🚨NEWS: The NBA and Amazon Prime Video have a framework for an agreement that will make the streamer one of the homes for significant regular season and postseason games for a decade, The Athletic has learned.

Full details:

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NEW: I have confirmed protesters, including students, arrested for trespassing UT Austin will not be allowed back on campus -- even though all of these charges have been dropped.

I've asked a spokesperson how students will be able to complete finals and/or graduate.

For BET, I caught up with Mary J. Blige again to talk about her Strength of a Woman Festival, giving back to her hometown, her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and working on what could be her final album. ✍🏾

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Keke Palmer and SZA to star in Issa Rae-produced buddy comedy from TriStar Pictures

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CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ALL UT STUDENTS.

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We are saddened to hear of the passing of Korey Cunningham. He was a vital part of the spirit and camaraderie of the locker room. Our thoughts are with Korey’s family, friends and teammates.

. Marina Fang Taryn Finley had an honest conversation about Challengers, a homoerotic tennis drama that falters as a love triangle where two unremarkable white guys fetishize a Black woman whose white filmmakers didn't bother to develop as a full character
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Didn’t even know this was something people renounced

Per WH:

The President is doing a live interview with Howard Stern on Sirius XM radio.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian court orders trial can start for influencer Andrew Tate on charges of human trafficking and rape.

Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’

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Rico Wade was many things to folks who knew him personally.

I spoke to some of the people whose lives he changed forever. They talked about their friend, who was a chef, sports fanatic, and family man who was always smiling.

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Ne-Yo performs “Sexy Love” during his NPR Tiny Desk concert youtu.be/vR6_ZVKEhJ4?si…

Latest: Body camera footage from Canton, Ohio police shows an officer kneeling on the back of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old man Black man, earlier this month. Tyson told officers he couldn’t breathe, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. huffpost.com/entry/frank-ty…

Joel Embiid has been banned from the Empire State Building

I was locked in watching this

NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO.

We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and share the wealth with staff.

Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.

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Latest: After our story revealing Chipotle had told employees not to order chicken for their own meals, Chipotle says today it “informed employees they can return to ordering chicken in their meals as normal.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…