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Bears running back Tarik Cohen’s twin brother, Tyrell Cohen, was found dead at an electrical substation in North Carolina, Sunday, according to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office. He is believed to have been electrocuted while trying to climb power equipment during a chase with local police.

“He entered the substation, which may have been resulting from the accident,” spokesperson Eric Curry said.

He went on to explain that Tyrell was fleeing from a car accident when police lost sight of him and called off the search.

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Cohen and his family filed a missing person report, Saturday night. He also asked for help locating his brother on Twitter in a now-deleted post.

“RALEIGH/DURHAM AREA Have you seen my brother?” he wrote in the post. “Last seen 2 am at Heroes pub… Could be on foot in the woulds (sic)… Possibly injured!”

The Chicago Bears released a statement saying they are heartbroken by the loss:

“We are heartbroken to learn of the death of Tarik Cohen’s twin brother, Tyrell. Our immediate thoughts and prayers go out to Tarik, his mother, Tilwanda, and the rest of their family and loved ones. On behalf of the entire Bears family, we extend our most heartfelt sympathies to all who mourn his loss.” 

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Yaya Mayweather, Zonnique, and more celebrities celebrated their first Mother’s Day as parents this year. 

Mayweather’s mother, Melissia Rene, posted a special tribute on Instagram for her daughter.

“Sending a very special Happy Mother’s Day to my baby @moneyyaya you have been such a great mommy to KJ you’re so patient, loving & caring of his every little need,” Rene wrote on IG. “The way KJ lights up when you walk in the room, the way he smiles from ear to ear when you talk to him, & when I see you guys sleeping face to face with his little hand on your face makes my heart melt. I love you & I’m proud of you Happy Mother’s Day.”

Mayweather gave birth to her son, Kentrell Jr., earlier this year. He is also the son of NBA Youngboy.

Zonnique’s mother, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, also wished her daughter the best on her first Mother’s Day as a mom.

“It’s your first year joining the best club life has to offer,” she wrote. “Thank you for my beautiful sweet GBaby.. she is EVERYTHING! Happy Mother’s Day Gorgeous child of mine.”

Check out some more posts below from mothers who welcomed kids this year.

Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers after striking Colin Sexton in the groin area. After the game, Doncic admitted that he did hit him, but says it was not intentional.

“After I saw the video, I knew I hit him, but it was nothing on purpose,” he told reporters. “I think that kind of stuff happens a lot in the games, but I don’t know. That’s my explanation. It obviously was not on purpose.”

The foul was deemed to be a flagrant 2 for “an aggressive strike to the groin area” according to the Tim MacMahon of ESPN.

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In his 22 minutes of action, he finished with 15 points, five rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Doncic is in the midst of a terrific season, averaging 28.4 points, 8.7 assists, and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Backed by Doncic’s impressive play this year, The Mavericks are currently in the fifth seed in the Western Conference with a 40-28 record. They are 8-2 in their last ten games.

Due to Doncic’s ejection coming as a direct flagrant 2, rather than a combination of technical foul calls, it will not count towards his total and will not result in a one-game suspension.

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DaBaby put in the work Mother’s Day weekend to prove he is a committed parent, showing up to both of his daughter separate birthday parties. The Baby on Baby rapper was seen putting a “Kirk” necklace on one of his daughters. In another video, he could be seen singing happy birthday.

It has been rumored that DaniLeigh is pregnant with what would be DaBaby’s third child, but she has yet to confirm it. The couple began dating in December 2020 but broke up a few months later.

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DaBaby has proven his caringness as a father before. Earlier this year, he pulled an all-nighter in the studio recording a special song for his daughter on Valentine’s Day.

“My baby woke up yesterday morning and walked in on me & @iamdjkid pulling a all nighter recording in the studio,” he wrote on Instagram at the time. “She climbed on my lap in front of the mic & I made this song on da spot. @gemini.one1 caught me setting up her Valentine’s Day surprise at 5 am in between making these hits I got on the way.

“Daddy love you twin.”

DaBaby’s first daughter was born in 2017 and his second was born in 2020.

DJ Khaled has earned his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, after his latest effort, Khaled Khaled, outsold the competition, this week. Khaled celebrated the honor with a post on Instagram, Sunday night.

“This is the journey to the light,” he wrote. “All of our lives were changed. We went through dark times. But we have to be the LIGHT! We have to be GREAT for our family and the people we love! GOD IS THE GREATEST! #KhaledKhaled #1 album in the country!”

Khaled Khaled moved 93,000 equivalent album units. Of the total, 76,000 were SEA units, meaning the album was streamed 106.87 million times. 14,000 units came in the form of album sales.

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The star-studded project features Drake, Lil Baby, Jay-Z, Nas, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, and more.

“I cried many nights,” Khaled said in another post on Instagram. “Tears of JOY and Pain making this album. Everyone’s beautiful words, texts, messages really touched my heart.
God is Great! THANK YOU! THE LIGHT”

Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain landed in second place this week, down from its first-place showing last week. Rounding out the top five were Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, Justin Bieber’s Justice, Young Thug’s Slime Language 2.

Khaled’s last project, Father of Asahd, amassed 136,000 units in its first week.

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Bobby Shmurda compared receiving a new chain from Avianne & Co. in New York City to giving birth to a newborn child, this weekend.

“For all the ladies, I know how y’all feel when y’all be crying when y’all having babies and shit,” Shmurda said in a video published on Saturday. “That’s 70 on that bitch, stop playin’ n***a!”

Avianne & Co. says that the chain is an early birthday gift for the New York rapper. Shurmda was born on August 4, 1994.

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A number of other rappers have gotten chains from Avianne & Co. including Blueface, Lil Baby and more.

In celebration of his release from prison, earlier this year, Shmurda’s close friend, Rowdy Rebel, hooked him up with a crazy glow-in-the-dark necklace from Eric the Jeweler. The piece features all VVS emeralds.

Shmurda also got a new tattoo, this week, as a tribute to “strong Black women.” The tattoo depicts Harriet Tubman, but artist Daz Leone says it is also inspired by his single mother and grandmother who raised him together.

The Shmurda She Wrote rapper was released from Clinton Correctional Facility on February 23, 2021. He spent over six years in prison for conspiracy to murder, weapons possession, and reckless endangerment.

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Former President Donald Trump called Medina Spirit, the racehorse that won the Kentucky Derby, a “junky” on Sunday. The horse’s trainer, Bob Baffert, announced that Spirit tested positive for an illegal substance.

“So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. This is emblematic of what is happening to our Country,” Trump said on his blog site. “The whole world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our Borders, our fake Presidential Election, and everywhere else!”

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Baffert was suspended from Churchill Downs but says that the positive test was “shocking.”

“Yesterday I got the biggest gut-punch in racing for something I didn’t do,” the Hall-of-Fame trainer told reporters. “It’s disturbing. It’s an injustice to the horse.”

“I intend to thoroughly and transparently investigate the matter to determine how this could have happened,” Baffert added in the statement. “We will have the split sample analyzed and DNA testing performed. That will be the first step in the process.” 

If the positive test result is substantiated, Spirit will forfeit the victory.

“To be clear, if the findings are upheld, Medina Spirit’s results in the Kentucky Derby will be invalidated and Mandaloun will be declared the winner,” Churchill Downs officials said in a statement

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX founder, admitted that he has Asperger’s while hosting Saturday Night Live, this weekend. The polarizing billionaire discussed the neurological disorder during his monologue on the show.

“I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL,” he told the audience. “Or at least the first to admit it. So I won’t make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. But don’t worry, I’m pretty good at running ‘human’ in emulation mode.”

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He continued by reference to his popular Twitter account: “Look, I know I sometimes say or post strange things, but that’s just how my brain works. To anyone I’ve offended, I just want to say: I reinvented electric cars and I’m sending people to Mars on a rocket ship. Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?”

Musk is, in fact, not the first SNL host to be diagnosed with Asperger’s publically. Dan Aykroyd, who hosted back in 2003, has previously discussed his own Asperger’s diagnosis.

Musk also discussed the booming cryptocurrency Dogecoin during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment and joked that the coin is “a hustle.” Additionally, his SpaceX company has announced they are launching a lunar mission funded with Dogecoin titled, “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon.”

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Seth Rogen says that he regrets making a joke about James Franco’s misconduct allegations back in 2014 and that he has no plans to work with the actor in the future. Rogen and Franco worked together on numerous hit films including Pineapple Express and This is the End.

“What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that,” Rogen told the Sunday Times.

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In 2014, Franco was accused of trying to meet up with an underage girl and in 2018, five more women accused him of inappropriate behavior.

While hosting SNL at the time, Rogen made light of the allegations: “I decided to prank James Franco,” he joked. “I posed as a girl on Instagram [and] told him I was way young. He seemed unphased. I have a date to meet him at the Ace Hotel.”

The actor now says he “very much regrets making that joke,” which he described as “terrible.”

“I also look back to that interview in 2018 where I comment that I would keep working with James, and the truth is that I have not and I do not plan to right now,” he continued.

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