Lawrence Brooks has seen a lot in his lifetime — 112 years’ worth of it, to be exact. The New Orleans native recently celebrated his 112th birthday. However, what makes this year extra special is that Brooks is also the world’s oldest living World War II veteran. […]
Disgraced former U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is currently serving up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse and assaults upon hundreds of girls and women placed in his care. But as Simone Biles told Congress: “The scars of this horrific abuse continue to […]
*Four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges they violated Floyd’s civil rights during his arrest in May 2020. Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have been charged with violating Floyd’s constitutional rights in ways that […]
“There are enough compromising elements … to prosecute Henry and ask for his outright indictment,” prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude wrote in the order. Haiti’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar […]
*Members of the Hebrew Israelites Community of Dimona in southern Israel have been ordered to leave the country by September 23 or face forcible deportation. As someone noted on Twitter, “Israel welcomes white American Jewish immigrants but if you’re black it’s often another story (you may as […]
When Berenice Abbott photographed 857 Riverside Drive near 160th Street in 1937, the small, wood-frame house in today’s Washington Heights was a charming relic from New York’s antebellum era. Built in 1851 in the Italianate style, it boasted clapboard siding, wood shutters, a wraparound porch with decorative […]
Per Uproxx: The Notorious B.I.G.’s old apartment where he recorded his classic album, Ready To Die, has gone up for sale. According to The New York Post, the apartment — two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn — is currently listed at $1.7 million. […]
The Brooklyn Federal Court sex trafficking trial of R. Kelly has been a very sad eye-opener for many who once praised Kelly as a music genius. Now, as the sordid details continue to emerge, society is faced yet again with the fruits of its inaction and unresponsiveness. Many of […]
Twenty-five years after the death of legendary West Coast rapper and actor Tupac “2pac” Shakur, his unrivaled legacy continues to reverberate throughout the hip-hop community. Monday marked the quarter-century mark since he died from gunshot wounds sustained during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. […]
*New York State Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threw pointed savagery toward Texas Governor Greg Abbott and what she called his “disgusting” ignorance of a woman’s reproductive system. During an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, AOC addressed Abbott’s public defense of his state’s new controversial law that makes it illegal […]
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