“Last year, we stood on the steps of the city center demanding an investigation and what do we hear then? Crickets,” a McClain family attorney, Mari Newman, told CNN’s Don Lemon on Thursday. “Why did it take nearly a year, international media attention, millions of people who signed a petition …
Read More »Florida COVID Daily Cases Break Record at Nearly 9,000
STATE – Florida broke its record of new coronavirus cases by the thousands on Friday when the state took steps to mitigate the rapid spread of the virus by banning alcohol consumption in bars across the state. The Florida Department of Health reported Friday that there were 8,942 new positive …
Read More »Scientists say black holes can merge with light from a trillion suns | Black holes
When black holes collide, the resulting cosmic drama was supposed to unfold under the cover of darkness, since both objects are invisible. But now astronomers believe they have made the first optical observations of such a fusion, marked by a glow of light a billion times brighter than the sun. …
Read More »Morehouse cancels soccer season due to coronavirus pandemic
Morehouse, a historically black university in Atlanta, announced Friday that it will cancel its 2020 soccer season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Morehouse will also not compete in cross country, his other fall sport, this year. Morehead President David A. Thomas said the school would continue to honor athletic scholarships. …
Read More »YouTube personality Jenna Marbles apologizes for Blackface video
Jenna Mourey, a YouTube personality who became one of the platform’s first female stars as Jenna Marbles, said Thursday that she was going to stop her channel amid a backlash over the videos she made on a black face and mocking Asians. Ms. Mourey, whose channel has more than 20 …
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