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South African golfing great Gary Player is to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
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— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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According to Teen Vogue, earlier this week Kendall and Kylie Jenner were called out by Instagram fashion justice account, Diet Prada for reportedly stopping payments to the factory that produces their collaborative fashion line, Kendall + Kylie.
“Former 'billionaire' Kylie Jenner and sister Kendall's clothing brand won't pay its factory,” served as the headline on the lengthy Instagram post filled with allegations.
Diet Prada followed up on their original post with the new information about the international apparel company:
Was Kendall and Kylie’s relationship with the Global Brands Group misidentified?
“On June 11, we shared with you that Global Brands Group (affiliated to KENDALL + KYLIE on their website up until TODAY), had refused to pay garment workers for orders produced in February + March following a drop in sales caused by the coronavirus pandemic,” Remake shared in a statement posted on Instagram.
“Today, [Remake] received word from a KENDALL + KYLIE representative that they do not have ‘current’ orders with Global Brands Group and will pursue legal action if we didn’t remove our posts and apologize,\" the fashion movement continued.
A world-renowned sports athlete, professional and currently a TV show host, Deion Sanders was never meant to be mediocre at anything he set his eyes on. One of very few athletes to have ever professionally played football as well as baseball at the national level, Sanders’ marvelous athletic ability and agility led him to live out an extremely fulfilling career. Born on August 9, 1967, in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A, Sanders won several major championships in a MLB career that spanned well over 9 years, and an NFL career close to 14 years. Fully demonstrative of Sanders’ immense dedication and popularity in the field, he is also the only athlete in history to have scored a home run and a touchdown within a 7-day period.
In high school and college, Sanders was known to be outstanding in football, baseball and basketball. In Florida State University, Sanders preferred playing in the outfield position in the baseball team, and was particularly known for base stealing, coming close to breaking the university record by compiling 27 bases in 1987. After college, he was signed by the New York Yankees, a very privileged draft that not many baseball players are lucky to be granted. As far as Sanders’ dedication to football was concerned, he was a three-time All American cornerback, known specifically for his unexpected touchdowns. At the same time, he also broke Fred Biletnikoff’s interception return record by returning an interception by one yard. After serving short terms with the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees, Sanders joined the Atlanta Braves and spent the 1992 season with a batting average of .304, stealing 26 bases and topped the triple numbers with 14 in 97 games. In the 1992 World Series, Sanders batted an average of batted .533 with 4 runs, 8 hits, 2 doubles, all in just 4 games. In the early 2000s, Sanders served a brief stint with the Cincinnati Reds, batting an average of .173 in 29 games, after which he diverted most of his attention to Football.
The only player to ever play in the Super Bowl and
Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder is receiving backlash after a 2018 photo surfaced of her wearing a black hat and a black sweater, labeing it \"Nazi Chic.\"
She posted a “wth” when retweeting the pic that Schroeder has deleted but is still circulating online.
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According to PEOPLE, Schroeder was let go from Vanderpump Rules.
The reality star apologized for the “Nazi chic” photo on Instagram Sunday (June 7), “It is important that I continue to take accountability for what I have said and done, while pushing myself to do better.”
I am grateful for the people in my life that continue to check me and push me to evolve into a more educated person.”
She was an original member of the R&B group.
R&B singer Ashanti got out and made her voice heard during a recent #BlackLivesMatter protest against racism and police brutality.
She shared a video of her first protest experience, noting the “different” energy she felt around her and admitting her own surprise at living out a scene that was only familiar to her through stories.
The “Happy” singer also shared a bit of her own family history in her caption, drawing a parallel between herself and her grandfather — both marching for Black rights over 50 years apart.
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽”
Fans applauded Ashanti for hitting the streets with the massive crowds to take a stand and looking cute in her Aretha Franklin tee, Louis Vuitton face mask, and Chanel fanny pack while doing it.
Good for you @ashanti 🖤❤👏”
Ashanti joins a growing list of Black celebrities who have attended protests to speak out against racial injustice and police brutality.
Amy Cooper’s frantic call to police because a Black man named Christian Cooper told her to put her dog on a leash is creating more change than she could have imagined.
According to the New York Post, the legislation was introduced back in 2018 but Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) reintroduced the bill due to Amy Cooper’s viral video showing her harassing a bird watcher and calling the cops.
A false 911 call based on race should be classified as a hate crime in the state of New York.”
Assemblyman Ortiz told the New York Post, violators could face between one and five years in prison, in accordance with the state’s hate crime statute “if the motivation for reporting such crime is motivated by a perception or belief about their race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation.”
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Amy Cooper, known on social media as Central Park Karen, went viral after a video posted to Twitter on Monday (May 25) showed her calling police on Christian Cooper, a birdwatcher in Central Park.
After weeks of sheltering at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Noah Hicks was looking forward to reopening Spokehouse, his Uphams Corner bike shop, last Monday.
When Hicks showed up at his shop, the scene was chaotic.
In addition to two bicycles Hicks had for sale, four customers’ bikes had been stolen, adding up to about $2,600 in losses.
Hicks founded the bike shop as a pop-up repair center on Bowdoin Street in 2013.
Hicks says he only needs the $2,600 to replace the customers’ stolen bikes and those taken from his showroom floor.
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their lives.
Those numbers include: seven church leaders in Michigan (including two from the same church), seven in Louisiana, six in New York, three in Illinois, two in Mississippi, two in Georgia, two in New Jersey, one in Virginia, one in Tennessee, one in Alabama and one in Missouri.
In New York, at least six African American clergy leaders have died from the virus, leaving gaping holes in the church leadership and their surrounding communities.
As inmates across the country raise concerns over prison conditions during the pandemic, the Supreme Court and state courts prepare to see an increasing number of disputes in the coming weeks.
This week, the CDC released recommendations for reopening businesses, mass transit and schools across the country during the pandemic.
Donald “Reche” Caldwell, a former NFL player who played for the San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins, was shot and killed in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, June 6, at age 41.
“He was set up,” said Deborah Caldwell while speaking to the Tampa Bay Times.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of former Patriot Reche Caldwell,” the message read.
Some of Caldwell’s former New England teammates, like Benjamin Watson, also reacted to the tragic news.
Caldwell will be laid to rest on June 20 at First Baptist of West Tampa.
As is custom at the Masters, golfing greats Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player got the tournament under way as Honorary Starters
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country.
The 57-year-old hospital worked died on Saturday and had underlying diabetes and high blood pressure before he was infected, an official from the anti-coronavirus task team said.
He was a car park attendant at a hospital in the eastern city of Toamasina.
Several African countries have ordered or expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics.
But the World Health Organization has warned against \"adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy\".
Terry Crews had social media doing a collective eye roll when he tweeted about non-existent “Black supremacy.”
In follow up tweets, the actor tried to explain himself by criticizing the “gatekeepers of Blackness” and that he’s been attacked for not being \"Black enough.”
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He then doubled down by tweeting, “Any Black person who calls me a coon or and Uncle Tom for promoting EQUALITY is a Black Supremist (sic), because they have determined who's Black and who is not.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden suggested on Friday that African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black,” comments that stirred controversy over whether he was being condescending to voters who could decide whether he wins the White House.
The host, Charlamagne Tha God, pressed Biden on reports that he is considering Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is white, to be vice president and told him black voters “saved your political life in the primaries” and “have things they want from you.”
But with black voters already overwhelmingly opposed to Trump, Biden is also considering candidates such as Klobuchar.
“I thought to myself, as an African American, been black for 54 years, I was struck by the condescension and the arrogance in his comments,” Scott said in a conference call quickly arranged by the Trump campaign.
Black voters helped resurrect Biden’s campaign in this year’s primaries with a second place finish in the Nevada caucuses and a resounding win in the South Carolina primary after he’d started with embarrassing finishes in overwhelmingly white Iowa and New Hampshire.
The Western Cape government says Tygerberg Hospital's ICU Covid-19 department reaching its capacity should not be seen in isolation from the rest of the province's ability to accommodate Covid-19 patients.
\"The department notes the recent media report stating that Tygerberg Hospital's [intensive care unit] is full,\" it said in a statement after News24 reported the 25 beds set aside for Covid-19 patients were fully occupied as of Tuesday.
READ: 25 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients 'already full' in Cape Town's largest hospital
\"We would like to advise that the hospital should not be seen in isolation from the provincial plan in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
The department said while Tygerberg, as of Thursday, had 23 patients in its ICU, in the broader province, it had 2 162 general care beds and 150 ICU beds in central and regional hospitals.
- The Cape Town International Convention Centre will be turned into a temporary hospital facility with 850 general care additional beds at the peak of the pandemic for mild cases.
Mayor Johnson’s statement on FEMA’s denial
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FEMA on Wednesday denied the state’s appeal for a major disaster declaration for the damage caused by the Oct. 20-21 storms that struck North Texas, including the EF-3 tornado that tore through North Dallas.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson last week sent letters to Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to bring their attention to the impasse with FEMA.
Mayor Johnson issued the following statement about the denial:
“I am stunned by FEMA’s decision and extremely disappointed that our request for assistance became a bureaucratic game at the federal level — one that leaves Dallas taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in damage while we are still contending with a pandemic.
The EF-3 tornado that struck North Dallas on October 20, 2019, was clearly a major disaster.
We are going to continue to fight for fairness for Dallas taxpayers.”
The Republican effort, which is gaining steam, will recruit up to 50,000 volunteers in 15 states to monitor polling places and challenge ballots and voters deemed suspicious.
The Republican effort has been boosted by a 2018 federal court ruling allowing the national Republican Party to mount campaigns against purported voter fraud without court approval.
The party said it will deploy its own army of poll watchers, seeking both to maximize Democratic turnout and contest Republican practices they believe improperly challenge or deter voters.
Fair Fight, a group dedicated to counter the Republican effort, plans to have its own personnel in the same swing states Republicans have targeted.
Democrats who have been focusing on the Republican effort say their goal is not to limit fraud but to make the threat of election theft the starting point of a coordinated campaign to limit the number of Democratic ballots counted.
Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari last night sent a condolence message to the people and government of Burundi over the death of their president, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza.
In the condolence message made available by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari described Nkurunziza as a patriot who led his country through turbulent times.
\"It is with profound grief and sadness that we received the news of the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
President Nkurunziza was a true patriot that steered the country through turbulent times with wisdom and foresight.
\"The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi following heart failure on June 8, 2020,\" it said in a post on its official Twitter account.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie, died this morning,” Anita Pointer said in a statement.
Bonnie recorded five albums with sisters Ruth, Anita and June, co-writing the act’s country hit “Fairytale” with Anita.
Anita and Bonnie Pointer recently released “Feels Like June,” a song in honor of their sister June, who died in 2006.
“The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie,” Anita said.
Bonnie is survived by brothers Aaron and Fritz and sisters Ruth and Anita Pointer.
The news was announced during the 2020 NFL Draft.
(Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Bonnie Pointer, one of the sisters who made up the 1970s funk group The Pointer Sisters, has died.
Her sister, Anita Pointer, announced her death in a statement to TMZ on Monday, June 8.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of The Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” she told the outlet.
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Bonnie found success in the music industry in the early 1970s with her sisters Anita, June Pointer and Ruth Pointer.
Photo of Pointer Sisters Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Bonnie left the group in 1977 to pursue a solo career.
Patricia Eva “Bonnie” Pointer, member of the Grammy award winning 80's hit group, The Pointer Sisters, has passed away.
According to Variety, her sister Anita Pointer said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister Bonnie died this morning.
On behalf of my siblings and I and the entire Pointer family, we ask for your prayers at this time.”
Bonnie Pointer was 69 years old.
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Born in Oakland, California, Bonnie was an original member of the group but left by the mid 1970s to pursue a solo career.
With people being forced into a remote workforce during the pandemic, many are curious about what the new normal will look like once the nation reopens.
For leaders, key components like efficacy, property costs, work culture, the bottom line, organizational structure, and other important business matters all factor into the ultimate decision to go remote.
While some leaders have decided to give their employees the option to work remotely for as long as they’d like, Mark Zuckerberg shared his plans for Facebook and the benefits and challenges a completely remote workforce could have on employees.
In a Facebook post, the CEO shared that half of the company’s 48,000-plus employees could be remote in the foreseeable future.
Employee Experiences Matter
As a part of that learning, Facebook recently surveyed its community of employees about their remote work experiences to inform their decisions in the future.
Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes in-person.
Georgia’s secretary of state and the governor could have deployed resources to provide a smoother and more seamless voting experience for its citizens during Tuesday’s Election Day.
“Georgia’s election was a complete catastrophe,”said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law successfully issued pre-litigation demand letters to officials in Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb Counties, Georgia urging that officials voluntarily take action to extend poll hours.
More importantly, Georgia must fix these problems before November’s national and state elections.
Stanton-King shares something else in common with Trump beyond politics: They were on reality TV series.
Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of color.
Stanton-King is one of many political newcomers who are diversifying the Republican field of congressional candidates this year, but not all of those candidates have actually gotten on the ballot.
Butler is one of three black Republican candidates who ultimately could not get enough petitions signed during the COVID-19 pandemic to secure their place on the primary ballot.
Unless, that is, one of the new black GOP candidates such as Stanton-King manages to win.
Yandy Smith-Harris isn’t backing down from people suggesting she’s a phony for taking photos at a recent protest.
Smith-Harris, 38, and activist Tamika D. Mallory attended a protest over the weekend in Mount Vernon, New York, to help fight against police brutality.
One person commented on her post, “Yandy does anything and everything for the gram ask kimbela.”
As of late, the “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star has been advocating for Black men and women who’ve lost their lives to police brutality and systemic racism.
Smith-Harris was also seen marching at another protest in New York on May 29.
Teko Modise has backed Mamelodi Sundowns star midfielder Themba Zwane to equal a long-standing PSL record of his this season.
Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of The Pointer Sisters, passed away on Monday, June 8 at age 69 in Los Angeles, California.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” said Anita.
But earlier this year, she and Anita released the song “Feels Like June” to honor their sister June Pointer, who passed away from cancer in 2006.
Bonnie Pointer is survived by sisters Ruth and Anita and brothers Aaron and Fritz.
“The Pointer Sisters never would have happened had it not been for Bonnie,” said Anita in her statement.
Clearly, Tommie Lee is proud of her assets, and she made that quite clear on Monday, June 8.
In the post, Lee poses on the steps of a swimming pool in a white bikini and pair of oversized black shades.
Late last month, Lee captured a photo of herself bending over in a corner, which highlighted her trimmed waist and meaty clappas.
What many don’t know about Lee is that she used to model a few years ago before becoming a reality TV star.
“I’ve been around this my whole life, it’s my lifestyle I eat, sleep and s–t music.
