‘Pop the Balloon’ fans say Netflix ruined the show with gentrification— can they still fix it?
“Pop The Balloon LIVE!” is having its own balloon burst after the first episode of the series didn’t get off to a great start. Fans of the original show, which appeared on YouTube, were already skeptical after seeing that the show’s co-creator and host, Arlette Amuli, was no longer hosting—a role recast with the very […]
Judge says Trump must face defamation suit from Central Park Five
A federal judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by the Central Park Five against Donald Trump, handing a legal setback to the sitting U.S. president who tried to end the case. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia ruled that Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown and Korey Wise, now known […]
Burials begin as the search ends for victims in the Dominican nightclub collapse that killed 221
A merengue icon, a baseball star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic were buried Thursday, as authorities called off the search for bodies with the death toll at 221. Mourners clad in black and white streamed into Santo Domingo’s National Theater, where the body of singer Rubby Pérez lay […]
Judge will halt Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries
A federal judge said Thursday that she will prevent the Trump administration from ordering hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status to leave the country later this month. The ruling is a significant, although perhaps temporary, setback for the administration as it dismantles Biden-era policies that created new and expanded pathways […]
A jury finds Soulja Boy liable for abuse and sexual assault of ex-assistant, awards over $4 million
A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million in damages. The decision from the Los Angeles County jurors came after a three-week trial in Santa Monica, California. The 34-year-old Soulja Boy, whose legal name […]
China hits back at US and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125%
China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other countries, he raised tariffs on […]
The Confess Project Gives Barbers Tools to Combat Suicide and Mental Health Struggles in the African American Community
Opening up about your feelings, emotions and struggles can be hard. It’s not easy to share mental health challenges as a man, especially for men of color. As an African American man myself, I’ve faced mental health battles in silence because I didn’t feel I had an outlet to share what I was going through. […]
