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Mare Island Navy Yard (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion in California that killed 320 people. The sailors had been punished for refusing to go back to work in what they considered to be an unsafe environment. Their prosecution took […]
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A nearly complete stegosaurus skeleton sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Wednesday for a record $44.6 million — the most ever paid for a fossil. The dinosaur, nicknamed “Apex” — which lived between 146 and 161 million years ago in the Late Jurassic […]
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic Ol’ Dirty Bastard‘s documentary will soon be coming to the small screens. On Aug. 25, Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys will premiere on A&E. It will feature unseen and unreleased footage shot by wife Icelene Jones and will give fans “access to his closest friends and family,” including son Bar-Sun Jones, Wu-Tang bandmates Raekwon […]
ABC News (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — The Republican National Convention is bringing a hoard of die-hard Donald Trump supporters from across the country to Wisconsin, where some residents are echoing they’re support for the former president. At Milwaukee Public Market, ABC News asked local voters who they plan to support in the 2024 election. “Donald Trump, […]
Television Academy/ABC Usher‘s resurgence continues with yet another recognition. Not too long after being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards 2024, the Grammy-winning singer has been nominated for some Emmys. His halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII has received a nod in the categories of Outstanding Variety Special (Live), Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was released from federal prison Wednesday morning after completing his sentence on contempt of Congress charges. Navarro was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposing major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to a source briefed on the plans. The president is also seriously considering calling for a constitutional […]
Patstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A dad has been arrested after his 8-week-old daughter died when she was left in a hot car in New Jersey, authorities said. At about 1:45 p.m. Monday, authorities in Lakewood Township responded to a report of a baby in cardiac arrest, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said. The 8-week-old […]
Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images (BUTLER, P.A.) — Federal authorities are investigating after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Blood splattered on Trump’s face as Secret Service agents surrounded him and led him off the stage to a waiting […]
NBC/Chris Polk “Honey, that never gets old!” That was a dancing Sheryl Lee Ralph‘s live reaction on Wednesday to finding out she just received her third Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category for Abbott Elementary. Ralph and fellow Emmy winner Tony Hale were presenting the nominees for the 76th annual event on Wednesday morning when they […]
