On April 3rd, the rapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, was rushed to White Plains Hospital in New York. He went in for a heart attack that followed an initial drug overdose. By the weekend, his current manager came out and said that Simmons was in a vegetative state. He also talked about there being very little brain activity, but it was a waiting … Continue reading Death of DMX at 50
In 2008, an African American police officer in Buffalo, New York named Cariol Horne, was fired because she was attempting to stop her white colleague, Greg Kwiatkowski, who was performing a chokehold on black suspect, Neal Mack, who was already handcuffed. Horne is now receiving a pension from the police department after she won a lawsuit this past Tuesday. According to CNN, Horne stated that … Continue reading Cariol Horne’s Pension Update
Former Baseball Star Alex Rodriguez, aka A-Rod, and billionaire Marc Lore are finalizing a deal to become sports owners and buy out the Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA team) and the Minnesota Lynx (WNBA team) from majority owner Glen Taylor. The price is expected to be around $1.5 billion for both teams, according to CBS News. The current owner, Glen Taylor, is expected to still have full … Continue reading Alex Rodriguez to Purchase Timberwolves-Lynx Franchise
Summer is almost here and so are college decisions. As decisions slowly come out, seniors are planning what they’re going to do after high school. However, the college application process was not an easy task for them this year. Due to COVID, they were not able to ease into their senior year and the pressure of being left behind in the application process was very … Continue reading The College Process for Seniors
Sunday, April 11, 2021, another black man was murdered by a white police officer in Minnesota. Hundreds of protesters covered the streets of Brooklyn Center on Sunday and Monday night to express their frustration about the murder of Daunte Wright. This shooting comes less than one year after the well-known case of George Floyd, which occurred just 11 miles from Wright. According to Chief Tim … Continue reading The Death of Daunte Wright
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