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14h ago
With mere hours before Bey is set to usher all her U.S. fans into her country era with her forthcoming album “Cowboy Carter,” fans on the other side of the world are already venturing into the new music territory and putting out spoilers as to what we can expect.
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is speaking out against the racists who called him the “DEI mayor” after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed earlier this week. The tragedy happened early Tuesday morning when a cargo ship lost power and crashed into the bridge.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis survived an effort by Donald Trump and his co-defendants to remove her from the case. But now, his Republican allies are after more than just getting her removed from this case — they’re after her license.
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14h ago
Selom Agbitor is an entrepreneur at his core, having tried his hand at several business ventures — some successful, others not so much.
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17h ago
Tragedy struck a Nashville, Tennessee, family over the weekend when a mother reportedly shot her 13-year-old daughter by accident while rummaging through her purse.
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19h ago
By now, there’s no doubt you’ve probably seen, read, or heard about the latest legal drama surrounding hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
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20h ago
The bombshell docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” exposed the toxic workplace and alleged abuse that took place at Nickelodeon in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. It’s a heartbreaking tale of how so many adults failed to protect the network’s young stars. One of Nickelodeon’s biggest names during that…
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20h ago
A Black Virginia man is grieving the loss of his wife after she was fatally struck by a car in what police suspect was an intentional car crash.
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1d ago
Spring has officially sprung and with the arrival of longer days and warmer temps come a great crop of new books by Black authors old and new. A romantic comedy about a fake relationship turned real, a touching memoir on how to live while planning for your death and a historical novel about the friendship between the…
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