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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Hit With $10 Million Suit Over Use of Islamic Hadith

A controversy sparked last fall by a portion of the soundtrack for Rihanna’s live-streamed 2020 Savage X Fenty show, subtitled “Vol. 2,” has a new chapter. To recap, as The Root reported last October: “A segment of the hourlong production was set to a musical track that reportedly included an Islamic Hadith—otherwise…

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Racist White Florida Woman Placed on Leave From School Job After Calling Kids 'Half Breeds'

In the latest episode of racist Karens, a woman who is reportedly employed at a Florida elementary school was placed on leave after video allegedly captured her hurling racist and ableist insults towards young children and residents of the Kings Lake neighborhood in Collier County, Fla.

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Family of Man Killed at a Kenosha Protest Last Summer Files Lawsuit Against Local Law Enforcement

The family of Anthony Huber, one of the two men fatally shot during a police brutality protest last summer, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the local Kenosha law enforcement.

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Drake Reveals He Had COVID-19, Suffered Hair Loss in the Process: 'It’s Coming Back, Don’t Diss'

Drizzy, noooooooooo! (For all my Fresh Prince fans, that was for you.)

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Former Indiana Pacers Coach Isiah Thomas Diagnosed as Clinically Insane After Claiming He Could've Prevented Infamous 'Malice at the Palace' Brawl

With Netflix’s Untold: Malice at the Palace breaking the internet since its Aug. 10 premiere, hoop heads have scurried to social media to offer their thoughts and opinions on the night that changed professional sports forever.

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