Lil Uzi Vert's ex-girlfriend Brittany Byrd has filed a police report last week, stating that the rapper "put a gun to her stomach and then struck her," TMZ reports.Byrd was reportedly with SAINt JHN at Dialog Café in West Hollywood, Los Angeles for a business meeting until Uzi arrived and attempted to start an altercation after learning that the two were together. Witnesses have shared that the rapper tried to hit the "Roses" artist and missed, falling down with his gun out on the ground. He t...

UPDATE (July 6, 2021): American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has been left off of the U.S. Olympic team after testing positive for marijuana. With this official announcement, the track and field athlete will not be attending the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.Featuring 81 names, the official Olympic team roster posted by USA Track and Field (USATF) does not include Richardson. The 21-year-old, who made headlines for running 100 meters in 10.86 seconds, was suspended after testing positive for THC. Fol...

Swimming caps designed for natural Afro and textured hair by Black-owned brand Soul Cap, which previously collaborated with British swimmer Alice Dearing, will not be allowed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The International Swimming Federation (FINA) stated that the label did not fit "the natural form of the head" and claimed that "the athletes competing at the international events never used, neither require … caps of such size and configuration," as per The Guardian. Danielle Obe, co-founder of ...

The United Nations has confirmed that Antarctica reached a new record-high temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) in 2020.According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Argentina’s Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsula reached the temperature on February 6 last year. The organization's secretary-general Petteri Taalas shared: "Verification of this maximum temperature record is important because it helps us to build a picture of the weather and ...