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  Three-time NBA Champion Rick Fox may have a future in diplomacy.  When we asked the former Laker who his pick was for 2013 NBA…

Besides her awe-inspiring vocal ability to slay every iconic song she’s every been featured on, Chaka Khan‘s second claim to fame is certainly her voluminous red tresses.…

The Howard Theater, in Washington D.C., welcomed Chrisette Michele with roaring applause. Michele began her special 30-minute “InterludesLIVE” set with her 2009 hit “Epiphany (I’m Leaving).”…

     Things got unnecessarily out of hand when a Providence news reporter went to interview a woman whose daughter was shot over the weekend at…

It’s been sandal season for a few weeks now and with Summer quickly approaching, its definitely time to kick our warm weather shoe game up…

Chelsey Ramer (pictured) is a proud Native American, but when she attached a tribal eagle feather to her graduation mortarboard, she would reportedly not only be denied…

Wendy Williams is well on her way to carving her name in the talk show history book right next to Oprah. According to reports, Debmar-Mercury renewed…

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Chaka Khan has been forced to cancel a series of concert dates after her doctor ordered extensive vocal rest. The veteran singer has pulled out of four performances this month, including an appearance at the Capital Jazz Festival in Columbia, Md. on Saturday (June 8) and the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival in Pennsylvania the following […]

Serena Williams looks like she’s in the best shape of her life, and she’s showing off her curvaceous figure on the July cover of ESSENCE…

National News

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — An aspiring half-marathon runner in Minnesota attributed her unbearable back pain to a two-hour training session. A day later, she was cradling a newborn. Trish Staine, 33, says she had no idea she was pregnant before Monday’s surprise birth. The Duluth mother of three said she hadn’t gained any weight or […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says 1 in 10 youths at juvenile detention facilities around the country reported having been sexually victimized by staff or by other youths. The study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that among the more than 1,300 youths who reported victimization by adult staff, 9 out of 10 were […]