CHICAGO (AP) -- George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in Black hair care whose multimillion-dollar business was the first Black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family. Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released. Johnson and his late wife, Joan, started Johnson Products in 1954 on Chicago's South Side after securing a $250 loan. It grew into a hair care empire catering almost exclusively to Black people, with brands like Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen. His company was a national sponsor of the hit 1970s music and dance television show "Soul Train." Read more
Lasser's biggest role was starring in Norman Lears 1970s satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman where she portrayed a struggling Ohio housewife, poking fun of the daily life of the American housewife and the effects of consumerism.
"USCENTCOM forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire."
US Blocks Iranian Oil Sales Again
The longer the Ukraine war continues, the more Putin loses touch with reality. With the fuel crisis in Russia and the Crimea siege, Russians are unhappy with Putin more than ever before.
Recently Putin was interviewed by Russian TV about the fuel shortage, and it's one of the most embarrassing interviews he's ever done.
Let's react to Putin's cope and see why Russians are making fun of this interview.
Is everybody happy now? You good, Mr. President? Put our boys in a blender, President Trump did, with those phone calls to FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Messed with their mojo by politicking to get American striker Folarin Balogun's red card rescinded. We'll have to check VAR, but it might be the first time Trump succeeded at having a decision overturned. The problem is, having our President butt in here was a joke. Unfunny and out of bounds, offsides, an own goal " all of the things.
At a US Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Texas, federal authorities arrested Luke David Brader (80) and Susan Brader (74) after discovering more than 345 pounds of cocaine inside a trailer they were towing.
Life imitates art
That's what is being reported online.
ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin gave Dummkopf Trumpf his instructions by telephone ahead of the 7-8 July NATO Summit in Ankara Turkiye under the pretext of congratulating him for America's 250th Independence Day celebrations.
"Got it, Vlad, no sweat. Just keep the kompromat close hold." "Of course, Donald, as always. "
16 "almost feral" children ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years were rescued from a feces-filled house of horrors in Ohio and authorities only stumbled on them last week while serving Gary Siders a warrant for indecent exposure. The victims-- allegedly kept isolated in a 12-foot by 12-foot room " can barely speak.
Hamden, Vinton County Ohio (Population: 700)
The American taxpayer-funded Israeli Death Forces (IDF) slaughtered six Palestinians in Gaza over the past 48 hours. Since the one-sided "ceasefire" in Gaza was established on 11 Oct 2025, the US-armed sequence killers of the Middle East have liquidated 1,066 Muslims, wounding or maiming another 3,445. One conservative estimate of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza is now 73,098 human beings; other analysts contend the number has exceeded 75,000. In Feb 2026, IDF SSG Ofri Yafe (21) fell victim to fratricide, murdered by his own trigger-happy comrades.
AIPAC funds genocide. These individuals are not good human beings.
Stars and Stripes has a front page like no other. On a day when the headlines on other newspapers were dominated by earthquakes in Venezuela and Supreme Court decisions on immigration, Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, put out a newspaper for the American military, with stories about new tactics involving drones, and service members and families facing food insecurity. "We want to go with something that we know will directly interest our readers right away," Slavin said.
Lobga Rangzen (42) died after he "self-immolated outside the UN headquarters in NYC after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity." The International Campaign for Tibet says there were more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022; ten were by Tibetans in exile.
China is "Sinofying" their minorities: Tibetans, Uighurs, and crushing all dissent
The renowned Brown University economist Roberto Serrano has overwhelming evidence' that a significant number of his students used AI to cheat on a take-home exam. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate on the use of AI technology to protect higher education: "Academic integrity is at risk."
AI is the new Doomsday Machine
Hours before President Donald Trump is scheduled to participate in Washington, D.C.'s July Fourth celebrations with a rally and speech before fireworks, people are being asked to leave the event because of the weather conditions Saturday evening. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, we've been asked to tell you, our officials have asked to tell you to, we need evacuation right away," an overhead announcement said Saturday evening. Read more
Emulating North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un on the 250th anniversary of America's independence, Dummkopf Trumpf posted an image of a $100 bill featuring his signature and a gilded AI image of himself on Mount Rushmore. The morbidly obese geriatric power-mad pedophile running America into the ground then asked: "Has anyone ever seen a Happy Dumocrat?" The worst POTUS in inter-galactic history also sniveled to a reporter that "[Benjamin Netanyahu] knows who the boss is," days ahead of another defilement of the White House by the notorious ICC-indicted war criminal, ethnic cleanser, and international fugitive from justice.
Two BFFs: "Happy 250th, Amerikkka!"
Israel continues to erase Jerusalem's Palestinian and Christian character by seizing properties from its residents through a particular set of legal and administrative measures called "gardening orders" " a mechanism deployed by municipal authorities to seize control of supposedly "neglected land" under the guise of "landscaping."
By 2050, no Christians will be left in Israel
