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A middle-schooler wore a hat because he was embarrassed by his haircut. Instead of disciplining him for wearing the hat, his principal fixed his hair. Jason Smith is the principal at Stonybrook Intermediate and Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana. When he saw one of his students upset about his recent …

In the upcoming Showtime anthology series “The First Lady,” O-T Fagbenle has been cast as President Barack Obama, in a recurring role. Fagbenle will be starring alongside Viola Davis, who’s going to be playing First Lady Michelle Obama. The show is characterized as a re-framing of American leadership, told at …

Fans are receiving the first look at HBO‘s documentary centered around the life and music career of iconic singer Tina Turner. On Tuesday, HBO dropped the official trailer for the documentary “Tina.” According to People, the documentary will start at the beginning of her childhood. “My mother used to sit …

Cops arrested a man who attempted to bury his wife alive during a violent attack at a California beach Thursday night. According to The New York Post, cops responded to a 911 call from the woman just before 9 p.m. She told the police that her husband had just tried …

On Thursday, The House voted to pass the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2019, the legislation was passed by the House, but it was blocked by the Republican-led Senate. However, this time the White House, House, and Senate are …

Recently Columbia Professor and research scientist Carl Hart has been receiving backlash about his comments about using heroin.  Hart wrote the book “Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear,” and he appeared on The Breakfast Club to explain further about his drug use. At the beginning …

After it was announced that Mr. Potato Head was Dropping Mr. from his name in support of “gender neutral” identities, the Hasbro toy company spoke out to clear up some things. In a tweet from the companies Twitter page they wrote: “Hold that Tot – your main spud, MR. POTATO …

Recently Demi Lovato spoke out about ‘transphobic‘ celebrations as gender reveals continue to become popular. In a lengthy nine-page post on Instagram, she posted opinions on expecting parents who announce their child’s gender through unveiling a variety of pink and blue party favors. Lovato went on to argue that basing …

A woman turned her ex-boyfriend into the FBI for storming the Capitol after he called her a “moron” via text message. Richard Michetti may have gotten away with his role in the violent Capitol riot had he been a little nicer to his ex-girlfriend. Now, the Pennsylvania man is one …

Kyrie Irving is pushing to reignite the movement to have Kobe Bryant’s likeness used as the official NBA logo. On Wednesday, Irving posted a mock-up designed by Tyson Beck, that uses an image of Kobe Bryant with the caption “Gotta Happen, idc what anyone says. BLACK KINGS BUILT THE LEAGUE.” …

A Chicago teen has created a Facebook group dedicated to helping the elderly community sign up for their COVID-19 vaccination. “Chicago Vaccine Angels” is the new Facebook group created by 14-year-old Benjamin Kagan. The group’s mission is to help facilitate the elderly community with scheduling their Coronavirus vaccines after seeing …

A Florida daycare is in hot water after a distraught mother filed an administrative complaint after her 7-month-old baby was handed over to a stranger by a staffer. The Hillsborough County Child Care Licensing Office seeks to revoke Orient Road Child Development Center’s license to operate over the complaint, WFTS …

A British college student who disclosed that she was raped to her friends was found dead the next morning in her room. The New York Post reports that Megan Younger-Watson, 17, was sexually assaulted after a night of drinking at the Grinning Rat Pub on February 15, 2019. Once the pub closed, …

  Thirty-two-year-old Joseph D. Bossard has been formally charged with gunning down three young Black men at a Fort Wayne gas station last week. On Tuesday, Bossard was charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and other charges of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness concerning a …

On Wednesday, streaming platform Paramount+ announced that it’s bringing music and original programs back to our TV screens. After going off the air in 2014, VH1 documentaries Behind the Music will be revived. Also, to be revived will be the groundbreaking series  Yo! MTV Raps, which originally aired back in …

Prosecutors say that a 29-year-old Brooklyn man was charged Wednesday with 52 counts in seven separate attacks on “light-skinned” women in East Williamsburg since August of last year. In addition to other crimes, Khari Covington faces assault, strangulation, and burglary as hate crimes charges. Covington, who lives in a transitional …

This past Sunday, an American Airlines passenger jet traveling from Cincinnati to Phoenix encountered an apparent UFO as they were flying over Northeastern Mexico. According to a broadcast recorded by Steve Douglass on his Deep Black Horizon blog, at around 1 p.m. CST, the pilot said that the unidentified object …

Recently it was reported that the rapper DaBaby and his girlfriend DaniLeigh called it quits. During the short-lived relationship, DaniLeigh and DaBaby’s baby mother MeMe have exchanged words on Twitter in the past. However, MeMe says that she has never felt threatened by any woman that her baby father has …

A  10-year-old Michigan boy had to have his hands and legs amputated during his battle with COVID-19. It’s been weeks now that Dae’Shun Jamison has been in the hospital fighting Coronavirus complications. These rare side effects of the often deadly disease have led to the child having to have his …

Hollywood producer Ava DuVernay says that she is not surprised that there are no Black members on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. According to a new report by the Los Angeles Times, which was published on Sunday, the group of 87 international journalists who chooses the nominees and winners of …