A man has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of actress Lisa Banes, New York City police said Friday. Brian Boyd, 26, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and with failure to yield to a pedestrian. On June 4, police said Banes attempted to …
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Britney Spears scored a major victory this week in the fight to end her conservatorship when a judge approved her bid to hire her own legal counsel for the first time since 2008. Spears, 39, has called the legal arrangement abusive and now faces the tough task of convincing the …
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With a high percentage of American adults fully vaccinated and coronavirus restrictions easing up nationwide, the travel industry is kicking into high gear for the summer. Planes are overbooked, hotels are hiking their prices and the service industry is struggling to rehire employees who are demanding higher wages. “This summer …
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Essential Quality has won the 2021 Belmont Stakes, finishing off this year’s Triple Crown races. Essential Quality came into the race as the favorite at 9-5 odds while Rombauer, the Preakness Stakes winner, was given 6-1 odds just prior to post time. The Belmont Stakes resumed its usual place as …
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The New York Racing Association on Monday announced it is temporarily suspending trainer Bob Baffert. The suspension will prevent Baffert from entering horses in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. “In order to maintain a successful thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the …
Read More »Baseball legend Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth’s career home run record, has died, the Atlanta Braves announced Friday. He was 86. In a statement, the Braves said Aaron died peacefully in his sleep. A cause of death wasn’t provided. Aaron broke the Babe’s record of 714 home runs in …
Read More »Some WNBA players celebrated on Wednesday after Democrat Raphael Warnock was projected to defeat incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in a critical Senate runoff election in Georgia. WNBA players campaigned for Warnock after Loeffler, the co-owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream, criticized the league’s support for the Black …
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LeBron James and his production company are teaming up with CNN Films to produce an upcoming documentary on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Directed by Salima Koroma, “Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street” will depict the true, heartbreaking story of one of America’s worst race riots. “With …
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The Atlanta Hawks on Sunday unveiled new uniforms honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of the NBA’s City Edition uniforms. The civil rights leader was born and raised in the Georgia capital. The jerseys have “MLK” emblazoned on the front where the word Hawks would normally be, and …
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The Brooklyn Nets hired Steve Nash as their coach Thursday, putting the Hall of Fame point guard in charge of the team that hopes to have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving together next season. Nash, two-time MVP as the engineer of the high-scoring Phoenix Suns teams under Mike D’Antoni, had …
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