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The United States Mint is launching a new series of quarters honoring 20 trailblazing women, beginning with Maya Angelou and Dr. Sally Ride. The poet and the NASA astronaut will be the first two women to appear on the back of the coins, which will be released in January and …

Jake Paul is reportedly barred from attending Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul’s boxing match on June 6. Last week, the YouTuber went off the rails at a press event intended to drum up excitement for his brother’s upcoming show with legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather. Jake Paul untied his shoelaces during …

Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting rights activist, stated in a new interview that she aspires to be President of the United States one day. “Do I hold it as an ambition? Absolutely,” Abrams told CBS News. “And even more importantly, when someone asks me if that’s …

Rapper J. Cole announced on his Instagram that he will be releasing his new documentary, Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary. The documentary will go behind the scenes of the rapper’s new album ‘The Off-Season.’ The Off-Season is the first of three albums the rapper teased in an Instagram post from …

The body of a swimmer who jumped off a pontoon boat into Lake Lanier and did not resurface has been recovered. Game wardens with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources were called out to the lake after 12 p.m. The lake is located just outside Gainesville. According to the Atlanta …

Since school has moved to an online format amid the coronavirus pandemic, multiple stories of inappropriate moments caught on camera have been shared. Now, a New York City teacher is in hot water for sucking the nipple of a topless man during a Zoom class last September. The New York Post reports …

Two women and a 4-year-old girl were wounded in a shooting at New York’s Times Square on Saturday, New York police said. According to CNN, the women and child are believed to be innocent bystanders who were hit after shots rang out at about 4:55 p.m. near 45th Street and …

Hall County Authorities are continuing their search, looking for a swimmer who went missing in Lake Lanier on Saturday. According to AJC.com, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is searching the Flat Creek area of Lake Lanier, where the swimmer was last seen. Spokesman Mark McKinnon said the swimmer, who was not …

Medina Spirit, the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, the horse’s trainer Bob Baffert revealed Sunday morning, shortly before he was suspended. According to the New York Post, Baffert claimed Medina Spirit has “never been treated with betamethasone” and called the failed post-race drug …

Ryan Dorsey lovingly remembers the late Naya Rivera Sunday on her first Mother’s Day since her tragic death. “We can’t say the word happy but we’ll say thank you for being a mother & giving me this sweet amazing boy,” he captioned a post of Rivera and son Josey. Dorsey, …

Trey Songz can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble. His most recent legal woes stem from a hit-and-run accident on Thursday.  The singer allegedly got into a verbal altercation with a female driver, according to TMZ. Things escalated between the two, and at some point, Trey Songz bumped his car into hers. …

On Wednesday, the South Carolina House voted to add a firing squad option to the state’s execution methods due to the current lack of lethal injection drugs. The measure is also meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the country. …

The New York City Police Department is investigating the death of a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy. Romy Vilsaint’s death is considered suspicious by investigators, who believe he was being bullied and beat up at school. According to his family, he had been attacked twice in two days at his school, PS …

A viral TikTok video has reignited the search for Sofia Juárez. She went missing a day before her fifth birthday in February of 2003. CNN reports that TikTok users contacted the Kennewick Police Department after viewing an interview of a woman in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in Mexico, similar in age to Juárez. In …

A Miami-Dade police lieutenant and former high-ranking union member has landed himself in hot water after being accused and charged with sexual battery. According to CNN, John Jenkins, Jr. was booked into Palm Beach County Jail on Friday and “relieved of his official duties as a Miami-Dade Police Department lieutenant,” …

A Florida elementary school principal who was seen on camera paddling a 6-year-old student will not face any charges. According to Wink News, investigators concluded that Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter did not commit any crime because the girl’s mother consented to the punishment. The incident happened on April …

During a recent sit down with Angie Martinez, mega-producer Swizz Beatz revealed why he chose to call out DMX fake friends during X’s funeral service. The Verzuz cofounder called out those who failed to attend his friend’s home going, saying, “From the fans’ standpoint, X got a lot of love. It’s …

Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown, Jr., the North Carolina man fatally shot by deputies, have called for a local district attorney to recuse himself from the case. According to CNN, the team cited “well-defined” conflicts between the prosecutor and the sheriff’s office. Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank …

Pop Smoke was murdered by a 15-year-old shooter, who, along with a group of teens, ambushed the Brooklyn rapper in Los Angeles in a robbery attempt gone wrong. According to The New York Daily News, a detective testified that the group of teens targeted the rapper and were determined to …

A Black man was executed in Lincoln County, Arkansas, in 2017 despite the fact he maintained his innocence the whole time. The Innocence Project and ACLU argued that there was “DNA evidence that likely belonged to the killer and had never been tested with modern technology.” According to PEOPLE, Ledell …