What are T.I.’s kids’ names? T.I. has six children—four sons, one daughter, and one stepdaughter—as anyone who watches “T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle,” the Vh1 reality series detailing the rapper’s relationship with wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, can attest. The kids’ names are Clifford “King” Joseph Harris III, Major Philant Harris, Domani Uriah, Messiah Ya’Majesty, […]

Mike Epps has a pivotal role in the remake of the movie “Sparkle” due out this Friday. He plays Satin Struthers, a gangster in the original film, who’s been remade into a comedian this time. But this doesn’t mean Epps is any less menacing. His Struthers is a comic who’s become embittered by his lack […]

Calls for the FBI to completely take the reins in overseeing the death investigation of Chavis Carter grew by leaps and bounds late Tuesday. The Jonesboro police department released a video recreation of what authorities now contend occurred the night he died, even as they testily admit their probe remains far from conclusive.   The […]

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Hip hop pioneer DJ Afrika Bambaataa  has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. The appointment announced Tuesday was made by Cornell University Library's Hip Hop Collection in conjunction with the Ivy League school's music department. Bambaataa will visit Cornell's upstate New York campus several […]

In other troubled couples' news, former couple Tameka Foster and Usher Raymond are back in court over the custody of their two sons Naviyd and Usher V. Special celebrity correspondent to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Kevin Frazier, provided exclusive insight on yesterday's hearing, including the court questioning Raymond's lifestyle. According to Frazier, the court […]

Mary Gonzalez campaigned and won votes to the Texas State House as the best candidate in El Paso. And now that she’s won the Democratic primary and faces the November election unopposed, she’s confidently opening up about her sexuality. Gonzalez told reporters that she identifies herself as a pansexual. Although many find the sexual orientation […]

MCCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania woman is facing charges after authorities say she admitted to repeatedly poisoning a man with eye drops for more than three years. State police say Vickie Jo Mills of McConnellsburg told investigators that she placed Visine eye drops into Thurman Nesbitt's drinking water 10 to 12 times since June 2009. […]

Two years ago, as I was working on a feature about club members doling out winter clothes and other goods to poor and homeless people, one woman appointed herself as the guardian of the giveaway. She pointed out one guy who chose a coat, and whispered that he probably was going to sell it. She […]

THE RACE IS ON: Obama/Biden vs. Romney/Ryan. At stake is the direction we as a nation move in on job creation, education, healthcare, the economy and too many other issues that affect our daily lives and future. But over the next 83 days, campaigns, parties, and super-pacs will be on a “hundred-thousand-trillion”, while many of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says President Barack Obama has an advantage over Republican Mitt Romney when it comes to reaching voters online. The Pew Research Center says Obama has been more aggressive about communicating through digital and social media platforms. During a two-week period in June, Obama's campaign tweeted an average of 29 […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware pediatrician who achieved national recognition for his research into near-death experiences involving children may have been experimenting on his 11-year-old stepdaughter by waterboarding her, police said in court documents. The possible link between Dr. Melvin Morse's research and the waterboarding allegations was revealed in an affidavit for a search […]

MIAMI (AP) — Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd be able to get health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. Then she heard that her own governor won't agree to the federal […]