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On Wednesday, Tennessee officials announced that Cyntoia Brown, who killed a man at the age of 16, was released from prison. Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in 2006 after killing Johnny Allen, a real estate agent who picked her up for sex at a Sonic restaurant. Brown has maintained that the…
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison passed away on Monday at the age of 88 after battling a short illness. In his statement, Morrison’s publisher, Alfred A. Knopf said, “Morrison’s novels were celebrated and embraced by booksellers, critics, educators, readers, and librarians. Her work also ignited controversy, notably in school districts that tried to ban her…
Early Sunday morning, an active shooter killed multiple people in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place less than 24-hours after another massacre occurred on Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 people. The shooter, identified as Connor Betts, opened fire with a .223-caliber rifle in the Oregon District around 1 a.m. Betts…
Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter Usher headlined Northwell Health’s most recent Feinstein Institute for Medical Research annual summer concert, the facilities 14th. The performance raised over $3.4 million to fund medicinal innovations. Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institute, expressed his gratitude for the event. He said, “We are grateful to our benefactors…
On Thursday, a federal jury ordered Pop star Katy Perry and her record label, Capitol Records to pay Christian rapper Marcus Gray, known professionally as Flame, $2.78 million in damages. According to reports, Perry’s hit “Dark Horse” copied elements of Gray’s 2008 song, “Joyful Noise.” As a leading single off of Perry’s fourth studio album…
Ethiopia recently announced that the country has planted over 350 million trees within a 12-hour timespan, garnering them a world-record. As part of the ‘Green Legacy’ initiative, Ethiopia seeks to rebuild land that has endured deforestation. Millions of volunteers participated in the mass planting which originally sought to plant 200 million trees. The main motive…
A Los Angeles judge recently ordered singer Teairra Mari to pay Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson an increased amount of money in their current lawsuit, in addition to the $30,000 that she already owes the rapper. Mari, who became popular in the mid-2000s after being signed to Def Jam Records by Jay-Z, sued Jackson last year…
On Friday, Rapper Kendrick Lamar and his fiance, Whitney Alford, welcomed a baby girl. The Grammy-winner never announced his fiance’s pregnancy, as he is well-known for barely speaking on his personal life. During an interview with Billboard back in 2015, Lamar gushed about his long-term girlfriend. He stated, “I wouldn’t even call her my girl….