4-19-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- 30 bullets entered the body of a 26-year-old Black man in California Walmart parking lot on April 5. Diante Yarber sat in his car at the parking lot when police officers arrived at the store according to Vox via a press release. Officers were called in after getting reports of a “suspicious vehicle” and tried to give a traffic stop.…… MORE
Starbucks Will Close 8,000 Stores To Do Bias Training; Hear The 911 Call That Started It All
4-18-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for nearly 175,000 workers. How did a…… MORE
Judge Rules Jury Can Hear Bill Cosby’s Quaalude Testimony
4-17-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault trial can hear the comedian’s decade-old testimony about giving quaaludes to women before sex, a judge ruled Tuesday, handing the prosecution a key victory in its effort to portray him as a serial predator. Judge Steven O’Neill ruled that prosecutors…… MORE
STARBUCKS TO CLOSE ALL STORES MAY 29TH FOR RACIAL BIAS EDUCATION
Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson has decided to close all Starbucks locations the afternoon of May 29th for racial bias education. This comes on the heels of the arrest of two black men in Philadelphia for not purchasing anything, but were waiting for a friend in the store. Johnson called the arrests ‘reprehensible’ and offered to…… MORE
Are you hungry?
JOY JOT FOR YOUR JOURNEY “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” – Rev. 3:20 There is nothing like a good meal. I purchased a Mexican meal from a restaurant…… MORE
STARBUCKS ISSUES APOLOGY AFTER ARREST OF TWO BLACK MEN GOES VIRAL
Police were called to a Philadelphia Starbucks after two men sat in the store without ordering anything. They were waiting on a friend to arrive and the friend arrived when police did, asking why the men were being arrested. Customers chimed in that the men did nothing but sit there, waiting. Once the story went…… MORE
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Parkland Teacher Arrested After His Gun Goes Off In A Public Restroom
4-13-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Marjory Stoneman High School teacher, Sean Simpson, faces criminal charges after he left his loaded 9 mm Glock gun in a public restroom. Florida Local News 10 reports Simpson left his gun in a public bathroom that was found by a drunk homeless man who fired a shot according to the Broward Sheriff’s Department. Simpson,…… MORE
Obama’s Foundation Hopes To Create ‘A Million Young Barack Obamas’
4-12-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Former President Barack Obama would like to create “a million young Barack Obamas” to run the next stage in the “relay race that is human progress,” the Washington Examiner reported. Obama made the comment Sunday at a conference in Japan while discussing the Obama Foundation’s work to help young people around…… MORE
Meet The Teen Accepted Into 19 Of The World’s Best Universities
4-11-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- It’s that time of year! College acceptances are rolling in and this brilliant teen was accepted into 19 of the world’s best universities. According to CNN, seventeen-year-old Nigerian-American student Oludamilola Oluwadara recently learned that Yale, Stanford, Columbia and the London School of Economics–to name a few–all want her to be part of…… MORE
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MONTELL JORDAN REVEALS CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Montell Jordan has revealed that the prostate cancer that he recovered from has now returned. Jordan has already had his prostate removed and said even though it was removed, he still needs to go back and have treatments because it’s been detected that there is still cancer. He called the situation ‘alarming’, but is also…
TEYANA TAYLOR TO HAVE THROAT SURGERY
Teyana Taylor told her fans that she needs to have emergency throat surgery. In her IG Story posted on Wednesday, Taylor said her doctor found a non-cancerous growth on one of her vocal cords. Taylor said she had been dealing with voice problems and some discomfort for a while. She’s glad that doctors caught the…
MEGAN THEE STALLION TO HOST NEW SERIES
Megan Thee Stallion just added a couple more titles to her resume. The Hot Girl Coach is slated to star in a new K-pop competition series for Apple TV+ alongside Psy. It’s called KPopped. The concept is simple — Western artists team up with K-pop stars to reimagine some of their hits. The Western artists…
DIDDY WANTS OUT OF JAIL BEFORE SENTENCING
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are trying to get their client released before his October sentencing. On Tuesday, Diddy’s lawyers petitioned Judge Arun Subramanian to release Combs on a $50 million bond and allow him to live in his Miami mansion. Combs is currently awaiting sentencing in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Earlier this month, Combs…