biles is Team USA’s most popular competitor. The five-time Olympic gold …