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Key Takeaways: * Manhattan DA's Antiquities Trafficking Unit repatriated 34 stolen artifacts worth over $4 million to three European countries in August 2025 * Items included a 1st-century marble head of Alexander the Great stolen from Rome's Antiquarium Forense Museum * The returns stem from investigations into major trafficking
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Culture Ghana Military Helicopter Crash Claims Eight Lives Including Two Cabinet Ministers Ghana Military Helicopter Crash Claims Eight Lives Including Two Cabinet MinistersKey Takeaways A Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashed in the Ashanti region on August 6, 2025, killing all eight people aboard, including Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah
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Spike Lee opens his Fort Greene headquarters vault for a rare pop-up sale featuring original film memorabilia, with music by DJ Spinna this Saturday.
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Culture Kwame Onwuachi Brings Las' Lap's West Indian Spirit to South Beach Kwame Onwuachi Brings Las’ Lap’s West Indian Spirit to South BeachKey Takeaways * James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi has opened Las’ Lap Miami at The Daydrift hotel in South Beach * The restaurant is the
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Culture Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Reunite for Crime Thriller "Highest 2 Lowest" Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Reunite for Crime Thriller “Highest 2 Lowest”Spike Lee and Denzel Washington team up for their fifth collaboration in “Highest 2 Lowest,” a modern crime thriller inspired by Akira Kurosawa’
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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington team up for their fifth collaboration in "Highest 2 Lowest," a modern crime thriller inspired by Akira Kurosawa's classic "High and Low," featuring an all-star cast including A$AP Rocky and Ice Spice.
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Culture Black Jobless Rate Tops 7% As White House Defends Ouster Of Labor Data Official Black Jobless Rate Tops 7% As White House Defends Ouster Of Labor Data OfficialThe Black unemployment rate hit its highest mark since December 2021, while the White House defended the firing of Erika McEnfarterBlack EnterpriseDaniel
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Culture Kamala Harris’s Post-Election TV Diet: ‘Lots of Cooking Shows’ Music Metro Boomin' Releases "A Futuristic Summa" Sneakers Bad Bunny Joins Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS, Brings F1 To Puerto Rico With adidas Originals Bad Bunny Joins Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS, Brings F1 To Puerto Rico With adidas OriginalsPuerto Rico is
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Culture How Okwui Enwezor Made the Art World Bigger How Okwui Enwezor Made the Art World BiggerA new collection of his writings, out in August from Duke, reveals the thinking behind his boundary-breaking curatorial work.ARTnews.comLauren Cornell Sneakers Nike KD 18 Team Banks “White” Nike KD 18 Team Banks
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Culture Philadelphia Renames Street After Teddy Pendergrass Philadelphia Renames Street After Teddy PendergrassPhiladelphia officially honored one of its most beloved musical sons on Saturday, July 27, 2025, renaming the 400 block of South Broad Street as “Teddy Pendergrass Way” in a ceremony that celebrated the legacy of the legendary R&
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The 14th annual BlackStar Film Festival returns to Philadelphia from July 31 to August 3, 2025, positioning itself as one of the nation's most significant platforms for Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers. This year's theme, "Cinema for Liberation," reflects the festival's continued
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Culture Ghanaian Highlife Legend Daddy Lumba Passes Away at 60 Ghanaian Highlife Legend Daddy Lumba Passes Away at 60Ghana Mourns the Loss of a Musical Icon Ghana’s beloved highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the age of