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Florida mom-daughter duo become owners of Shell gas station

Florida residents Lashawn Flowers and Shanita Vickers are now the proud new owners of a Shell gas station franchise in...

Celebs Entertainment Events Featured Music News Women September 13, 2020

Patti LaBelle prepares to take on ‘best friend’ Gladys Knight in Sunday Verzuz battle

The latest installment of “Verzuz” is set to feature soul music royalty, with singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle going...

Crime Featured Health Local News New York News September 13, 2020

Black Verizon worker attacked by shopper in racist tirade over mask in viral video

Video footage has surfaced of a woman in New York City having an angry tirade in a Verizon store, which...

Crime Featured Local News Los Angeles News September 13, 2020

Manhunt ensues after LA County deputies are ‘ambushed’ in patrol car

Two law enforcement officials are in critical condition and a suspect is at large after the officers were shot in...

Featured Health Inspiration Lifestyle Music News Women September 13, 2020

Kelis shares ‘snap back’ diet plan after birth of third child: ‘I’ll show you what I’m eating daily’

Congratulations are in order for Kelis, who is now a mother of three! The Grammy-nominated singer announced in a Saturday...

Celebs Entertainment Featured News Reality Television September 12, 2020

Tamar Braxton, then-boyfriend clash over celibacy in new reality show ‘Get Ya Life’

Tamar Braxton and her now former boyfriend David Adefeso have been in the news a lot in the past two...

Casting News Celebs Entertainment Featured Film News September 12, 2020

Netflix casts more Black stars to join Idris Elba in ‘The Harder They Fall’ Western

Netflix will premiere a Western motion picture, The Harder They Fall, and it is set to feature more Black star...

Celebs Entertainment Featured Film News September 12, 2020

Naya Rivera lifted son in boat, cried for help before drowning, autopsy says

The autopsy report of Naya Rivera, whose body was found in a California lake in July, was released on Friday....

Atlanta Crime Featured Local News News September 12, 2020

Georgia deputy placed on leave after viral video captures assault on Black man during arrest: ‘Don’t kill him!’

A video was posted to social media Friday showing a man being assaulted by a deputy sheriff in Clayton County,...

Atlanta Celebs Crime Entertainment Featured Local News Music News September 12, 2020

T.I. fined $75,000 for role in cryptocurrency scheme

Rapper T.I. has been named in an investigation of a cryptocurrency scheme involving four others. A Friday press release by...

Entertainment Featured News September 9, 2020

Yandy Smith-Harris talks voting, activism on Students for Biden’s ‘On The Yard’ series

Joe Biden has made historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) one of the hallmarks of his constituencies in an effort...

Featured News Politics September 6, 2020

Bernie Sanders is convinced Trump won’t concede if he loses November election

A time-honored tradition in the United States has been the peaceful transfer of power from one president to their successor...

Featured Local News News Politics September 6, 2020

Multiple boats sink at ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas

Many boaters gathered Saturday at a Texas lake in a show of support for President Donald Trump, but the event...

Atlanta Crime Featured Local News News September 6, 2020

Teen charged in two Atlanta murders that occurred weeks apart

A teen suspected of a deadly shooting in Atlanta earlier this summer has now been charged for a separate killing....

Celebs Entertainment Featured Los Angeles Music News September 6, 2020

Rihanna bruised, ‘healing quickly’ after scooter accident: report

Rihanna is said to be recovering from a mobile accident after she was captured leaving a Los Angeles restaurant with...

Featured News Politics September 6, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen says Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ in new tell-all book, and video surfaces

President Donald Trump‘s disgraced former lawyer Michael Cohen is the latest Trump ex-insider to craft a book detailing their experiences...

News September 5, 2020

‘I will not take his word’ if Trump announces a vaccine is ready in October, Kamala Harris says

President Donald Trump is pressuring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accelerate the vaccine development process to help pharmaceutical...

Crime Featured News September 5, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse attorney resigns from defense fund due to legal issues

The attorney representing Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is stepping down from a defense...

Chicago Crime Featured Local News News September 5, 2020

Chicago girl, en route to local school, killed by fleeing car; brother injured

A girl is dead and her brother in critical condition after the car their father was driving, on their way...

Featured News Politics September 5, 2020

Trump seeks to cut funding for racial sensitivity training in federal agencies

President Donald Trump is looking to revamp the federal government’s racial sensitivity training curriculum, deeming some sessions to be “un-American”...