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Very sad story coming out Battle Creek, Michigan, as the local paper has reported that Mary J. Blige’s father is in critical condition after getting stabbed three times by his ex-girlfriend.  The  Battle Creek Enquirer  reports, The father of singer Mary J. Blige was critically injured Thursday morning on Battle Creek’s south side, stabbed in the neck in what police said was a domestic dispute with his former girlfriend  Thomas Blige, 63, remained in critical condition this afternoon, Battle Creek police said. Police confirmed that Thomas Blige is the singer’s father.                                                                                                                 ...

I was on my way to the store to get something to eat in my neighborhood and about 15-20 young black teens both boys and girls the oldest of which was about 16 years. As my norm I am always cognizant of my surroundings. After passing one of the teens who was spread out covering the hole street. I noticed the hooded young man approaching me from behind I turned around.  He said to me (brandishing what looked like a semi-automatic handgun), give me the money? I said what money? Another young black boy approached from behind him and said give us everything in your pockets!  I said ok cool I reached into my back pocket grabbed my wallet, extended my hand toward him and said here is my wallet. Another young boy approached me from behind and struck me on the right side of my head.  "I said to myself GOD this can't be how it ends?"  The young boy that was in front of me and behind the boy brandishing the handgun yelled shoot him. I quickly turned and ran. I ...

According to Rolling Stone: "There is no moment Trump can ever rise to, he only sinks to his most base nature." "His handling of this pandemic is how history will remember  Donald Trump . Fifty years from now historians will not spend much time on Russiagate, Robert Mueller or Dirty Dossiers and alleged pee tapes, nor will massive tax cuts for the rich or the endless petty insults and the litany of lies make much of a mark. In a time of national crisis, the president is failing the most basic tests of leadership. He spends his time in front of the camera attacking the media, spreading disinformation and sowing racism. His response should come as no surprise. These have been the signature moves of his presidency and in normal times, these actions were bad enough, in a pandemic they are destabilizing and destructive." CNN Politics: "Trump stumbles in first efforts to control virus response as fear spreads and markets fall." NY Times: ...

As President-elect's Donald Trump's transition rolls on, more and more attention is being paid to possible selections for a variety of high-ranking  positions and meetings that might help decide these appointments. On Monday, Trump will meet with John Allison, the former CEO of the bank BB&T and of the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute. There have  been reports  that Allison is being considered for  Treasury secretary . Trump's has on the campaign trail questioned the future of the  Federal Reserve's political independence , but Allison takes that rhetoric a step further. While running the the Cato Institute, Allison wrote a paper in support of abolishing the Fed. "I would get rid of the Federal Reserve because the volatility in the economy is primarily caused by the Fed," Allison wrote in  2014 for the Cato Journal , a publication of the institute. Allison said that simply allowing the market to regulate itself would be preferable to...

Nikki Haley resigned from the board of Boeing over the aerospace giant's bid to receive funds as part of a coronavirus bailout.  Jose Luis Magana/AP March 20, 2020 10:55 AM ET Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador and former governor of South Carolina, has resigned from the board of Boeing, citing the giant aerospace  company's efforts to obtain federal assistance because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, "Ambassador Haley informed the Company that, as a matter of philosophical principle, she does not believe that the Company should seek support from the Federal Government, and therefore decided to resign from the Board." In her letter of resignation, Haley wrote, "As we encounter the Covid-19 crisis, Boeing, along with many other companies, face another major set of challenges. I want to be part of helping the company as it pushes through it. However, the board...

It all began when Aldo Mejias, a 56-year-old  unlicensed physician , who lives near Coral Gables, was so afraid for  Travis Dyson ’s life that he was forced to call 911. Dr Aldo Mejias License Report Mejias  told police officers  he entrusted his credit card to Dyson, who also identifies himself  on social media  as a registered nurse. Dyson allegedly rented room 1107 about 4 p.m. Thursday. Mejias  told police officers  he arrived to the room about 11 p.m., and he found Dyson alone with Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee and a former Democratic gubernatorial candidate who interacted with celebrities and was even compared to former President Barack Obama. Mejias said both Dyson, 30, and Gillum, 40, were vomiting, and when Dyson collapsed he conducted chest compressions and called 911. Officers reported  finding three small clear plastic baggies containing suspected crystal meth on both the bed and floor of the hotel ro...

T ravis Dyson is the 30-year-old  Florida  man who was found in a hotel room with Democratic politician Andrew Gillum on March 13. Police said Dyson appeared to have suffered a drug overdose. He is conscious and in stable condition in a Miami-area hospital. Dyson maintains a profile on a website for male escorts and is studying at a nurse practitioner school. Gillum has been married to  R. Jai Gillum  since 2009. The couple have three children together. In 2018, Gillum, 40, was the surprise winner of the Democratic primary for governor in Florida. Gillum lost the general election narrowly to Ron De Santis. Since then, Gillum has been a rising star in the Democratic party. Between 2014 and 2018, Gillum served as the mayor of Tallahassee. Gillum has said that he was in Miami for a wedding. The former Tallahassee mayor admitted to “drinking too much” but denied that he had taken any drugs. Gillum was too drunk to speak to the police when they arrived at...