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The natural hair movement entered the mainstream during the civil rights movement. It became even more accepted in the 2000s when social media helped drive a resurgence. But when it comes to nascent technologies like artificial intelligence, there isn't enough training data to create accurate representations of Black hair. In Atlanta, a Spelman College researcher is working to change that.

One of the pornographic images that got the World’s Strongest Woman winner stripped of the 2025 title after showing in explicit detail that the American lifter was born male was revealed on Wednesday. Jammie Booker, 28 — who was disqualified Tuesday for not competing under the sex she was born with — was exposed when vulgar images from her past life as a hardcore porn star were circulated by online sleuths. One of the few suitable-for-work shots shows what critics described as the “biological male” clutching her chest and sticking out her tongue while sporting bright red lipstick. Booker’s porn...

The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as “arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:...and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.” Says the prophet: “I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.” Babylon is further declared to be “that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many...

Missing a boarding time for a cruise ship could end up fatal. An 80-year-old Australian woman was discovered dead on a remote island after she was left behind by the cruise ship she was traveling on. The woman was hiking on Lizard Island with a group of other passengers, but was separated from the group after she decided to take some time to rest. The Coral Adventurer cruise ship ended up leaving the woman on the island, but returned several hours later to find her after she was discovered not to be on board. On Sunday, she was discovered dead....

A quarrel over a woman at a popular Hamptons bar turned bloody earlier this month when a man stabbed his friend in a fit of rage, according to sources and a report. Two pals who work at Southampton restaurants were drinking after their shift at local watering hole Fellingham’s at around 1 a.m. on Aug. 18 when they began to argue over a woman that was part of their group, according to sources. The pair started screaming at each other, fists flew, and then one man pulled out a knife and stabbed his friend several times in the stomach, according...

A 71-year-old Florida woman is behind bars after authorities say she lured a father and his two daughters to her property and held them at gunpoint in a bizarre case that’s left authorities reeling over what caused this strange incident. According to the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department, Helen Litchfield has been charged with three counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of armed burglary. She was arrested Friday and booked into the Wakulla County Jail. The incident began on August 4, when a father and his two daughters, both under the age of 13, were fishing...

Rep. Herb Conaway said defining a woman is 'a more complicated question than one might know' EXCLUSIVE: Democratic lawmakers would not provide a definition of a woman when pressed on Capitol Hill, as President Donald Trump prioritizes making clear distinctions between biological sexes during his second term. America Rising, a Republican research organization, asked lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to provide a definition of a woman ahead of Women's History Month in March, but received no clear answers. "It is a more complicated question than one might know," Rep. Herb Conaway, D-N,J,, said when asked to define what a woman is.

Border patrol agents have arrested a bearded woman after homemade tire spikes were allegedly used on agency vehicles. Four people were apprehended by agents after an immigration enforcement action in a Home Depot parking lot in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, on Tuesday. Officials said the four 'attempted to impede and obstruct our efforts, using improvised devices aimed at disabling our vehicles'. Images shared by the agency show a crudely fashioned tire spike made from rusty nails and what looks to be a strip of metal pipe. Jasmine Jeannine Allard, 28, Jenaro-Ernesto Ayala, 43, Jude Sadot Jarnica, 54, and Daniel Montenegro,...

HOUSTON, Texas — A Mexican man who allegedly entered the U.S. illegally is accused of secretly recording women in a Houston-area brewery. Immigration officers placed a detainer on him due to his status. Houston police detectives arrested Edrie G. Vierya, 40, this month for the alleged secret recording of a woman in the bathroom of the Bad Astronaut Brewery in July 2024, Fox 26 Houston reported. The complaining witness told the local Fox News affiliate that Vierya tried to record her by sliding his phone under the stall door. “It was a very private moment that was no longer private,”...

She is definitely not ready for her close-up. A stylish woman in heels and a leather jacket used scissors to stab an amateur photographer who accidently captured an image of her as he took photos in the West Village, cops said. The sunglasses and dress-wearing brunette flew into a Britney Spears-level paparazzi rage on Varick Street near West Houston Street around 4:20 p.m. May 5 as the 36-year-old victim was out shooting images for social media. First, she slugged him on his shoulder — before flashing a pair of scissors and stabbing him in the back, police said. The woman...

A woman was shot outside of CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, early Thursday after she crashed into a gate, authorities say. She was shot by security guards, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News. The shooting is “non-fatal,” police said, and an investigation by the CIA and FBI is underway. Fairfax County officers responded to the 900 block of Dolley Madison Boulevard at about 4 a.m. to help CIA police with traffic control, county police said. The woman who crashed into the gate was preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the...

The Bismarck Police Department released body camera footage showing a woman striking an officer with her car, leading to a fatal officer-involved shooting, KFYR reported. During an April 22 news conference, police shared video showing the suspect and officer engaging in conversation following a traffic stop on March 7. The officer smelled odors of marijuana and alcohol coming from the vehicle and asked the suspect to step out. The suspect refused, reversed her vehicle and drove towards the officers. After both officers avoided being struck, the suspect again reversed the vehicle, driving it backwards several yards. She then drove at...

SOKOTO, NIGERIA – Monday, May 12 marks three years since radical jihadists in Nigeria murdered a 22-year-old Christian woman, and new first hand testimony is shedding light on her final moments. However, the Nigerian Department of State Services detained the three journalists today for about four hours after publishing the new report. Deborah Emmanuel’s story first made international headlines when a violent Muslim mob beat her to death in 2022. Journalists identified her as a victim of a so-called “blasphemy” murder in the capital of Nigeria’s Sokoto state. Judd Saul, the founder of Equipping the Persecuted and executive director of...

A Rochester woman’s racist remarks have gone viral, and a successful crowdfunding campaign purportedly started by the woman in the aftermath has shocked community leaders. ROCHESTER – Video of a mom who allegedly directed racial slurs at a little Black boy at a city park has gone viral, prompting a fundraising standoff between the NAACP and an apparent white supremacist move to support the woman. As of Friday morning, the woman has increased her goal to $1 million, after raising $305,200.

The UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling limiting the definition of a woman to biological sex stirred outrage among the stars of BBC’s "RuPaul’s Drag Race UK," who pledged to "fight back" against the decision they say will "marginalize" the transgender community. "The fight back starts today," season one runner-up Divina De Campo wrote in an X post last Wednesday, adding, "We will not go back into the shadows to make you comfortable. F--- all the way off." LGBTQ+ news outlet PinkNews reported on season two finalist Tayce's rage expressed through Instagram with posts calling the UK Supreme Court a "POS...

Charlie Kirk Asks Bearded Man In Dress To Define What A Woman Is

Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Princeton University professor and network contributor Eddie Glaude, Jr. said he believed people voted for President Donald Trump because they did not want to elect a black woman. Glaude said, “I don’t know what it’s going to take for the American people, for 78 million Americans to deal with what motivated them to make the choice to elect this man again, to make the choice will allow these people to undermine every fundamental assumption we have.” He continued, “The choice that they’ve made, we have to just be honest, is to literally throw the republican to...

A stranger shoved an 86-year-old woman to the ground — breaking her teeth — in a random attack near the exit of an Upper East Side supermarket over the weekend, cops said. The victim was leaving Morton Williams on Third Avenue near East 63rd Street around 1:25 p.m. Sunday when the maniac suddenly pushed her from behind, authorities said. The force of the shove sent the senior face-first into a pole supporting scaffolding set up outside the store, the sources said. The blow left her with multiple broken teeth, as well as injuries to her left eye and back, cops...

The stricken sister of a tragic 15-year-old special-needs teen tortured to death by their “executioner’’ cousin told a Manhattan judge Monday that she still misses her “baby’’ every day. “I’m still waiting for a phone call to hear, ‘Hey, Sis, I miss you,’ ” an emotional Mykarsha Rogers told the judge — who ended up sentencing killer Johnette Booker to 20 years behind bars. Rogers’ sibling, Jallen McConnie, who was believed to be autistic, died in a hellhole home in the Wise Towers on West 94th Street and Columbus Avenue in June 2021 after horrific torture from the 43-year-old Booker,...

This writer is done with the way International Women's Day has become a token corporate holiday in Singapore. Instead of gimmicky sales and events that feature only corporate leaders, organisations that observe IWD should spotlight a wider range of women and celebrate their stories more genuinely.When I first got to know of International Women’s Day (IWD), I was in secondary school. It felt so amazing to know there was a day meant to celebrate women, shed light on the complex issues they faced daily, and support women from all walks of life in various ways. Lately, however, that rose-tinted view...