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Rashad Bilal Calls Out Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Over Breakfast Club Interview

Rashad Bilal, co-host of the finance podcast Earn Your Leisure, criticized Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens after comments regarding Bilal's recent interview on The Breakfast Club. Bilal, speaking to Atlanta Black Star, stated that Mayor Dickens was unne...

Black North Carolina Man Sues Police After Woman Was Punched 17 Times During Arrest for Smoking Legal Hemp

A North Carolina man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department following a violent arrest in 2023. Anthony Lee, who is Black, was arrested along with a Black woman at a bus stop for smoking a legal hemp cigarette...

Black Audio Engineer Jeanetta Brantley Stands Behind Nolan Wells Recording, Invites FBI Review

Netta Brantley, a Black audio engineer, says she never expected a 37-second emergency call connected to Nolan Wells' death to place her at the center of a national debate. The veteran audio engineer is defending her enhancement of the recording afte...

Thom Tillis Says Pete Hegseth Has Lost His Confidence After Confirmation Vote

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis has publicly stated that he regrets his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Senator Tillis criticized the administration's performance, characterizing the Pentagon's execution under current l...

Where Nolan Wells Was Found Leaves Family Wanting an Explanation

Nolan Wells' family is demanding more answers after civil rights attorney Ben Crump questioned how the 18-year-old's body was recovered near Horn Island, Mississippi, close to where he was last seen during a Fourth of July outing. Representing Well...

Judge Mathis Weighs In on Nolan Wells' Independent Autopsy Results

Judge Greg Mathis is questioning the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells after an independent autopsy could not determine how the Mississippi college football player died. Speaking on The Art of the Dialogue, Mathis said the unan...

Howard University Enrollment Shake-Up Prompts New York, Other Colleges to Help Displaced Students

Howard University's decision to disenroll 502 incoming freshmen just weeks before the fall semester has prompted New York to open expedited admission opportunities for eligible displaced students while another historically Black university in Washi...

Gabrielle Giffords' Disability Becomes Talking Point During Mark Kelly Interview

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly faced a probing query from The Atlantic writer Mark Leibovich. The interview challenged the physical realities defining Kellys marriage to former Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Since a gunmans bullet tore through a Tu...

Simone Biles Back in Hospital Weeks After Near-Death Health Scare, Keeps Procedure Private

Simone Biles recently checked back into a medical facility for an undisclosed surgical procedure just weeks after surviving a terrifying health crisis. According to Fox News reporting, the twenty-nine-year-old athlete shared digital snapshots from h...

Georgia Grandmother Says Publix Pharmacy Mistake Could Have Led to Overdose

DECATUR, Ga. — A Georgia grandmother discovered a near-fatal pharmaceutical mix-up after unknowingly wearing powerful opioid patches meant for an entirely different customer. Betty Thomas, a 78-year-old woman, received transdermal fentanyl from a lo...

Don Lemon and Hunter Biden's Explosive Interview on Closeted Gay Republicans Goes Viral

Don Lemon sat across from Hunter Biden for an extensive exchange examining modern conservative politics. Their sprawling interview reviewed standard Beltway talking points to investigate the political strategies driving right-wing messaging toward...

Corey Durell Ruiz Shooting Reignites Racial Tensions in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — An 11-year veteran patrol officer fired three fatal rounds into thirty-eight-year-old Corey Durell Ruiz during a Wednesday bicycle pursuit near Williamson and South Baldwin streets. Shouts bounced off brick storefronts as patrol unit...

Nolan Wells Independent Autopsy Reveals Critical Forensic Gaps

CHICAGO — Forensic examination of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old teenager who disappeared during a Fourth of July boat trip to Horn Island, yielded inconclusive findings after Mississippi examiners retained crucial internal neck tissues. Board-c...

Trump Abruptly Ends Briefing with Lebanese President as Press Is Ushered Out

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump ended a media availability alongside Lebanese President Joseph Aoun mid-briefing Tuesday, with staff quickly clearing journalists from the Oval Office. Both leaders remained seated beside the fireplace as ai...

White Jacksonville Officer Arrested for Punching Handcuffed Black Man on Body Camera Footage

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patrol Officer Shane Saydek, a white man, was arrested Tuesday after investigators reviewed body camera footage depicting him striking a handcuffed suspect. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters confirmed the incident involved 43-yea...