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Former WWE star Shad Gaspard is missing after being dragged out to sea Sunday afternoon in Marina Del Rey while he and his son were swimming in the Pacific Ocean, according to ESPN. What We Know: Gaspard, 39 was last seen on Sunday around 3:40 p.m about 50 yards off shore, the Los Angles Police Department said. The fire department said it received a call about two missing swimmers, now a 10-year-old boy. The child was found and did not require treatment at a hospital. Mr. Gaspard was last seen by the lifeguard, a wave had crashed over Mr. Shade…
A former US infantryman and Marine has been sentenced to 18 months in a Texas federal prison after he threatened to kill President Donald Trump in a series of online posts. What We Know: Mickael Gedlu, 36, pleaded guilty last Friday via teleconference with Chief U.S District Judge Barba M.G. Lynn. After serving his time in a Texas federal prison, he will then be on three years of supervised release. According to the State Department, Gedlu explicitly stated his desire to kill the commander-in chief on numerous occasions. Gedlu posted on social media between December 18 and June 19 and…
Fox News cut ties with the pair after they voiced their opinion about the coronavirus death toll and its effects with President Trump’s re-election. What We Know: The pair, Lynette “Diamond” and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, who have appeared several times at the Conservative Political Action Conference, are vocal supporters of the president. They were barred from appearing on the Fox network after the duo published a string of tweets claiming the coronavirus death toll was being misreported to hurt Trump’s chance at re-election, according to washingtoneoneexamier. During their March 30 livestream, the duo claimed that the number of American coronavirus…
Gary Fowler died in his Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan home on April 7, after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. What We Know: After three hospitals turned him away, Fowler’s stepson Keith Gambrell told USA Today that he was never tested for the virus. “My dad passed at home, and no one tried to help him, He asked for help, and they sent him away, they turned him away.” After experiencing shortness of breath, a cough, and a fever, hospitals sent him away numerous times. Doctors told Fowler, “You’re fine. You have bronchitis. Go home. Drink water. Act like you have the virus.”…
John, the CEO of the Shark Group, offered to sell the 3M-made mask for a higher price to Florida officials trying to get them to front-line health care workers, advised LovebScott. What We Know: Shark Tank’s Daymond John is being accused of trying to price gouge Florida officials during a deal that would have sent one million highly-coveted N95 masks to front-line health care workers. The Fubu founder and now head of Shark Group, told officials he had access to the masks and could sell them at $7 piece. The masks, made by 3M, typically sell for under $2 each.…
A Michigan inmate, who spent 44 years in prison, died from COVID-19 just weeks before he was to be released on parole. What We Know: At the age of 60, William Garrison was serving time for first-degree murder after a shooting during a 1976 armed robbery, spokesperson Maria Miller for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said. The Department of Corrections tried to parole him earlier this year, and he refused to leave prison. Garrison stated he would rather wait until his maximum sentence had been served, so he wouldn’t have to be under any supervision when he left. Garrison’s sister…
On Friday Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar unveiled a new bill that seeks to “institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage, payments though the duration of the coronavirus pandemic”. What We Know: The Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act is the name of the bill Rep. Omar designed to help millions of people who are financially strained due to the coronavirus pandemic. On her website, Omar wrote a long document explaining the act which includes payment forgiveness, with no accumulation of debt for renters or homeowners and no negative impact on people’s credit rating or rental history. The document also…
Insecure will return for season 4 as the official trailer reveals a few things: Issa remains the queen of awkward, Lawrence (Jay Ellis) is back with a new boo and Kelli (Natash Rothwell) dresses as Halle Berry’s character in B.A.P.S,” stated The Grio. What We Know: Insecure season four has just been renewed. The series, which was co-created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, follows Issa and Molly, Black twenty-something BFF’s who don’t quite have their personal lives or their careers together. Many of the characters of Insecure have been running the same mile for three seasons. It is time…
The largest pork processor in the United States will be closing one of its plants due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in their facility. What We Know: Smithfield Foods will close one of its plants until further notice amid a rash of COVID-19 illness among its employees. The meat processor’s chief executive Kenneth Sullivan said in a statement Sunday, “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply.” About 240 employees at the plant…
The championed black businesses founder, Earl Graves Sr. died April 6 at the age of 85. What We Know: Graves was the founder of the first African American-owned magazine focusing on Black entrepreneurs. Earl Graves Jr, announced on Twitter that the cause of his father’s death was a long battle with Alzheimer’s but did not say where his father died. “Earl Gilbert Graves, the son of a Caribbean immigrant, was born in New York City on Jan 9,1 939. His father was a garment district worker, his mother a homemaker,” stated The Washington Post. Graves Jr., who is the CEO of…