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In February, the Rochester City School District plans on allowing some students to return to school, following a plan that was presented by the Superintendent, Lesli Meyers-Small. Meyers-Small showed the school board her ideas on Thursday and suggested that elementary students should be allowed to return to school in February, followed by students in grades […]

Nicki Minaj has recently announced that she’s been working on a 6 part documentary series for HBO Max. The announcement coincides with the 10th anniversary of her debut studio album, Pink Friday. Sarah Aubry, the head of original content at HBO Max said it was a privilege to be involved in the production and gave […]

LaVar Ball made comments again that struck a nerve for some people. Though the message was delivered raw, you can’t fault him for the advice that he gave his youngest son Le’Angelo Ball who’s getting drafted into the NBA. LaVar Ball was on a sports show and said he told his youngest son that, he […]

Officials have announced that the Wheatland-Chili Central School District have moved to remote learning after finding out that a staff member working in the transportation building has tested positive for the coronavirus. The staff member is in isolation and a few other members are taking quarantine precautions per contact tracing recommendations. The transportation department is […]

New York City’s 7 day COVID-19 average hit 3% positive testing rate threshold, so all students will be switching back to remote learning. On Wednesday, a letter was sent from New York City School chancellor Richard Carranza to the families of the students in the country’s largest school district. “Given recent increases in transmission, we […]

Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation will help provide creative and educational resources to young adults who require assistance in his home city of Houston. The first thing the foundation will do is to launch the HBCU Waymon Webster scholarship program, which is intended to help college students who are having financial difficulties during the pandemic […]

The 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards Special took place last night and was hosted by John Legend for a second time. The digital pre-show was hosted by Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans and streamed live on Facebook and Twitter at 7:00 pm ET. According to a press release from the organization: “The Global Citizen Prize, which […]

The FBI was recently trailing a suspect who was allegedly fleeing a Ponzi scheme and had been indicted on 31 felony counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering a witness tampering. As the agents narrowed in on Matthew Piercey 44, in Redding, CA, he narrowly escaped capture and fled by vehicle. The chase led […]

A new study found that black homeowners are twice as likely to lose their homes and have to return to renting than whites. Over a 30-year period stretching from 1984 to 2017, 10% of Black homeowners became renters again compared with 5% of whites. New research published in the journal “Demography” shows that gap is […]

Peloton has announced that they are teaming up with Beyoncé to create slew of themed workouts over their cycling app that include cycling, running, bootcamp, yoga, meditation and strength. In a statement, Beyoncé said: “Peloton and I both believe that the power of music can help uplift, motivate and inspire those on their fitness journeys. […]