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This year the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will be held online. The festival will offer a mix of live and on-demand content available from August 21st to the 30th at abff.com. Mary J. Blige is this years festival ambassador, so its definitely about to turn up in the dancery. Other speakers include Stacy Abrams, […]

Not being able to visit friends or relatives at their nursing home is a bummer, but exposing them to COVID-19 would be awful. Technology called Documentelligence is a Thermal Facial recognition Camera that can instantly check temperature, mask detection, facial recognition for contact tracing & visitor registration. Not only is this technology useful outside the […]

We need to pay more attention to where the products we buy come from, who is making them and how that company is participating globally. Because everything on this planet is connected. For example the pesticides used on cotton fields negatively contribute to the decline in pollinator health, which is harming biodiversity and our food […]

For the first time since March, there were no deaths resulting from COVID-19 reported in a 24 hour period in New York City. According to city officials, the successful results are in part due to new guidances on face masks and better testing availability. The city wants to continue this streak and will be “doubling […]

The U.S. Navy has welcomed its first black female tactical aircraft pilot. Madeline Swegle graduated from the US Naval Academy back in 2017 and now She’s assigned to the RedHawks of training Squadron 21 in Kingsville Texas. This Milestone comes more than 45 years after Rosemary Mariner became the first woman to fly a U.S. […]

A day after announcing his VP pick on Instagram, Joe Biden welcomes Senator Kamala Harris to Delaware to formally address the nation as running mates. Watch it here.

Three men in three different states were arrested for trying to intimidate witnesses in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case. Three men were charged in three separate complaints with allegedly trying to harass and intimidate threaten or corruptly influence victims in Kells upcoming cases. R Kelly is charged with more than a dozen criminal counts of […]

3X NBA Champion Byron Scott tied the knot with Basketball Wives star CeCe Gutierrez over the weekend. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Scott and Gutierrez had to alter their plans from large wedding. The wedding was live streamed for family and friends. The reality star and registered nurse gushed about her nuptials on Instagram late Saturday night. […]

U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued a preliminary injunction this past Friday for the case involving a couple who had booked their wedding at a golf club venue in Akron, Ohio. This goes against the western New York pandemic-related restrictions. One of Cuomo’s administration spokespeople has called the decision “Irresponsible”. Source: Rochester First

According to Flo Anthony on the WDKX Wake-Up Club, 50 Cent shared a screenshot of his private conversation with Will Smith after Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed she had a fling with August Alsina while briefly separated from her husband. 50, took to Instagram over the weekend to reveal that he messaged Smith, to make sure […]