by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton November 20, 2024 Westbrook is in his 17th NBA season. Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to record 200 triple-doubles on Nov. 18. Westbrook came off the bench for 12 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebounds to help the Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies,…
by Stacy Jackson November 20, 2024 DeKalb County police will conduct a search with family members and volunteers on Saturday. A missing 80-year-old woman in DeKalb County, Georgia, has her friends and loved ones concerned since she wandered away from her home on Nov. 13. Ricky Dawson told Channel 2 Action News that his mother,…
by Mitti Hicks November 20, 2024 The election results have been devastating for women hoping that a woman would finally lead the nation for the first time in the country’s nearly 250-year history. The election results have been devastating for women who had hoped that a woman would finally lead the nation for the first…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton November 20, 2024 AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group) claims Young Thug defaulted on a loan it gave his YSL label in 2017. Atlanta rapper Young Thug has escaped one legal issue just to be embroiled in another after leaving jail after his RICO case. According to AllHipHop, the YSL recording artist…
by Sharelle Burt November 20, 2024 He has a point…. Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton is blasting President-elect Donald J. Trump for not adding Black leaders to his cabinet selection so far, The Hill reports. During a segment of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sharpton pointed out that Trump has yet to announce anyone Black to…
by Kandiss Edwards November 20, 2024 Mississippi College is embracing it’s Christian ideology with its name change. Mississippi College, a private institution, is instituting a name change to Mississippi Christian College. The decision was approved by the Mississippi Board of Trustees on Nov. 18. The college is also eliminating its Division ll football team in…
by Kandiss Edwards November 20, 2024 BlackLit in Farmers Branch, Texas, is closing its store leaving residents without a Black-owned bookstore. BlackLit, the first Black-owned bookstore in Farmers Branch, Texas, is closing its doors after two years, the Texas Standard reports. Founder and CEO Nia-Tayler Clark cited harassment from locals and the police’s refusal to…
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman November 20, 2024 The companies collected over $7.6 million through the scam. A federal judge has ordered a Georgia-based company to shut down after accusations of a “phantom debt scam collection.” The company allegedly harassed people to pay off debts they did not actually owe. WSB-TV reported the Federal Trade Commission’s filing,…
by Daniel Johnson November 20, 2024 The alleged list of targets discovered by the officers includes Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and locations that Lapinski described in his writings as draws for Black and Jewish people John Lapinski, a 41-year-old Florida man, was arrested on Oct. 31 on suspicion of weapons violations after he was arrested…
by Mitti Hicks November 20, 2024 With Trump heading back to the White House in January, it’s unclear if he will have his day in the Peach State. The Georgia Court of Appeals has abruptly canceled scheduled oral arguments in President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020…
