Actress Tisha Campbell Files For Divorce, Along With Other Top Stories You Missed While You Were Sleeping

Several Companies Dropped NRA Partnership: Many Companies like The First National Bank of Omaha, Best Western, Wyndham Hotels, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and more have ended their relationship with the National Rifle Association. This comes on the heels of the Florida School Massacre, and the push to ban assault rifles.

Since the Florida School Massacre, More Than 300 Threats Have Been Made Against Schools: Hundreds of schools have received death threats since the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Over 20 arrests have been made. One threat made on Snapchat was of a student holding a gun and saying “don’t go to school tomorrow.”

Actress Tisha Campbell Files For Divorce From Husband Duane Martin: After exceeding more 20 years of marriage and two children, the couple calls it quits. Tisha Campbell released a statement saying “It’s an emotional time and I graciously ask for privacy for me, our children and the rest of our family.”

Hit Film “Set It Off” Has a Play Remake in the Works: Da Brat announced on her Instagram that she will be staring in  “Set It Off” the play alongside Letoya Luckett, Kyla Pratt and Demetria McKinney. She wrote on her Instagram “SET IT OFF the stage play! Coming to a theatre near you! Tickets are evaporating FAST!!!”

T.I Pays Out $78,000 to Settle Lawsuit Against Unpaid Restaurant Employees: T.I’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia “Scales 925” violated the Fair Labor Standard Act by withholding overtime payment. The rapper settled the lawsuit with four of his ex-employees for a total of $78,000.

 

 

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