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T-Mobile blamed a bum fiber-optic circuit for Monday’s massive network outage that rankled customers and prompted a federal investigation. Neville Ray, the wireless carrier’s president of technology, issued a statement Tuesday explaining the cause of the failure that crippled certain voice calls and text messages for roughly 13 hours. T-Mobile engineers traced the outage to …

Ice-T and Naughty by Nature’s Treach have a new movie, “Equal Standard,” that deals with racism in the police force. “It’s not just a black issue anymore,” says Treach. “It’s a humanity issue. You can’t treat these people like this. It’s 2020, and enough is enough.” He continues, “We have been screaming out for help …

Don’t expect to see Dave Chappelle ferrying to Staten Island any time soon. In a new Netflix stand-up special, “8:46” that dropped for free Friday night via YouTube, the comedian scorches the city’s smallest borough while doing a slow-burn on George Floyd, police brutality and the killings of African Americans. “You watch one shooting after …

Two states are pausing their reopening processes as coronavirus cases spike within their borders, the governors of Oregon and Utah announced Thursday. New cases of the virus in Oregon hit their highest level ever at 178 on Thursday. The state has seen more than 5,200 cases of the coronavirus and 171 deaths since the outbreak hit …

Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Jay Pharoah says he was stopped by police while jogging in Los Angeles recently, that one of the officers kneeled on his neck and that video footage, apparently from a nearby security camera, recorded the incident. Pharoah shared the video on Instagram today, saying “I could have easily been …

Nick Cannon is having “stay alive talks” with his three children to protect them from police brutality. “I made a statement that my children fear police and it’s a real statement,” Cannon recently told “Access Hollywood”. “I try to teach fearlessness. I try to teach, you have a power within you that you need to …

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon put their good will on full display Friday while visiting a memorial honoring slain Kentucky EMT Breonna Taylor on what would have been her 27th birthday.  The former co-stars-turned-doting-dads each brought two of their kids, while Damon’s wife Luciana Barroso and a relative also joined the outing.  The group, all …

Oprah Winfrey will lead a conversation with black thought leaders, activists and artists next week called “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” Variety reports. The two-night special will air on the host’s OWN channel on June 9 and 10 at 9 p.m. ET and will also be simulcast across the network’s parent company …

Eminem has joined the cause. The 47-year-old rapper announced that his music studio, Shady Records, will be participating in the #BlackoutTuesday campaign, a movement that started within the music industry to symbolize standing against racial injustice. The day has been widely accepted by the public and other businesses, many of whom are posting plain black …

Madison Beer says she was tear-gassed while protesting police brutality in Santa Monica, Calif., following George Floyd’s death. “LEAVE SANTA MONICA NOW IF YOU CAN I WAS JUST TEAR GASSED,” the “Selfish” singer, 21, tweeted Sunday. “THEY ARE ARRESTING EVERYONE AND TEAR GASSING ALL CROWDS.” Beer also posted a teary-eyed selfie, reiterating her message that …