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One of the biggest national retailers has started putting more respect on the Black dollar. Walmart has stopped selling clothing that clearly goes against the movement. As spotted on ABC 13 the supermarket corporation has halted sales of all “All Lives Matter” selections throughout their 4,000 stores throughout the country. The Bentonville, Arizona company released a […]

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There is now a coronavirus outbreak at one of the islands on Lake Erie in Ohio. According to the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, what is also known as COVID-19 has been determined at Put-In-Bay. Seven people, who have been to the village on South Bass Island between June 17 and 21, have now been “tested […]

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One of the local ice cream shops in the Cleveland area has had it with customers going after employees wearing masks in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.  So it has now taken their stance on social media. From WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland: Mootown Creamery posted on its Facebook page Tuesday morning about customers mistreating […]

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An amazing new street mural on Cleveland’s east side was hit with vandalism overnight. It was the new ‘Black Lives Matter’ artwork that was created on E. 93rd Street. From WEWS News 5 Cleveland: Phrases like “Stop killing each other” and “BLM is Marxist” were written inside some of the creatively-decorated letters of the mural, […]

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While America continues to reopen cities local officials are seeing to see their efforts backfiring. The National Basketball Association might be speeding too. As spotted on TMZ DeAndre Jordan has announced that he has contracted COVID-19. On Monday, June 29 he confirmed the news via his official Twitter account. “Found out last night and confirmed again […]

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J.R. Smith is making a comeback in the NBA.  He could also reunite with former teammate LeBron James. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting that Smith is finishing up a deal that would make a part of the Los Angeles Lakers as soon as basketball starts back up in Orlando. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1277634314142994432 https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1277632764783796225 From WEWS News […]

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Little Caesars has fired two of its Brook Park employees after they served a customer a pizza on Saturday with a swastika shape made out of pepperoni. The company issued a statement to WKYC 3News Cleveland: We have zero tolerance for racism and discrimination in any form, and these franchise store employees were immediately terminated. […]

Earlier today, the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections approved the use of State Farm Arena for upcoming 2020 elections, starting with early voting on July 20 for the Georgia General Primary Runoff Election on August 11.

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Lion, tigers and bears, oh my, better yet, oh why, would you want to jump into a cage with a wild animal at a zoo?  Maybe some folks been binge watching ‘Tiger King’ on Netflix and want to see if the kitties are really that cuddly or maybe they want to be the next Carole […]

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Born Prince Roger’s Nelson but widely known as Prince, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince or Love Symbol #2; Prince was born and raised in Minneapolis Minnesota and came from a lineage of musicians. Prince had a love of sports and music at a young age and wrote his first song called ‘Funk Machine’ at […]