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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden in a video on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. “I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now,” Obama said in a nearly 12-…
Is everything ok? Someone should probably check in on Wendy Williams because she seems to not be doing well emotionally while respecting NYC’s stay at home order and pushing through for her Wendy Show fans with “Wendy @ Home” episodes on youtube. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. On the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Pixar’s “Soul,” the last major release planned for June, has been postponed to November because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that “Soul” won’t open June 19, but will instead hit theaters Nov. 20. The major studios have now cleared out all releases…
NBA icon Magic Johnson announced nearly 30 years ago he was HIV positive. “The reason why I’m still living is because (of) early detection. I had a test, I had a physical. It came up that I had HIV and that saved my life,” the former Los Angeles Lakers player told…
COVID-19 struck the basketball world one month ago today and now, it has tragically affected one of the league’s best young players. Minnesota Timberwolves’ center Karl-Anthony Towns‘ mother, Jacqueline Towns has passed away. Jacqueline was diagnosed with COVID-19 in late March and was placed in a medically induced coma. The NBA star…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law…
UPDATE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race and then watched nearly every one of his sponsors drop him. The 27-year-old Larson, in his seventh Cup…
Floyd Mayweather‘s daughter is looking at a potential chance of life behind bars after she was arrested last Saturday. 19-year-old Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather was booked into Harris County jail on April 4 after she allegedly stabbed Lapratta Jacobs, who has a child with Yaya’s boyfriend, NBA Youngboy. The incident happened around 1:30 AM…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Faced with the threat of overburdened hospitals, states across the country are converting convention centers, sports facilities and performance spaces into backup treatment sites for coronavirus patients. Tennessee is no exception. What some Memphis residents don’t get is why in their city, a shopping center in the middle of…
MIAMI (AP) — An internal investigation has been launched into why an African American doctor known for testing the homeless for the coronavirus was handcuffed outside his home by a police sergeant, Miami’s police chief said Saturday. Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina said in a video posted to social media Saturday that his agency doesn’t…
Rihanna has a more than well-documented history with her father, Ronald Fenty but the 66-year-old Barbados native revealed his superstar daughter came through for him in a big way when he was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. In a recent interview with The Sun, Ronald opened up about his battle with the…
LANSING, Kan. (AP) — Inmates at a Kansas prison where at least 28 people have been sickened by the coronavirus rampaged through offices, breaking windows and setting small fires for several hours before the facility was secured, prison officials said Friday. The disturbance involving about 20 men began about 3 p.m….
After some R&B beef with The Weeknd, not only did Usher kick off #TheClimaxChallenge he’s dropped a new single with fans favorite trio of Usher, Lil’ Jon and Ludacris. …
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an Indianapolis officer on a domestic violence call, police said Friday. Detectives arrested Elliahs Dorsey, 27, on preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder in the Thursday slaying of Officer Breann Leath, 24, police said. It wasn’t immediately…
In Mississippi, a beloved barber has died from COVID-19 after he didn’t shut down and continued to accept clients while the epidemic rages. Eugene Thompson, 46, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, died last Saturday (April 4), less than a month after testing positive for the novel disease. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER….