Kerry Washington is opening up about a startling revelation regarding her parents. The Scandal actress opens up in her new memoir, “Thicker Than Water,” about her parents omitting the information in order to keep quiet about their fertility problems The 46-year-old star shares that she recently learned that her father, Earl Washington, is not her biological father. “It really turned my world upside down,” Washington tells PEOPLE in next week’s issue. The actress explains that she …
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New York City’s famous George Washington Monument has been defaced with red paint by Black Lives Matter protesters as national protests continue over the police killing of black American George Floyd, while the New York City Mayor De Blasio prepares to sign a vote that will remove $1billion from the city’s police budget. Mayor Bill Blasio reached an agreement with the city council on …
Donald Trump has threatened protesters who threw paint on a George Washington statue in New York with “10 years in prison” This comes after two men were seen in surveillance footage released on Monday hurling red paint at two statues of George Washington in Washington Square Park. George Washington served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Reacting on Twitter this afternoon, President Trump threatened the suspects with 10-year prison sentences and asked …
A Washington state high school wrestling coach has been fired for mocking the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer. Dave Hollenbeck, the first-year coach at Bethel High School posted a photo of himself on the floor, with a knee to the back of his neck as he smiles. The photo was similar to the images seen in the viral video of Floyd being pinned down by a white Minneapolis cop on Monday before he died. …