State Farm Arena was transformed into a church Friday as family and fans gathered to celebrate the earthly departure of Takeoff from Migos. The three-hour sendoff was a superstar affair, featuring performances from Justin Bieber, Chloe Bailey and Yolanda Adams, as well as a poem by Drake, and words of remembrance from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the founders of Migos’ label, Quality Control Music. Cousin Offset, who along with Takeoff’s uncle, Quavo, formed the platinum hit factory known as Migos,...
The fight to bring a legend home. WNBA star Brittney Griner has been in Russian custody since February 2022, and plenty of her fellow athletes are leading the charge to get her back to the United States. Ahead of Game 2 of the NBA Finals in June 2022, the Boston Celtics wore T-shirts reading “WE ARE BG” during practice. “The shirts were super important not only showing our support for our sister that is detained over in Russia, Brittney Griner, we just wanted to show...
After 40 consecutive drawings, there’s been no winner for the Powerball—putting Monday’s jackpot at $1.9 billion, the largest prize in history. The previous record Powerball pot was back in 2016, when it reached $1.58 billion. It was split by three winners in California, Florida, and Tennessee. With more tickets still to be sold before Monday night’s drawing, the jackpot could grow even bigger. Winners can choose to receive a one-time lump sum payment or an annuity, with the prize being paid out...
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 7-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her non-custodial mother has been found safe by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force (USMS), according to police in Spotsylvania County on Thursday, Nov. 3. On Friday, Oct. 14, an arrest warrant was issued in Spotsylvania County for Amber-Lynn Romero for violating a court order related to the custody of her child, according to authorities. Romero’s 7-year-old daughter was also declared missing that same day. On...
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 7-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her non-custodial mother has been found safe by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force (USMS), according to police in Spotsylvania County on Thursday, Nov. 3. On Friday, Oct. 14, an arrest warrant was issued in Spotsylvania County for Amber-Lynn Romero for violating a court order related to the custody of her child, according to authorities. Romero’s 7-year-old daughter was also declared missing that same day.‘I love...
Unnamed sources claim Takeoff was reportedly killed over a dice game in Houston, Texas. Here’s what we know. Reports coming in from sources on social media suggest Migos rapper Kirshnik ‘Takeoff’ Ball was reportedly killed in a fiery Texas shooting in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Takeoff reportedly killed in Texas shooting: Here’s what we know Details around the reported incident are still very sketchy at this time. However, according to numerous sources who broke the news on social media, it’s...
“She thinks he is a great dad,” a source tells PEOPLE of Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady’s co-parenting style amid the pair’s divorce after 13 years of marriage Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen are committed to amicably co-parenting amid their speedy divorce. A source tells PEOPLE the seven-time Super Bowl champion, 45, is spending the weekend in Tampa, Fla. with their kids as he practices with the Buccaneers, following Friday’s news that the pair was filing for divorce, which was quickly...
He led Abyssinian Baptist Church and helped revitalize his community by building housing, some of which he reserved for existing residents. The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, the Harlem preacher whose talent for oratory and political savvy was a force for social and racial justice, and who raised $1 billion to remake America’s most storied and influential Black neighborhoods, died on Friday at his Harlem home. He was 73. His son Calvin O. Butts IV said the cause was pancreatic...
The first error(s) of the 2022 World Series came before its first pitch, courtesy of Eric Burton. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter of the Black Pumas opened Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” containing multiple lyrical errors and pitch issues. Burton was in trouble just a couple notes into the performance at the Houston Astros‘ Minute Maid Park, but the misadventures didn’t really start until he reached second stanza. To get a sense of...
The shooting forced students to barricade doors and huddle in classroom corners, jump from windows and run out of the building to seek safety. Students stand in a parking lot near the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. | David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP ST. LOUIS — A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a woman and...