Cam'ron Goes Wild on CNN, Rapper Accidentally Shoots Self in Head, Morehouse Grads Respond to President Biden's Speech, Lyft Driver Dies After Picking Up Cop and More From the Week In News
A collection of our best posts of the week in news
The viral moment of Dipset rapper Cam’ron acting a fool on “CNN Tonight” should remind us of a quote from the infamous Dave Chappelle: “Who gives a f**k what Ja Rule thinks at a time like this?!” - Noah A. McGee Read More
On March 8, 16-year-old Kaylee Gain and 15-year-old Maurnice Declue were seen scuffling in the parking lot of Hazelwood East High School. Video footage of the incident shows Declue punching Gain repeatedly in the head and Gain struggles to push her off. Declue then cradles Gain and smashes her head on the ground four times. The camera pans away to another group of teens who began fighting. When the camera pans back to Gain, she is still on the ground appearing to have a seizure. - Kalyn Womack Read More
A rapper known on TikTok as Rylo Huncho was found dead in his Suffolk, Va. home last week. While police are reportedly still investigating his death, evidence to what happened to him appears in a dreadful video posted to his Instagram story. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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Earlier this month, Maryland educator Marquise White was placed under investigation after he posted a TikTok video showing his young Black female students taking out his braids. - Candace McDuffie Read More
An Atlanta police officer, entitled to serve and protect the community, ordered a Lyft to ride home Wednesday evening. However, at a red light, authorities say the cop fatally shot the driver before fleeing out the window of the car. How did one thing lead to another? - Kalyn Womack Read More
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Sheena Scarbrough, the mother of the Black Wisconsin teen who was suspiciously killed following a date with a white man, has been through enough since discovering her daughter was found in pieces along the shores of Lake Michigan. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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Losing a family member is always a heart-wrenching occurrence. But discovering that your loved one died while scrolling through social media has to be an insult to tragedy. - Noah A. McGee Read More
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Unfortunately, in some school districts around the country, staff members must figure out how to de-escalate a scuffle between students here and there. However, one Mississippi assistant principal may face criminal charges after allegedly being too rough with a student girl. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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On Sunday (May 19), President Joe Biden gave a highly anticipated commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Many speculated that the students at the ceremony would stage pro-Palestine protests...and that’s exactly what happened. - Candace McDuffie Read More
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The family of a Black woman whose biopsied cancer cells have been used in medical research without her consent for decades just scored a major victory in their fight for justice. On May 20, a federal judge rejected pharmaceutical company Ultragenyx’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Henrietta Lacks last year. - Angela Johnson Read More