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NPR states that Russell was lauded for his efforts as a civil rights activist both on and off the basketball court. According to WBUR, he openly spoke out about the lack of Black basketball players in the NBA and fought against segregated schools in Boston. The Nation writes that in return, Russell’s Boston home was defaced with racial epithets. In 1961, he boycotted a game in Lexington, Kentucky when his fellow Black team members were refused service at a local restaurant.

CHICAGO (WLS) — A volley of gunfire was caught on camera in broad daylight near Cabrini Green on Chicago’s Near North Side Thursday evening. Shocking video posted to Twitter shows at least three gunmen firing off dozens of rounds outside a car on N. Cambridge Ave. near the intersection with W. Chicago Ave. Chicago police said four vehicles on the block were damaged by the gunfire around 7:05 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Not quite Paradise! During a game of Us Weekly’s Bachelor Regrets, Caila Quinn reflected on her involvement in Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon’s rocky road to marital bliss. “I regret everything! I regret it all. I mean, that gave me the most anxiety in my life and I won’t lie, I went into depression after. It was, like, not a good time. I regret most promising to Ashley that I would never date Jared,” the 30-year-old Bachelor season 20 alum dished on Us’ “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast.

A series of videos showing two young boys in China demonstrating their calligraphy skills has gone viral on Chinese social media. Gao Yubo, 3, and Gao Yuxuan, 8, are cousins from Qiqihar of Heilongjiang province of northern China who have both taken a liking to the art of calligraphy. According to Yubo’s mother, surnamed Miao, the boys were influenced after watching their parents — who are both calligraphers — practice and began to mimic them.