A brown banana with the following signs is likely rotten and should be thrown away: Mold is visible on the banana. The black skin does not represent mold. Instead, mold on your bananas appears as ...

Two teens were arrested after a Black teenager was assaulted at a Brooklyn subway station by a mob of white attackers who hurled racial slurs at him — with one suspect throwing a banana at him ...

If it smells rotten or is leaking fluid, toss it. If the actual banana is black, dispose of it. But if the banana is just soft and its usual light yellow, it’s OK to use it for this recipe.