CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 23 points, Kyrie Irving returned after missing two games and the Cleveland Cavaliers reserved a spot in the NBA Finals with a 118-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night to win the Eastern Conference title. By sweeping the top-seeded Hawks, the Cavs earned their second trip to […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters deepened across much of Texas on Tuesday as storms dumped almost a foot more of rain on the Houston area, stranding hundreds of motorists and inundating the famously congested highways that serve the nation’s fourth-largest city. Meanwhile, the search went on for about a dozen people who were still missing, including […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophisticated criminals used an online service run by the IRS to access personal tax information from more than 100,000 taxpayers, part of an elaborate scheme to steal identities and claim fraudulent tax refunds, the IRS said Tuesday. The thieves accessed a system called “Get Transcript,” where taxpayers can get tax returns and […]

It’s a sad but all-too common story – a promising teenager’s life is derailed by a teen pregnancy. With the grim statistics on teen single mothers and how many of them are mired in poverty, it might be hard to see anything positive in the situation. But Chicago teenager Trameka Pope decided she was not […]

Karrueche Tran has addressed the ridiculous beef between her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and her friend Tyson Beckford. The 27-year-old literally shrugged it off on Instagram by sharing a cartoon drawing of a person shrugging. The picture was posted without a caption, but it’s pretty obvious what Tran is addressing. As previously reported, the whole thing started when […]

A member of the U.S. Air Force is responsible for the shooting of two people in a Wal-Mart in Grand Forks, North Dakota, police say. Grand Forks Herald reports:  A 21-year-old airman has been identified as the shooter early this morning at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in south Grand Forks. Marcell Willis was on active duty […]

Sorry, fellas. Nia Long is off the market officially now as she confirmed her engagement to San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Ime Udoka with E! News. The two have been dating for five years and share a 3-year-old-son,  Kez, along with Nia’s song Massai, by a previous relationship. This is part of a good year […]

On Tuesday, protesters in Baltimore shut down I-395 in protest against Maryland’s plan to cut education spending in lieu of funding a $30 million detention…

Lenny Kravitz’s tantalizing style, electric vocals and all around sexiness has us forgetting the singer turned 51 today. Can… L.A. was church!!! pic.twitter.com/eW8SXxk5Ph — Lenny…

Willie Moore Jr. explains how we must understand someone’s story in order to connect with each other. Click on the audio player to hear this important message! Follow The Nightly Spirit on Facebook and Follow Us on Twitter! 

Tracee Ellis Ross, well now, Dr. Ross has received an honorary doctorate from Brown University. "Call me Dr. Ross!" Tracee exclaimed on her personal blog.

Two daughters of blues legend B.B. King have leveled shocking claims that the musician was poisoned to death by his closest associates, reports CNN. The daughters,…