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The Minneapolis City Council on Friday declared racism a public health emergency, a move that comes after weeks of unrest following the police custody death of George Floyd in May that sparked national outrage. The council approved a resolution that states the city of Minneapolis will recognize “the severe impact of racism on the well-being of residents …

Joey Lawrence and his wife Chandie are separating after nearly 15 years of marriage. The “Blossom” star filed for divorce at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, according to TMZ. Joey, 44, and Chandie, 44, tied the knot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in 2005. The couple share two daughters: …

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the Atlanta City Council challenging the city’s decision to mandate masks and revert to phase one reopening guidelines. The lawsuit calls the city’s new mask requirements “void and unenforceable” and asks a judge to block Bottoms from issuing any orders …

A California judge has given Mo’Nique the ok to proceed with her racial and gender bias lawsuit against Netflix. The comedian and “Precious” Oscar winner, whose real name is Monique Hicks, claimed the $500,000 she was first offered by Netflix in 2017 for a stand-up special was not just an insult but also illegal. Mo’Nique’s …

The second-largest teachers union in the U.S. called to defund the police and place a moratorium on charter schools in a “research paper” recommending that Los Angeles city schools stay closed at the beginning of the fall semester. United Teachers Los Angeles released its study on school reopenings on July 9, recommending that schools only …

A number of New York City police officers including the NYPD department chief were injured at a George Floyd protest on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday morning. Chief of Department Terence Monahan, the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, was admitted to a local hospital with “non-life threatening injuries,” an NYPD spokesman told the New York Post. …

A federal judge in New Jersey has denied movie theaters’ pleas to reopen across the Garden State. The move comes after a group of the nation’s top theaters led by AMC, Regal and Cinemark sued the state over “unconstitutional closers” last week. The group was looking for a temporary restraining order to force New Jersey …

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for “a possible infection,” a Supreme Court spokesperson said on Tuesday. Ginsburg was initially taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after experiencing “fever and chills.” At 87 years old, Ginsburg is the eldest member the Supreme Court. “[Ginsburg] underwent …

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited and groomed girls for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago. The 58-year-old British socialite is charged with recruiting at least three girls, one as young as 14, in the mid 90s, and has been held without bail …

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s actual dirty laundry was aired in court Tuesday. The “Pirates of the Caribbean’’ star’s libel case heard that he accused his “malicious” wife of “acquiring” him for “success,” that she derided him as “fat’’ and “washed up” — and then viewed photos of “human feces” in their bedsheets. The cringe-worthy …