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President Donald Trump went golfing today at Trump National, capping a weekend that saw two major speeches, a new executive order to create a monument garden, and a massive fireworks display. Maybe it was a bad round, and golf lived up to its alias of “a good walk spoiled,” since the Commander-in-Tweet’s late…

The board of directors of Ebony Magazine has removed CEO?Willard Jackson, Jr. after an an independent inquiry into a number of unspecified transactions led by him raised questions. The investigation is ongoing, the company said, but would not detail what that entailed or its effect on the publication. "The board of…

UPDATE: Jorge Masvidal has signed to replace Gilbert Burns in a title match for the welterweight crown this Saturday at UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi against Kamaru Usman. The need for Masvidal as a last-minute replacement came when Burns fell ill, reportedly with coronavirus. But signing is just phase one of the deal. Now…

No fireworks on Independence Day, said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. To hell with that, said the people. Ignoring the mayor’s order and a lack of traditional municipal displays, Los Angeles residents set off their own celebration, lighting up Southern California skies with their own fireworks. Fireworks are illegal…

As the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians examine their team names and logos in contemplation of changing what many deem offensive, one other baseball team has remained outside of the debate. The Atlanta Braves, who once spotlighted Chief Noc-a-Homa, a Native American who would emerge from a teepee and do a war…

Claiming to be newly sober and in therapy for the last year, musician Ryan Adams has released an apology letter to ex-wife Mandy Moore and others for past abusive behavior. Adams claimed he was?"still reeling from the ripples of devastating effects that my actions triggered." This Is Us?star Moore opened up about her…

In the 1996 film Independence Day, President Thomas J. Whitmore, aka actor Bill Pullman, tried to rally his ragtag troops against an alien invasion. On Independence Day 2020, he’s at it again. But this time, he’s hoping to inspire a battle against an invisible enemy by using masks instead of fighter planes. Pullman…

Amber Heard, the ex-wife of actor Johnny Depp, can watch him testify in a libel case over allegations of domestic abuse, a court has ruled. Depp is suing the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which described Depp as a "wife beater.” The…

The DraftKings All-American Team Cup in Atlanta, GA. had a player test positive for COVID-19 after playing in the match. About 450 fans attended the exhibition, which was carried on The Tennis Channel. On Friday, team captain Frances Tiafoe tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from the event was released Saturday…

For most of the country, this July 4 marks the strangest celebration of the holiday in their lifetime. The country is still on lockdown, which means beaches, businesses, bars and more are closed. Gatherings of people who don’t live together are banned in many locations, and the traditional fireworks displays in…

Two big Harry Potter fan sites, unhappy over author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender people, said today they will no longer provide links to her personal website, use photos of her, or write about her outside of her role in creating the fantasy world they love. The sites, Leaky Caldron and Mugglenet, said in a…

A Congressional antitrust investigation will have some star power testifying at hearings later this month, as the CEOs of Amazon, Apple. Alphabet (Google/YouTube) and Facebook have agreed to talk to the legislators. Congress has been casting a wary eye at the four tech giants, concerned that their market power is…