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@blackskynews.blacksky.appMoises Freire, 19, of the Bronx and Brian Peralta Cabrera, 18, of Queens were arrested and indicted in connection with the alleged crime(s), according to prosecutors. Both pleaded not guilty. Lawyers for the two men did not immediately return requests for comment.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appProsecutors say Moises Freire raped one of the women while she was overdosing on fentanyl as the other woman lay unconscious just feet away.
After the rape, he took nudes of her and sent them to his friends, according to the indictment.
| Matt Levine
@blackskynews.blacksky.appBelhaven U senior Blake Higgins believes the Wells case deserves further scrutiny and sees speaking out as a responsibility. “As a white man, it's important for me to use my privilege. I have been blessed my whole life to have certain privileges ... I know God wants me to use ... to benefit others.”
@blackskynews.blacksky.appJackson State grad Giavanni Lowe said people must continue organizing and speaking out.
“Too many of us are dying ... where is the morality? We can't normalize this over and over ... and one day ... look up at the world and can't recognize it.” Lowe said.
@blackskynews.blacksky.app"We will ... make our voices clear, no matter how far you push a polling site off of our campus,... if you put it all the way on the other side of Greensboro, we will organize. We will march," Student organizer Xavier Jones said.
Early voting ends Oct. 31.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appPiper Sandler envisioned paying Perella’s highest producers $2.5M in shares ... The rest were split into tiers and offered bonuses of $500K - $1.5M.
Reactions were uniformly negative, w/ the offers deemed “offensively low,” in the words of one banker.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appdating back to the 1940s, as well as interviews with relatives and members of the JA league community, demonstrates how the story of Natalie Nakase is the story of Japanese-American basketball. Go through her family history - you’ll find competition and resilience that transcends the sport itself.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appNicola said. “But not the Japanese Americans, two generations in. No, you're gonna play basketball.” “They didn't really care about how much money they made,” Nicola, the oldest of the three, said, but they did compare us based on how well their kids did in sports.” The use of digital archives
@blackskynews.blacksky.appNatalie Nakase and her sisters grew up in basketball gyms, watching their father play in the JA leagues.
“Traditionally, like Asian culture, you would think you should be studying, becoming a doctor, becoming a lawyer, right?”
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@blackskynews.blacksky.appTPPA would ensure that digital games you buy are owned and unrevokable, TPPA would also require online games to have offline functionality, so that when servers are shut down, the content can still be played by the game's owner. | Cade Onder
@blackskynews.blacksky.appAnthony Scaramucci has been dethroned.
President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired Friday, after less than a week on the job, according to three people familiar with the matter.
| Shawn McCreesh, Tyler Pager, Hamed Aleaziz
@blackskynews.blacksky.appNewly released Federal Reserve data shows Black U.S. HH median net worth ↓25%, from $49,100 in '22 to $36,800 in '25.
Black Americans, not likely to get help from the administration, will have to turn elsewhere, to state and local governments and nonprofits.
@blackskynews.blacksky.app“This morning, a Washington Post photographer, Heidi Levine, was attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the West Bank. She was wearing visible markings clearly identifying her as a journalist...” | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
@blackskynews.blacksky.appSeniors are a foundational and vital part of our community whose stories matter.
When you see programs that are beneficial to or that feature issues about seniors, please @ @blackskynews.blacksky.app so they can be shared here too.
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@blackskynews.blacksky.appDream star forward Angel Reese was just seven years old when Bonner hoisted her first WNBA trophy with the Mercury. Since joining the Dream in August, Bonner has become a potent veteran presence for Reese & Co., leading the team to a 10–0 record.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appRather than attempting to block youth from online services that allow them to access information and engage in age-essential communication, policymakers should focus on the incentives that drive companies to engage in behavior that creates risks for kids.
@blackskynews.blacksky.appThe Metro NPD is investigating a 65-year-old's deadly fall from a senior living facility balcony in the Green Hills area of Nashville Friday morning.
The senior was pronounced dead at the scene.
| Tony Garcia
@blackskynews.blacksky.app“We understand they have to do their job, but we don’t want them targeting and profiling seniors. There has to be some accountability to the community,” Lankford said.
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