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According to government statistics collected by the Associated Press, the majority of COVID-19-related deaths in the United States are now being recorded as persons who haven’t been vaccinated against the virus. On Thursday, the Associated Press reported that fully vaccinated adults accounted for only around .8% of the virus’s deaths …

Facebook’s market value surpassed $1 trillion for the first time on Monday, making it the sixth U.S. digital corporation to do so. Throughout 2021, Facebook has been steadily approaching the $1 trillion mark, but the news that finally drove it over the top was a judge’s dismissal of an FTC …

JAY-Z and Square CEO Jack Dorsey discussed TIDAL on Twitter Spaces on Monday. Hov sold a majority share in the streaming service to Square earlier in the year for more than $300 million. During the conference call, JAY discussed the evolution of TIDAL playlists, revealing that he personally selected many …

Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leaks revealed that her husband Gregg Leaks is currently back in the hospital because his cancer returned. Yesterday, NeNe disclosed that Gregg had to have surgery during an Instagram Live session with The Jasmine Brand. “He’s in the hospital. He’s been in the …

The Recording Academy announced on Monday that more than 2,700 music professionals have been invited to join the 2021 voting body to create a more diverse membership. The Academy shared that the 2021 class of invitees is 48 percent female, 32 percent Black, 13 percent Hispanic or Latino, and four percent Asian …

A British influencer, who is white, has undergone multiple plastic surgeries to look like a member of the K-pop band BTS. They say they now identify as Korean and can finally be themselves. Oli London, who identities as non-binary, has gone under the knife 18 times to look like pop star Park …

In a settlement with North Carolina, Juul Labs has agreed to pay $40 million and has decided to change its business practices within the state. “North Carolina is now the first state in the nation to hold Juul accountable for its instrumental role in creating a youth vaping epidemic,” said …

For the first time, 57 years after their deaths, never-before-seen case files, photographs, and other materials documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are finally exposed to the public. The assassinations of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in …

Last year, the Trump administration freed over 4,500 detainees to prevent them from catching COVID-19. Gwen Levi, 76, was one of the people who qualified for the early dismissal. Levi was sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiring to sell at least one kilogram of heroin. Levi has since …

The 2021 BET Awards proved to be a true celebration of Black excellence. The star-studded event kicked off with a high-fashion red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, where fans flocked to cheer on their favorite hip-hop and R&B artists. The award show then kicked off with some …

The fatal shooting of a retired Massachusetts state trooper and an Air Force veteran is now being investigated as a hate crime.  Investigators found “some troubling white supremacist rhetoric” that targeted Black and Jewish people made by Nathan Allen, 28, before the shooting. CBS News reports that he wrote “about …

Walmart has removed Foam Runner knockoffs from its website following a rumored lawsuit filed by Kanye West and the Yeezy company. The previously available range of fake Yeezy Foam Runner alternatives has been deleted from the Walmart site in recent days, according to a TMZ story published early Monday. Of …

According to a study published on Monday, both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccinations are likely to provide long-lasting protection against Covid-19, implying that those who have already been inoculated with one of the mRNA vaccines may not need a booster dose for years. According to a peer-reviewed study published in …

While many families continue to look for their missing loved ones, one family says they have received 16 calls from a landline belonging to their grandparents, who are among the 156 people still missing after the Surfside condo complex collapsed. Arnie and Myriam Notkin lived on the third level of …

According to police, a DJ opened fire inside an Atlanta nightclub on Sunday, injuring three patrons. 11 Alive reports that Atlanta Police were called to the Silver Ultra Lounge in southwest Atlanta around 2 a.m. for reports of a person shot. The DJ was working at the club when the manager asked him …

Two adults and one child have died after a minivan was hit by a train at a railroad crossing in East Chicago, Indiana. Three other children were injured. According to Local News 8, video footage of the area confirmed signals were working, and the gates were down at the time, …

A Florida man is determined to be the last one standing against a $600 million commercial development by refusing to sell his home.  Orlando Capote told CBS4 News that his father bought the home in 1989, after arriving in Coral Gables after escaping Cuba. Although the development company has offered him large sums …

Kentucky is the latest state to offer hefty cash incentives to persuade people to return to the workforce as the economy begins to bounce back from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to ABC News, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a new plan earlier this week to pay 15,000 Kentuckians …

A 10-year-old boy has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head after finding a gun in the house where he and his sister were home alone playing. According to ABC News, the tragic incident occurred at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Tioga-Nicetown area of Philadelphia. The boy …

Serena Williams announced that she will not participate in the Olympic games this summer in Tokyo on Sunday. Williams told reporters at Wimbledon that he had her reasons for pulling out of the 2021 Summer Olympics; however, she is choosing not to make it public, according to Bleacher Report.  “There’s a lot of …