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• Hyde Park Summer Fest Canceled Due to Rising Security Costs

  18-05-2024 15:30
  
  The Hyde Park Summer Fest, one of the most popular Southside Summer events, is canceled this year. Event organizers called off the event due to rising security costs. 
  The cancellation comes a year after the Summer Fest held its most significant event, featuring notable Hip-hop acts like 2 Chainz, Clipse, and Lil Kim and attracting thousands nationwide to the spacious Midway Plaisance. 
  According to event organizers, the cost of hosting an event of that scale became untenable. As the S
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Jasmine Crockett’s Appearance, Chaos Erupts

  18-05-2024 14:45
  
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  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) launched a personal attack against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D), sparking chaos during a House Oversight Committee meeting.
  On Thursday (May 16) night, lawmakers gathered for a House Oversight Committee meeting over whether Attorney General Merrick Garland should be held in contempt of Congress for declining to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified docum
  
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• Florida A&M Launches Investigation Into $237 Million ‘Gift’ Deemed Hoax

  18-05-2024 14:00
  
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  Florida A&M University officials have launched an investigation into a $237 million donation that was seemingly fraudulent, The Root reports.
  The investigation comes after FAMU announced earlier this month that it had received a $237 million gift from Batterson Farms Corp. CEO Gregory Gerami.
  The historic donation was placed on hold and ultimately “ceased” after questions of the transaction’s validity arose. Amid the controversy, Shawnta Friday-Stroud, F
  
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