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A Filipino man died after being forced to do 300 squats for violating the COVID-19 curfew. The Philippines has reportedly been enforcing extreme consequences for its citizens who break rules it has put in place for the fight against spreading Coronavirus. A man named Darren Manaog Peñaredondo is the latest …

Virginia has become the first southern state to legalize marijuana. Virginia was the first southern state to end the death penalty, and now it’s the first to make smoking that Mary Jane legal. The new freedom went official on Wednesday following the amendment of a bill by Gov. Ralph Northam. …

A judge in Florida has ruled that police officers can be considered victims even if they are using deadly force on someone. In a 13-page decision, Judge Lori Rowe of the 1st District Court of Appeal and three other judges ruled police officers who get into violent incidents deserve the …

Jamie Foxx has signed on to release an adaption of Dominique Fishback’s one-woman play, “Subverted.” “Subverted” follows the story of Fishback’s character, an 18-year-old girl named Eden. The teenager lives in the inner city, and the tale depicts “the destruction of Black identity” as Eden sees it. Fishback portrayed over …

Travis Rudolph, a former NFL wide receiver, has been arrested for murder. Authorities say the 25-year-old opened fire on a group of people in Florida, killing one man. According to TMZ Sports, shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Cops responded to a shooting in West Palm Beach and found a male …

A Texas ranger said he and his neighbors have been finding bodies of migrants on their properties. Whit Jones, a Texas Ranger who lives in Hebbronville, Texas, sat down with “Fox and Friends” and shared the strange findings he and his neighbors encounter. Jones says he finds about two to …

Recent scandals have engulfed current and former NBA teams, and we have now added the latest case to the notorious list. Former NBA player Darius Morris was caught on camera beating up his ex-girlfriend while she screamed for help. Pictures and videos were posted on social media, showing Morris’s poor …

The Prince Estate and Sony’s Legacy Recordings announced the release of the late artist’s “Welcome 2 America” album on July 30th. According to Variety, the album was initially recorded in 2010 but was never released and features Prince covering songs by other artists like Bob Dylan and Janet Jackson. The …

Like many children of color, Aniqua Wilkerson never questioned why her dolls didn’t look liked her — but she did know something wasn’t right. Wilkerson spent most of her childhood playing with a white, blue-eyed baby doll until she turned 8, and a family friend gave her a black doll …

When February rolled around last year, Ebele Azikiwe was in sixth grade, and it was time to study Black culture. Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a debate on slavery were all on the curriculum at the time. She said it was the same as the year …

According to ABC News, the gunman who killed five people in South Carolina was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who committed suicide early this morning. Out of the five people shot, a prominent doctor was included. Apparently, Adams’s parents lived near the doctor’s home in Rock Hill, and that same …

The Texas woman with the world’s longest nails has officially cut them down, and I’m sure she is relieved that she no longer has to answer the question, “How do you wipe?” In 2017, Houston’s Ayanna Williams set the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest fingernails, measuring nearly 19 feet …

Shaquille O’Neal made one lucky fan a very happy guy. According to People, the basketball legend whipped out his credit card and paid off the balance on an engagement ring the fan was buying for his fiancée in a Zales store, where O’Neal happens to have his own jewelry line. …

After news spread that the Kardashian clan’s team was working to get Khloe’s unedited photo removed from social media, it was only right for the reality TV star to respond and clap back at the trolls who wanted to body-shame her. Yesterday, Khloe posted to her Instagram a series of …

Kelly Price stopped by The Breakfast Club, where she opened up about the body-shaming she’s received in the music industry. Price goes into detail about the awkward meeting she had with then-Jive A&R Jeff Fenster when he told her she needed to lose a significant amount of weight before her record is released. Even …

Tyler Perry is creating a prequel series about his iconic Madea character for Showtime. According to Variety, Showtime has reportedly ordered multiple scripts for the origin show, titled “Mabel.” The project’s synopsis states that long before Madea was the force of nature as we’ve known her, she was a smart, …

The only thing better than Ne-Yo’s music is his personality. A true lover of life, the R&B superstar continues to gift fans all around the world with nothing short of feel-good, positive energy, blessing the music industry with his smooth, sultry voice for decades on end. The 3x Grammy-award-winning recording …

Lil Wayne’s cannabis brand GKUA announced Wednesday that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Los Angeles Coliseum to host 4/20 parties for “years to come.” 4/20 is the name commonly used for the cannabis-oriented celebration that occurs annually on April 20. “GKUA is about feeling inspired,” the rapper said in …

Private photos and videos from hundreds of OnlyFans accounts, including Bella Thorne’s, have leaked online after a shared Google Drive was posted to a hacking forum. Cybersecurity firm BlackChannel first noticed the adult-themed content had been posted last month. According to BleepingComputer, the Google Drive folder contained folders for close to 300 OnlyFans accounts. One of the …

After a spike in violence against Asian Americans, one New York City woman raised more than $100,000 to pay for private Uber and Lyft rides. A recent subway ride left Maddy Park feeling anxious and nervous about taking public transportation, so she decided to take action. “Last week I took the train. …