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FBG Casino got out of federal custody after getting popped for fentanyl distribution charges in Atlanta, and people online started losing their minds over whether he snitched. His legal team from Kingcole and Moorman apparently pulled off the bond release, which shut down the cooperation rumors...

Claressa Shields went on the Respectfully Justin podcast and basically told everyone to pipe down about thinking random people could beat professional fighters. When the host brought up whether some average person off the street could take a champ, she laughed it off and said she would drop a...

Starbucks is launching two Middle Eastern-inspired drinks that feature chocolate and pistachio flavors. The Iced Dubai Chocolate Mocha and Iced Dubai Chocolate Matcha hit menus next month, and both appear to come with fancy cold foam plus brown butter sprinkles on top. One version mixes the...

The Park Service just axed MLK Day and Juneteenth from the 2026 free-entry calendar, and people are losing it. Those holidays traditionally let tons of families and students hit up national parks without dropping cash on admission fees. The replacement choice is raising eyebrows: Trump's...

Pras Michel's lawyers just dropped an appeal with the D.C. Circuit Court to fight his conviction and the 14-year prison sentence he got hit with. The whole mess stems from his ties to Jho Low, the Malaysian dude who allegedly scammed billions through 1MDB and funneled over $100 million to...

Denny's keeps shutting down restaurants after announcing plans to close 150 locations by year-end, and a bunch of underperforming spots already got axed. The breakfast chain confirmed one Bay Area location disappeared this week, but nobody knows which other restaurants are getting the boot next...

Cardi B dodged another court battle after a judge tossed the security guard's request for a retrial over that 2018 Beverly Hills medical office incident. Los Angeles County Judge Ian Fusselman rejected Emani Ellis's claims that jurors got scared when Cardi dropped a pen on the ground and told...

Two senior military guys allegedly trashed over two hectares of maize at opposition politician Patrick Cheza's farm in Mvuma using a tractor while driving unmarked trucks. Stanford Ncube from Josiah Magama Tongogara Airbase and Midlands prison chief Commissioner Somemore Gate showed up with...

Bulawayo officials want to flatten a massive 13-room house at 15 Pingstone Road in Kumalo after auditors discovered the property had changed hands illegally for almost 40 years without proper paperwork or approved building plans. Raphael Masuku complained when he noticed construction happening...

Chief Bere told cops at a Mashava anti-drug event they need to lock up dealers no matter how loaded they are, because rich people keep running the trade while broke kids take the fall. The traditional leader went off about wealthy suspects dodging consequences through money and connections, and...

A guy from Zimbabwe got locked up for over three years after pretending to be a licensed nurse and working at six different care homes across northeast England. Ashton Guramatunhu used someone else's credentials to register with an agency back in 2014, and he had zero actual nursing...

Eben Etzebeth got hit with a 12-match ban for gouging a Welsh player during the Springboks tour, and the Sharks decided to pull him from their Champions Cup roster to free up a spot for someone who can actually play. Head coach John Plumtree said the whole thing crushed the team since they lost...

Layla Kolbe got emotional about moving back to Japan with Cheslin and their kids after finally settling down in South Africa and building friendships that made the place feel like home again. She posted about missing a family wedding and the holidays while dealing with jet lag at weird hours...

A dude from Ruwa got slapped with five years behind bars after getting busted with barely any gold, and the whole thing has people arguing about how harsh Zimbabwe's mineral laws actually are. Tafadzwa Matsika was holding just 0.096 grams of the stuff without a license, which is worth maybe...

Rassie Erasmus locked down another four years coaching the Springboks through 2031, which takes him past the next World Cup happening in the United States. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander hyped up how the guy turned South Africa into back-to-back world champions in 2019 and 2023, plus grabbed...

Two feminist groups kicked off a big protest campaign at Rezende Rank in Harare after a 13-year-old got raped there back in July, and they want the City Council plus police to actually do something about the constant violence and harassment at commuter stations. The Dura Organisation and Loud...

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti absolutely torched the 2026 budget that Mthuli Ncube dropped, calling the whole thing unconstitutional and basically designed to squeeze money out of broke people. Biti says the plan claims Zimbabwe has a $52 billion economy when everyone living there knows...

Cairo jumped from eighth spot straight to number one on the new African Cities Attractiveness Index after Gulf countries and China dumped massive cash into the place, and they started building the wild New Administrative Capital project. Kigali stayed put at second for being super clean and...

CAPS United used to run Zimbabwean football but got humbled hard when mining-backed clubs like Ngezi Platinum and FC Platinum started throwing cash around, and newer teams like Mwos and Simba Bhora jumped into the mix with serious funding. The Green Machine barely dodged relegation this season...

Siya Kolisi just got back from another Springboks tour, and his kid absolutely lost it when they spotted each other across a field. The double World Cup-winning captain dropped everything and sprinted toward his son, and they basically tackled each other with one of those emotional hugs that...